midterm

Question 1

kerygma

Answer 1

Greek word for “proclamation”; , created , captured, rescued, response

Question 1

• What is beatitude?

Answer 1

the blessings listed by Jesus

Question 2

• What is virtue

Answer 2

trait

Question 3

• What is heresy?

Answer 3

a belief that doesn’t agree with your religon

Question 4

Epistemology

Answer 4

the theory of knowledge

Question 5

The Paschal Mystery

Answer 5

– The Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus

Question 6

Arianism

Answer 6

Jesus is created not eternal

Question 7

Pelagianism

Answer 7

denies original sin

Question 8

Nestorianism

Answer 8

Christ is 2 Persons and Mary is not the Mother of
God

Question 9

Monophysitism

Answer 9

; christs humanity is
swallowed up in his divinity

Question 10

Docetism

Answer 10

Jesus’ humanity was a sort of disguise

Question 11

Council of Nicaea

Answer 11

Countered Arianism

Question 12

1st Council of Constantinople

Answer 12

Finalized the Nicene Creed

Question 13

Council of Ephesus

Answer 13

– Countered Nestorianism

Question 14

Council of Chalcedon

Answer 14

Countered Monophysitism

Question 15

Credo deum

Answer 15

– I believe that God exists

Question 16

Credo deo

Answer 16

– I believe God

Question 17

Credo in deum

Answer 17

I believe in God

Question 18

Faith

Answer 18

– the theological virtue that enables one to know God and all that he has
revealed

Question 19

Hope

Answer 19

– the theological virtue that enables one to desire God above all things

Question 20

Charity

Answer 20

– the theological virtue that enables one to love as God himself loves, to
love God above all things, and one’s neighbor as oneself.

Question 21

Wisdom

Answer 21

moves one to order one’s life according to God’s will

Question 22

Understanding

Answer 22

enables one to see more deeply into the mysteries of the faith and judge with certainty all created things

Question 23

Counsel

Answer 23

enables one to respond fully to the direction and guidance from the Lord

Question 24

Fortitude

Answer 24

moves one to endure difficulties for the sake of eternal life with God

Question 25

Knowledge

Answer 25

– guides one in knowing what to believe and how to share it with others

Question 26

Piety

Answer 26

– inclines one as a child of God to have devotion and honor to God as Father

Question 27

Fear of the Lord

Answer 27

brings forth the fear of offending God by sin

Question 28

* What is the difference between natural revelation and divine revelation?

Answer 28

Natural revelation is what can be learned about God from His creations. Divine revelation is what God has revealed to us directly

Question 29

Explain St. Augustine’s analogy for the Trinity and why this is the best description of God as Trinity

Answer 29

when the mind knows itself and loves itself, a trinity remains: the mind, love, and knowledge and this makes sense because there is 3 in the Trinity