Chapter 1: Study Guide A Flashcards
(21 cards)
Catholic means
Universal
3 aspects of Catholicism
1) what we believe
2) how we worship and pray
3) how we live in response
Creed is an expression of _____ and means “_ _______”
Faith
I believe
Egyptian priest who denied the divinity of Christ
Around
When was the 1st Council
325
Where was the 1st Council
Nicaea
Why was the 1st Council held
To solve Arian controversy
The Apostles Creed is rooted in…
Early baptismal creed used in Rome in the 2nd century
Who was the 1st pope
St. Peter
People who fail to acknowledge the God exists
Atheist
What % of the world’s population believes in God’s existence
90%
What are the 3 great religions and what percent of people believe in them
1) Christianity
2) Judaism
3) Islam
–50%
Monotheism
Belief in ONE God
Polytheism
Belief in MULTIPLE gods or goddesses
Philosophical approach to religion by saying that God created the universe and stays out for jt to work on its own
Deism
Less than _% of Americans claim to be atheists
1%
Claim that the world can appeared within any recourse to God and make the human achievement the center of the universe
Secular humanists
Belief that God’s existence can not be proved or disproved
Agnostic
Trait of God that refers to God’s total otherness and being infinitely beyond and independent of creation
Transcendence
Trait of God with intimate union with and total presence in total creation
Immanence
CCC #27
The desire of God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God.
