Lesson 2 - Our Loving God: Father and Creator Flashcards

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“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”

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Isaiah 26:3

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“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

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Deuteronomy 31:8

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“Come to me, all you who are
weary and burdened, and I will give
you rest. Take my yoke upon you
and learn from me, for I am gentle
and humble in heart, and you will
find rest for your souls.”
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Matthew 11:28-29

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But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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2 Corinthians 12:9-10

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For I know the plans I have for
you,” declares the LORD,
“plans to prosper you and not
to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future.
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Jeremiah 29:11

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central to all other aspects of our Catholic faith.

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Belief in one true God

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a loving Father, in charge, directing us to our destination.

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God, our Father

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beliefs in only one God

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Monotheistic religions

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Monotheistic religions

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Judaism
Christianity (Father)
Islam (Allah)

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‘mono’ means?

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one

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‘theos’ means?

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God

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‘poly’ means?

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many

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13
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beliefs in many Gods

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Polytheistic religion

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Polytheistic religion

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Hinduism (Yahweh)

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15
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most popular religion

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Christianity (33.32%)

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believes that God created the universe, but that he takes no further interest in it

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Deists

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people that do not believe in the existence of God

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Atheists

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claims the world can operate without any recourse to God

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Secular humanists

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19
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people who claim that God’s existence cannot be known

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Agnostics

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man can know God with certainty, on the basis of his works.

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By natural reason

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order of knowledge, which man cannot possibly arrive at by his own powers:

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the order of Divine Revelation.

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God has revealed himself and given himself to man.

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Divine Revelation

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God has fully revealed this plan by…

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sending us Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

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24
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St. Thomas Aquinas’ Intellectual Proofs for God’s Existence

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The Unmoved Mover

First Cause

Everything Comes from Something

Supreme Model

Grand Designer

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25
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whatever is in motion must be

moved by something else

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The Unmoved Mover

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26
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nothing causes itself

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First Cause

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27
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“nothing” cannot create “something”

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Everything Comes from Something

28
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we can only speak of different
degrees of qualities (truth, beauty, goodness) by
comparing them to a reference point

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Supreme Model

29
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the beauty, immensity, symmetry, and power in the world forces us to conclude that a Grand Designer made it all

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Grand Designer

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St. Augustine’s Heartfelt Proofs for God’s Existence

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An unquenchable thirst for joy and happiness

An experience of beauty and truth

A sense of personal conscience, moral goodness,
and justice

Love

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God implanted a homing device that causes us to be restless until we find him

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An unquenchable thirst for joy and happiness

32
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when we experience profound joy and truth, we get a taste of God’s beauty and truth

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An experience of beauty and truth

33
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we sense there is an absolute moral

authority that teaches the standard of human behavior

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A sense of personal conscience, moral goodness,

and justice

34
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love comes from love itself: God

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Love

35
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Divine Revelation

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God’s self-revelation

36
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Divine Revelation

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Human Reason

Salvation History (Bible)

37
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Revelation through covenants in the bible

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Noah

Abraham

Sinai

Jesus Christ

38
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TRUE OR FALSE:

Jesus was registered way back on the time of Julius Caesar

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TRUE

39
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entrusted by Christ to the Apostles

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The Deposit of Faith

40
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divinely inspired writings by the Holy Spirit (Bible)

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Sacred Scripture

41
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the living “handing on” of the Church’s Gospel message

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Sacred Tradition

42
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there are how many writers of the bible?

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at least 400 writers

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infallible truth - cannot be wrong - that the Church has defined to be contained in divine revelation

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dogma

44
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central truths and center - absolute - of faith

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dogma

45
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First gospel written

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Mark (80 A.D)

46
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LINNEAGE OF DIVINE REVELATIONS

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[1] Sacred Tradition & Sacred Scripture

[2] Christ - [3] The apostles

[4] Magisterium; Pope & bishops

[5] dogma

47
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Who Is God?

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Attributes:

Unique, Eternal, Infinite, Immense, Contains all things, Utterly simple, Immutable unchanging, Personal, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Holy,
Yahweh “I Am” and 100+ adjectives

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everywhere

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Omnipresent

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almighty

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Omnipotent

50
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The Blessed Trinity; the central mystery of faith

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Father

Son

Holy Spirit

51
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TRUE OR FALSE:

God is one but has three persona

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TRUE

52
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TRUE OR FALSE:

God is holy because he is pure

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TRUE

53
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Truths about God’s creation:

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God freely created an orderly and good
world out of nothing.

God is totally beyond us. At the same
time, God is present to us, upholding and
sustaining creation.

God guides creation through divine
providence.

God created human beings in his
image and likeness.

54
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“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth…”

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Genesis 1:1

55
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Truths about God’s creation [2]:

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God created us male and female out of
love and for love.

God is the creator of all that is seen and
unseen.

Though essentially good because God
made us, humans are tainted with sin.

Through Jesus Christ and the power of
the Holy Spirit, God invites us into a
personal relationship with him.

56
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The Fall and Original Sin

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Adam and Eve’s misuse of freedom; disobedience = Original Sin

57
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The Fall and Original Sin [2]

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Loss of Original Holiness and
Justice

Disunity between God and their
descendants

Disharmony between nature
and humans

Alienation from each other

58
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Our fallen human nature:

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Ignorance

Suffering

Concupiscence

Death

59
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Liberation from Original Sin:

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Only through Jesus Christ

Baptism

Constant help of Holy Spirit

60
Q

rewards for those who believe in the

one, true God:

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knowledge of God’s greatness and his love for us

Our life has meaning

God will always care for us

61
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We come to knowledge of God’s

greatness and his love for us

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God

loves us unconditionally

62
Q

Our life has meaning

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we have dignity

and should care for one another

63
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God will always care for us

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God will not abandon us when we sin

64
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Personal Revelation

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you and God

65
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Divine revelation

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sacred traditions and sacred scriptures