10 commandments: 1 & 2

Question 1

10 commandments

Answer 1

laws of God, guidelines for moral life, based on justice, perfected w/ charity (beatitudes)

Question 2

1st comm

Answer 2

I am the Lord, your God

Question 3

1st comm exercising

Answer 3

Virtues: faith, hope, charity, religion

Question 4

faith

Answer 4

believing not just w/ senses, goes with reason, to believe, not because of evidence of senses or reason but because of authority of the one who gives, greater the credibility (of the person), greater the belief

Question 5

qualities for faith in God

Answer 5

firm belief (black & white), has to be universal (every part of teachings)

Question 6

sins against faith

Answer 6

heresy, apostasy, schism

Question 7

heresy

Answer 7

believing everything except specific parts

Question 8

apostasy

Answer 8

abandoning faith completely

Question 9

schism

Answer 9

when one is not united w/ Pope

Question 10

hope

Answer 10

relying on the help of God to be able to attain the last end

Question 11

2 extremes of hope (sins against hope)

Answer 11

despair: fear w/o love, when one can’t see end being attained, presumption: love w/o fear, excessive hope

Question 12

why hope

Answer 12

God promised us blessings (grace, help, etc.)

Question 13

why lose hope

Answer 13

don’t trust; doubt God, don’t see solution, relying on own strength

Question 14

love

Answer 14

act of the will, sacrifice, charity

Question 15

types of love

Answer 15

selfish: loving to get something in return, for own good, unselfish: loving for sake of loving

Question 16

how to love God

Answer 16

obey Him, not only because it’s easy or pleasurable, love no matter the cost

Question 17

sins against charity/love

Answer 17

lukewarmness (spiritual laziness, doing minimum, fearing God so don’t sin), hating God, disorderly love for creatures (material goods)

Question 18

religion

Answer 18

to give the worship that is due to God, can’t always give because we fall short, still worship, adore, praise because we can’t give justice

Question 19

characteristics of worship

Answer 19

given to God alone (latria) and still admire others (dulia) while venerating Mother Mary (hyper-dulia), should be internal and external, should be done individually and in a group

Question 20

sins against religion

Answer 20

idolatry (worship other gods/things), fortune-telling, magic/sorcery, sacrilege (treating sacred things poorly), simony (buying and selling sacred things (overpriced)), atheism (deny existence of God, materialism. trying to make self god)

Question 21

2nd comm

Answer 21

Do not use God’s name in vain

Question 22

about 2nd comm

Answer 22

speech & words reflect person

Question 23

using name in positive way

Answer 23

prayer/aspirations, apostolate (giving things of God to other people)

Question 24

use of God’s name

Answer 24

oaths, vows

Question 25

oath

Answer 25

promise that what is said is true/swearing, calling God as witness

Question 26

good oath conditions

Answer 26

what is said is true, must be done w/ judgement, must be just

Question 27

vows

Answer 27

promises made to God that are good, not ordinary promises (sin if broken)

Question 28

conditions for legitimate vows

Answer 28

must be better than opposite, must be physically and morally possible, must be made w. right judgement (not impulsive, be mature)

Question 29

types of vows

Answer 29

solemn (in the name of the church), private (personal), perpetual, temporary

Question 30

getting rid of vow

Answer 30

asking church for dispensation, when there is a physical or moral blockade

Question 31

going against 2nd comm

Answer 31

profanity (taking lightly or frivolously God’s name, not necessarily sins but imperfections because not done intentionally), blasphemy (words/curing against God, done consciously -> mortal sins)