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Vocab Test Flashcards

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SCHOLASTICISM

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The system of philosophical and theological inquiry developed in the medieval schools of Christian Europe

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SCIENCES

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The practice of systematically observing the behavior of nature so that we may come to better understand the laws and structures that govern it. In this sense, science is a restriction of reason, not reason itself

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SCIENTISM

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The belief that the only things that exist are the things science can prove through its very particular, restricted methods.

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NATURAL RELIGION

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As opposed to religion informed by Divine Revelation, natural religion is based upon reason and ordinary experience rather than upon Divine Revelation. It is the product of the ethical and divine understanding available to human reason.

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NATURAL REVELATION

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What God communicates to us about himself simply through the
existence of creation. When God creates, he imprints a mark, and
through that mark we can learn something about God.

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NATURAL THEOLOGY

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The knowledge we can have about God and his attributes simply
through using reason, apart from revelation.

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PHILOSOPHY

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Derived from Greek meaning literally “love of knowledge,” philosophy
is the pursuit of truth and understanding through the application of
human reason.

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POLYTHEISM

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A belief in the existence of more than one God.

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PRINCIPLE OF CAUSALITY

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The process of knowing God’s existence through the realization that all
creation must originate from a First Cause.

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PRACTICAL MATERIALISM

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A type of atheism that seeks fulfillment in material goods alone.

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RATIONALISM

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Strict rationalism consists in judging everything solely and exclusively
according to philosophical or scientific reason. Thus, there is no room
for faith; any faith is deemed superstition.

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REASON

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The intellectual power or faculty that is ordinarily employed by man in
adapting thought or action to some end; the guiding principle of the
human mind in the process of thinking

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RELIGIOUS BEING

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A being created by God in order to live in communion with God. Every
human person, by nature and vocation, is a religious being and will not
live a true human life if he or she does not choose freely to live in this
bond with God

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REVELATION

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God’s communication of himself by which he makes known the
mystery of his divine plan

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ACT OF FAITH

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A supernatural assent of the intellect through which a truth revealed by
God is believed on the authority of God who reveals it. One who makes
an act of faith is certain of the truth and makes a free-will choice to
believe in it.

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COVENANT

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A solemn agreement between people or between God and man
involving mutual commitments and guarantees.

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DIVINE

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Modifier indicating something that refers or pertains to God.

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FAITH

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The theological virtue by which one believes all that God has said and
revealed to man and that the Church proposes for belief.

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MAGISTERIUM

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The name given to the universal teaching authority of the Church,

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MIRACLE

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A sign, wonder, or event which transcends the laws of nature and
therefore can be attributed to divine power.

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MOTIVES OF CREDIBILITY

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The four main signs and evidence that certain affirmations are made
by God (or by those chosen by God to speak with his authority) and
that they have been passed along to us completely and without error

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MOTIVE OF FAITH

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The reason why a person comes to believe m God-namely, the
authority of God himself.

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PROPHECY

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Something that is said in the name of God.

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PROPHET

person called by God to speak to his people, often to announce future
events that could not otherwise be foreseen.

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A person called by God to speak to his people, often to announce future
events that could not otherwise be foreseen.

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REVELATION

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God’s communication of himself by which he makes known the
mystery of his divine plan. A gift of God’s self-communication that is
realized by deeds and words through time,

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WORD OF GOD

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God’s speech to man; used in one sense, a reference to Sacred
Scripture

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INSPIRATION

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The gift of the Holy Spirit that assisted human authors to write the
books of the Bible. God is the ultimate author of Scripture, and so it
teaches faithfully, without error, the saving truth that God has willed to
be communicated to us

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LITERALISTIC

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A way of reading literature without regard to the particular literary
forms being used. This kind of reading thus recognizes no symbolic
language or analogy and instead takes every word, phrase, and
sentence as literally true.

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LITERAL SENSE

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Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meaning of words in
the literary and historical context. In proper literal sense, the words
are understood in their ordinary meaning

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LITERARY ANALYSIS

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Reading a story with full care and regard for the literary forms and
styles being used.

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LITERARY FORMS

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Refers to the various styles of writing that communicate a message
through particular creative means.

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MAGISTERIUM

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The name given to the universal teaching authority of the pope and the
bishops in communion with him

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METAPHOR

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A word or term that refers to another by comparison.

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MORAL SENSE

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The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that portrays the heroes of Scripture
as a pattern for Christians of every age. Also called the tropological sense.

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ORTHODOXY

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Correctness or soundness in theological faith and beliefs.

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PARABLE

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A story that is told in order to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth. It is
one of the improper literal senses of a text.

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SENSUS FIDELIUM

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Literally “the sense of the faithful, “ the term refers to the inerrancy
possessed by all the faithful when they share a universal consent in
matters of faith and morals.

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SIMILE

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A word or term that refers to another by comparison using the words
like or as. It is one of the improper literal senses of a text.

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SPIRITUAL SENSE

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The interpretation of Scripture that sees not only the literal meaning of
the text but also the people, things, and events they describe as signs

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TRADITION

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From the Latin traditio, meaning “handing down.” Sacred Tradition is
part of the Deposit of Faith. It is the Word of God entrusted by Christ
to the Apostles and their successors and communicated by preaching
and teaching to every generation of Christians under the guidance of
the Holy Spirit, who keeps it free from error.

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VERASITY

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Reliability in communicating the truth.

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