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Religion Unit 1 Flashcards

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Happiness

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More than just a feeling, but about deeper desires being met

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Human being

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One person with body (human DNA) and soul (potential to think, love, act freely, ect)

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Will

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Ability to act and do things

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Reason

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Ability to think logically

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Love

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Freedom

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Ability to choose what is good

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Good

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That which all things desire, that which is right

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Beauty

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That which, upon being perceived, pleases

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Truth

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What is. Authentic, in accordance with what is real

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Faith

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Belief that all God has revealed through Sacred Scripture and Tradition is true

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Natural Revelation

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The knowledge of God’s existence through human faculties (including reason)

“Our ability to recognize sin’s existence and be angry about it is actually a proof for God’s existence”

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Divine Revelation

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The way God communicated to humankind through his words and actions over time,

most fully by his sending his divine son, Jesus Christ

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Sin

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A willful word, thought, action, and/or inaction that goes against the law of God and His love for us

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Salvation History

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God’s plan to save mankind from sin and lift the human family to the glory of Heaven

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Agnostic

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When sin causes a person to say
(point of view) -
“Nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God”

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Atheist

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When sin causes a person to…
(point of view) -
When sin causes people to disbelieve or lack belief in the existence of God

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Mystery

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Something that cannot be discovered by our own senses AND cannot be fully known

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Trinity

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The central mystery of the Christian faith; there are Three Divine Persons in one God:
Father
Son
And Holy Spirit

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Deposit of faith

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Sacred Scripture and Tradition, handed on in the Church and guarded by the Magisterium

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Sacred Scripture

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The written Word of God

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Sacred Tradition

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The passing on of our faith in Christ through church with the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

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Apostolic Succession

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The handing on of preaching the authority from the Apostles to their successors, the bishops

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Magisterium

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The teaching authority of the Church on matters of faith and morals made up of the pope and all bishops in communion with him

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Exegesis

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Studying Scripture Passages in depth in order to learn more about God’s revelation

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Senses of Scripture - Literal

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What the author intended to say within their historical context
(The literal sense is not necessarily an exact word-for-word reading)

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Senses of Scripture - Allegorical

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Story that gives meaning to a bigger picture or deeper understanding about Christ
John 10:10-15

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Senses of Scripture - Moral

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How to behave; right/wrong
Mark 12:13-17

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Senses of Scripture - Anagogical

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Reference to our union with God, or Heaven bound
Matthew 13:47-50

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Image and likeness of God

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Being a child of God. Humans resemble God through having an immortal soul, free will, reason, and the ability to love

30
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CS - Faith and reason connection

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It is REASONABLE to have FAITH in God and forming a relationship with Him helps us have faith when we encounter difficult moments

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CS - Anger at sin as proof for God’s existence

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We look at the world and see sin present

Our ability to recognize sin’s existence and be angry about is is actually a proof for God’s existence (Natural Revelation)

What are the different Affects of this CS
-Agnostic
-Atheist

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CS - Humans modeled after Trinity

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Showed through Divine Revelation
- Humans are made by God to know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy forever with im and each other in the nex

  • The way God designed humans to thrive is modeled after the Trinity
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CS - Using Senses of Scripture

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In order to do proper exegesis we need to know this - in order to read SCripture in its fullest

There are two types
1. Literal and Spiritual

34
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Explain the Creation Story

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35
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What are some ways of knowing God through Natural Revelation?

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  1. Desire for Happiness and Freedom
  2. Human experiences of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Divine Attributes)
  3. Uncaused Cause, Unmoved Mover, ect.
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What’s the difference between Divine revelation and Natural revelation?

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Natural Revelation: We can know it by using our reason and observations in the world
Divine Revelation: We would never reason to it on our own. We can only know it because God actively shares it with us

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What does Divine Revelation tell us about human beings and happiness?

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  • Humans are made by God to know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy forever with him and each other in the next
  • The way God designed humans to thrive is modeled after the Trinity
38
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Reading the Scripture is reading ____ _____

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God’s Word

39
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Old Testament

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-Recalls the history of God’s Chosen People, the Israelites
- Tell of God’s promise to send a Savior

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New Testament

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Tells the story of God the Father’s saving action through His son and the Holy Sprit’s work through the early Church

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T/F - The Church has never added anything to Sacred Scripture

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True

42
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T/F - The Sacred Tradition is a body of written literature that grows over time as times change

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True

43
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The Church’s D.O.F consists of
1.
2.

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  1. Sacred Scripture
  2. Sacred Tradition

(Both flow from the same source (God) and have the same goal (Human Salvation through Christ))

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What are the 3 subcategories of the spiritual sense of scripture?

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Allegorical
Moral
Anagogical

45
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The first ___ chapters of ____ are known as the Creation Story

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3 ; Genesis

46
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T/F The creation story if a scientific account of creation

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FALSE - Genesis creation story is NOT a scientific account of Creation

47
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