THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (18)

Question 1

is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good

Answer 1

VIRTUE

Question 2

it allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself

Answer 2

VIRTUE

Question 3

these virtues have God himself as their origin, motive, and direct object

Answer 3

THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

Question 4

they bestow on one the capacity to live in a relationship with the trinity

Answer 4

THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

Question 5

they are the foundation and the energizing force of the Christian’s moral activity

Answer 5

THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

Question 6

they give life to the human virtues

Answer 6

THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

Question 7

latin phrase for “so faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 cor. 13:13)

Answer 7

TRIA HAEC

Question 8

the three theological virtues

Answer 8

FAITH
HOPE
CHARITY/LOVE

Question 9

the theological virtue by which we believe in God and all that he has revealed to us and that the Church proposes for our belief

Answer 9

FAITH

Question 10

by _____, the human person freely commits himself to God

Answer 10

faith

Question 11

the believer seeks to know and do the will of God because what

Answer 11

“faith works through charity”

Question 12

the theological virtue by which we desire and await from God eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit to merit it and to persevere to the end of our earthly life

Answer 12

HOPE

Question 13

2 ways of hoping

Answer 13

DESIRE

WAITING

Question 14

is the only source of our deepest desires such as happiness

Answer 14

God

Question 15

we’ll ____ for the fulfillment of God’s promises to us

Answer 15

wait

Question 16

etymology of ADVENT

Answer 16

ADVENTUS, meaning “coming”

Question 17

the theme of the first two weeks of the advent

Answer 17

repentance in the coming of Christ at the end of time as judge

Question 18

2 COMMON SINS AGAINST HOPE

Answer 18

DESPAIR

PRESUMPTION

Question 19

sin where man ceases to hope for his personal salvation from God, for help in attaining it or for the forgiveness of his sins

Answer 19

DESPAIR

Question 20

is contrary to God’s goodness, for the Lord is faithful to his promises – and to his mercy

Answer 20

DESPAIR

Question 21

two kinds of PRESUMPTION

Answer 21

either man presumes upon his own capacities

or he presumes upon God’s mercy

Question 22

sin where either man presumes upon his own capacities or he presumes upon God’s mercy

Answer 22

PRESUMPTION

Question 23

presumption by hoping to be able to save himself without help from on high

Answer 23

man presumes upon his own capacities

Question 24

presumption by hoping to obtain his forgiveness without conversion and glory without merit

Answer 24

man presumes upon God’s mercy

Question 25

the theological virtue by which we love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God

Answer 25

CHARITY

Question 26

Jesus made this theological virtue as the new commandment

Answer 26

CHARITY

Question 27

5 SINS AGAINST CHARITY

Answer 27

``` INDIFFERENCE INGRATITUDE LUKEWARMNESS ACEDIA HATRED OF GOD ```

Question 28

sin by neglect or refusal to reflect on love of God; it fails to consider its prevenient goodness and denies its power

Answer 28

INDIFFERENCE

Question 29

sin by failure or refusal to acknowledge divine charity and to return his love for love

Answer 29

INGRATITUDE

Question 30

sin by hesitation or negligence in responding to divine love; it can imply refusal to give oneself over to the prompting of charity

Answer 30

LUKEWARMNESS

Question 31

sin that goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness

Answer 31

ACEDIA

Question 32

sin that causes laziness in praying or going to church

Answer 32

ACEDIA

Question 33

ACEDIA is also called what

Answer 33

SPIRITUAL SLOTH

Question 34

sin that comes from pride, a denial of God’s goodness cursing him as one who forbids sins and inflicts punishments

Answer 34

HATRED OF GOD

Question 35

the good thief crucified beside Jesus Christ

Answer 35

ST. DISMAS

Question 36

the bad thief that cursed Jesus

Answer 36

GESTAS