Catechism of the Catholic Church (355-384)

Question 1

God created man in His own what?

Answer 1

His own image

Question 2

Of all creatures only man is able to?

Answer 2

Only man is “able to know and love his creator”

Question 3

God created everything for man and man in return shall do what?

Answer 3

Man shall serve, love, and offer all creation back to God

Question 4

The human race takes its origin from to men namely:

Answer 4

Adam and Christ

Question 5

The first Adam became a?

Answer 5

Living soul

Question 6

The second Adam became a?

Answer 6

Life-giving spirit

Question 7

Because of its common origin the human race forms a unity for…

Answer 7

We all came from one ancestor [God], He made all nations inhabit the whole earth.

Question 8

This term refers to human life or person, it refers to the innermost aspect of man, that which is of greatest value in him, that by which he is most especially in God’s image, it signifies the spiritual principle in man

Answer 8

Soul

Question 9

This shares the dignity of the “image of God”, it is animated by a spiritual soul, it is intended to become a temple of the Spirit

Answer 9

The human body/person

Question 10

These two things that makes up a man are not two nature united, but rather their union forms a single nature.

Answer 10

Spirit and matter or body and soul

Question 11

The Church teaches that “…” is created immediately by God and is not produced by the parents. It is also immortal and does not perish when it is separated from the body through death.

Answer 11

Spiritual soul

Question 12

The soul should be reunited with the body at the “…”

Answer 12

Final Resurrection

Question 13

This signifies that from creation man is ordered to a supernatural end and that his soul can gratuitously be raised beyond all it deserves to communion with God.

Answer 13

The spirit

Question 14

In no way is God in man’s image. He is …

Answer 14

Neither man nor woman. He is a pure spirit in which there is no place for the difference of the two sexes.

Question 15

God created man and woman to…

Answer 15

God created man and woman together and willed each for the other. He created them to be a communion of persons, in which each can be “helpmate” to the other as they are equal and complementary.

Question 16

Through this God unites man and woman in order to multiply.

Answer 16

Through marriage God unites them in a way that by forming “one flesh”, they can transmit human life.

Question 17

In God’s plan man and woman have the vocation of “…” the earth.

Answer 17

Man and woman have the vocation of “SUBDUING” the earth. They shall love everything that exists

Question 18

The first man was not only created to be good, but was also established in…

Answer 18

Friendship with his Creator and in harmony with himself and the creation around him.

Question 19

Our first parents, Adam and Eve, were constituted in an original “…”

Answer 19

“State of holiness and justice” or “Original holiness”

Question 20

This state comprises of the inner harmony of the human person, harmony between man and woman, and harmony between the first couple and all creation

Answer 20

“Original justice”

Question 21

The “mastery” over the world that God offered man from the beginning was realised above all within man himself:…

Answer 21

Mastery of self

Question 22

Man is predestined to “…” the image of God’s son made man,

Answer 22

Reproduce

Question 23

Man, though made of body and soul, is a …

Answer 23

Unity

Question 24

This makes known to us the state of original holiness and justice of man and woman before sin

Answer 24

Revelation

Question 25

We are in the image of God because of...

Answer 25

Our ability to possess ourselves and then give ourselves to another person, forming a communion of persons in love.

Question 26

Man experiences “...” in two ways

Answer 26

“Original Solitude”

Question 27

First way of experiencing original solitude

Answer 27

He is aware of himself, in his self-knowledge he knows that he is not God and not an animal, he has self-determination and is able to choose between good and evil

Question 28

Second way of experiencing original solitude

Answer 28

Knowing that man was not created to live by himself but in communion with others. He feels alone without a woman

Question 29

The concept of the original solitude includes both...

Answer 29

Self-consciousness and self-determination

Question 30

This signifies man’s subjectivity, which is constituted through self-knowledge.

Answer 30

Solitude

Question 31

Through this, one aspect of man’s solitude is overcome, and the other is confirmed. This is also seen in Genesis where man exclaims “...bone if my bones... flesh of my flesh”

Answer 31

Original unity

Question 32

This means existing in a mutual ’for,’ in a relationship of mutual gift

Answer 32

Communion of persons

Question 33

This signifies the original good of God’s vision.

Answer 33

Nakedness

Question 34

God created man and woman and is calling them to...

Answer 34

Love and to give themselves to one another

Question 35

What are the triple concupiscence?

Answer 35

Pleasure of the senses Covetousness for earthly goods Self-assertion

Question 36

This constitutes the first form of communion between persons

Answer 36

Partnership of man and woman

Question 37

Through this man and woman form a communion of persons

Answer 37

Through spiritual and bodily unions

Question 38

This is a result of being viewed as an object to be used by another person.

Answer 38

Shame

Question 39

Name of the four branches of the river that flowed in the land of Eden

Answer 39

1st- Pishon (Havilah) 2nd- Gigon (Cush) 3rd- Tigris (Asshur) 4th- Euphrates

Question 40

The body itself is the means for the expression of interpersonal love and life-giving communion through total self-giving, both in marriage and in celibacy

Answer 40

Nuptial meaning of the body

Question 41

The utterly gratuitous love if God in calling us into existence from nothingness in order to give us a share in the mystery of his divine life

Answer 41

Freedom of gift

Question 42

The “aloneness’ of Adam, whose personhood transcends the animals, without a suitable partner

Answer 42

Original solitude

Question 43

The state prior to sin when man still has the original state of justice

Answer 43

Original man

Question 44

The depths of one’s being, where the person decides for or against God

Answer 44

Heart

Question 45

The state of humans before the Fall; a state of body or soul harmony

Answer 45

Original innocence

Question 46

The first realisation of the communion of persons between ish and ishah as mutual shares in the dignity of personhood

Answer 46

Original unity

Question 47

The experience of nakedness untainted by shame in the integrity of the person prior to the Fall

Answer 47

Original nakedness

Question 48

The body itself is the means for the expression of interpersonal love and life-giving communion through total self-giving, both in marriage and in celibacy

Answer 48

Nuptial meaning of the body

Question 49

The utterly gratuitous love if God in calling us into existence from nothingness in order to give us a share in the mystery of his divine life

Answer 49

Freedom of gift

Question 50

The “aloneness’ of Adam, whose personhood transcends the animals, without a suitable partner

Answer 50

Original solitude

Question 51

The state prior to sin when man still has the original state of justice

Answer 51

Original man

Question 52

The depths of one’s being, where the person decides for or against God

Answer 52

Heart

Question 53

The state of humans before the Fall; a state of body or soul harmony

Answer 53

Original innocence

Question 54

The first realisation of the communion of persons between ish and ishah as mutual shares in the dignity of personhood

Answer 54

Original unity

Question 55

The experience of nakedness untainted by shame in the integrity of the person prior to the Fall

Answer 55

Original nakedness