Week 10 Key Notes

Question 1

Theological Anthropology: Studies ______-, from the perspective of ___

Answer 1

man as man, God

Question 2

Eschatology: Studies man’s _______

Answer 2

final goal

Question 3

Mariology: Studies the _____________-

Answer 3

Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ

Question 4

Moral Theology: Since ____follows _____, knowing______________ helps us to study how we act

Answer 4

act, being, what we are as human persons

Question 5

Christology: Since God ______________, knowing what the human person is helps us to _____________

Answer 5

became man in Christ, understand Christ

Question 6

The belief that there is no transcendent element to human life

Answer 6

Materialism

Question 7

The belief that there is no material element to human life

Answer 7

Dualism

Question 8

Some Reformers propose that man is not actually changed by grace

Answer 8

a challenge on justification

Question 9

It is difficult to give an account of the relationship between grace and free will

Answer 9

a challenge on predestination

Question 10

Because these matters lie beyond us, we cannot reflect on our experience and have to rely solely on Revelation

Answer 10

Obscurity

Question 11

There is significant disagreement among Christians on this topic

Answer 11

purgatory

Question 12

Latin phrase meaning “to hand on what we contemplate to others”

Answer 12

Contemplata aliis tradere

Question 13

The Latin word for “age, span of time, or world”

Answer 13

Saeculum

Question 14

The idea, when applied to the Moral Theology, that Christians must be in the world, and of the world

Answer 14

secularization

Question 15

Moral Theology is ____________________

Answer 15

“faith seeking understanding” of human actions

Question 16

Moral Theology lets __________ shine on human actions, distinguishing _____________

Answer 16

the light of faith; good actions from evil ones

Question 17

Moral Theology makes use of human disciplines, particularly _________________ part of theology

Answer 17

philosophy, for the “seeking understanding”

Question 18

________________ studies how moral theology works (its basic tools, concepts, and methods)
_________________ studies particular human actions and whether they are good or evil

Answer 18

fundamental moral theology; Applied Moral Theology

Question 19

Teaches about what kind of persons we are, which affects how we act

Answer 19

theological anthropology

Question 20

Teaches about Jesus Christ, who is the exemplar of human action and by whose grace we are enabled to pursue the path of virtue

Answer 20

Christology

Question 21

Teaches about the Trinity, which is the goal of human action

Answer 21

Trinitarian theology

Question 22

theologians who practice at least some form of secularization

Answer 22

Martin Luther
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Gilbert Meilaender

Question 23

Note these observations about what it means to do Moral Theology from the heart of the Church:

Answer 23

-It is informed by the Church’s moral teaching
-It is informed by the Church’s tradition (e.g. Sacred Scripture, St. Thomas Aquinas)
-It is informed by the Church’s Universal Call to Holiness
-It is criticized from the standpoint of secularization as being “impractical”

Question 24

3 topics at the center of Church History

Answer 24

1. A person - Jesus
2. A people - The Church
3. A Way of Life - The Christian Life

Question 25

Note these elements of Truth, Goodness, Beauty outside the Church can inspire us and help impel Christians towards unity

Answer 25

Protestants: Bible
Orthodox: Liturgy
Pentecostals: Power of the Holy spirit