Unit 1 Review

Question 1

Extra ecclesiam nulla salus

Answer 1

Outside the Church there is no salvation
(exclusivism)

Question 2

What is comparative Theology?

Answer 2

A way to think in a theological mindset when you are already rooted in one faith tradition but want to venture into another faith tradition for new theological insight.

Question 3

What is Theology of Religions

Answer 3

Theological mindset rooted in one faith tradition that attempts to account theologically for the meaning and value of other religious traditions (teachings/practices) in accordance with one’s own religion.

Question 4

Explain the purpose of the Nostra Aetate

Answer 4

Means “in our time”
addresses the church’s relationship to other religions
promotes mutual understanding and respect between the Catholics and other religions
universal call to holiness

Question 5

Gentile

Answer 5

Non Jew

Question 6

Pagan

Answer 6

Latin word meaning “rural, rustic, country-folk”

Question 7

Logos Spermatikos

Answer 7

Seed of the word
Idea of Justin Martyr, a Palestinian

Question 8

Liberation Theology

Answer 8

theological reflection that responds to suffering, injustice, and poverty

Question 9

Orthopraxis

Answer 9

the correct practice

Question 10

Orthodoxy

Answer 10

the correct belief

Question 11

Pneumatology

Answer 11

branch within Christian theology that focuses on the study of the Holy Spirit

Question 12

Patristics

Answer 12

Study of the early Christian writers that were designated as church fathers, and the study of their writings (end of NT to early Middle Ages). Studies the time in which Christianity was formed

Question 13

Vatican II

Answer 13

21st Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church. Modernization of the Church after 20 centuries. Founded by Pope John XXIII

Question 14

Ecumenical

Answer 14

Promote unity among various Christian Churches