Catholic Christianity Final Questions

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Will a sincere search for truth, guided by God's grace, ultimately lead to truth?	Yes.
What is the intent of this course?	For Catholics and non Catholics alike to learn about Catholic heritage.
How do we know human beings are relational by nature?	We are made in God's image and likeness and since He is relational, we are relational.
What is the Christian understanding of God?	God is 1 being in 3 persons.
Were human beings created by god with a built in longing for happiness?	Yes.
Does society ever point us in good worthwhile directions?	Yes.
What is the mission of Notre Dame High School?	To educate hearts and minds.
Why is chastity like a muscle?	The more you use it or practice it, the stronger it gets.
Are worldviews something people freely choose?	Yes.
Can anything or any one make a person believe in God, even God's grace?	No.
Is faith in God always easy?	No.
What is the deepest kind of faith?	The kind that has been struggled for but maintained.
Do all human beings have a built in desire for God and a capacity to believe in God?	Yes.
On what belief is God's Revelation based?	That He reveals himself to us because He wants to have a personal and intimate relationship with us.
Are faith and religious practices the same thing?	No, you can have faith without practicing it, you can practice a religion without having faith.
What is the Catholic Christian understanding of how a person comes to have faith?	We receive an invitation from God and it is up to us to answer it.
What is the difference between the ordinary meaning of the word tradition (lowercase t) and Tradition (with an uppercase T)?	tradition=customary practice Tradition= process by which the church reflects on deepens its understanding of, cherishes and hands onto every generation everything it believes is essential to the faith.
Why do people often receive a new name in the Bible?	New name comes with a new mission in life.
What did god promise Abraham?	To bless his family, to make them a great nation and also promised him countless descendants.
What does the name Israel mean?	One who contends with divine human beings.
Who are the partriarchs of the Jewish faith?	Joseph, Isaac, Abraham, Jacob.
Whose descendants formed the twelve tribes of Israel?	Jacob's.
Why is it important to understand Judaism in order to understand Jesus and Catholic Christianity?	Jesus was raised a Jew and to understand Jesus, we must understand his past.
Are a covenant and a contract the same thing?	No, a covenant promises to be faithful forever, while a contract is simply just an exchange of goods.
Is jealousy and envy the same thing?	No, envy is destructive, or wanting to destroy what someone else has, but jealousy is to want what someone else has.
Is the nature of Jesus more divine than human?	No, fully both.
Is it Christian belief that there is no better way for God to be with us than for God to become one of us?	Yes.
Did Jesus ever get angry, frustrated, lonely, or was He ever tempted to be anything but good?	Yes.
Is it said that Jesus became one with us in all things except sin?	Yes.
What does the name Jesus mean?	Yahweh Saves.
What was one of the first things Jesus did when He began His public ministry?	Gathered disciples.
What mission was Jesus so passionate about?	To proclaim the kingdom of Love/God.
Was a plot arranged to get rid of Jesus by having Him executed as a criminal?	Yes.
In whose account of the Last Supper tells that Jesus got up from the table, took a towel and basin of water, and washed the feet of his friends, as a servant would do?	John's.
Do Catholics recognize that Jesus Himself is present with them in the symbols of bread and wine?	No, not as symbols.
Were the Apostles loyal when Jesus had to face His persecutors?	No.
Of what was Jesus accused?	Blasphemy and threatening of the Temple.
Was Jesus handed over to the Roman governor?	Yes.
Who was the Roman governor?	Pontius Pilate.
Did the Roman governor have the legal authority to sentence someone to death?	Yes.
Who condemned Jesus to be crucified?	Pontius Pilate.
Were crucifixions common during Jesus' time?	Yes.
What is the only day of the entire year that there is not Mass?	Good Friday.
Can we actually prove that the Resurrection took place?	No.
In some ways, do the inconsistencies in the Gospel accounts make the Resurrection even more believable?	Yes.
Why is Jesus known as the Lamb of God?	It relates to the sacrifice make by the Israelites with the unblemished, perfect lamb. Since Jesus is without sin, and He sacrificed Himself for us, He became our unblemished Lamb of God.
What is sometimes called the birthday of the church?	Pentecost.
Does Mary have a special place among Catholics as the Model of the Church?	Yes.
Being the mother of Christ, is Mary also the Mother of the Church?	Yes.
Does the Catholic Church trace its history back to the church of Apostles through an unbroken line of bishops?	Yes.
Why can those who are convinced of the truth of other religions besides Christianity be saved?	When they have a sincere search for truth and God.
Do you have to be well known to be a saint?	No.
Catholics group the _____ books of the Hebrew Scriptures into ___ major sections. ____ books make up the Christian Testament.	46, 4, 27
What is an evangelist?	A Gospel writer.
Does each Gospel offer a distinctive portrait of Jesus and a different emphasis on His message?	Yes.
Through what two means does the Catholic faith hold that we come to know the one truth revealed in and by Jesus?	Scriptures and traditions.
Do our emptiness and longings help us discover that what truly fulfills us also fulfills God's desire for us?	Yes.
Can individualism be carried too far?	Yes.
Is individualism contrary to Christianity?	No.
What is real love?	Looking out for the good of another.
May a worldview partly result from how one was raised in a certain family and culture?	Yes.
May a worldview partly result from one's personality or temperament?	Yes.
May a worldview partly result from one's relationships with other people and particular life experiences?	Yes.
Of what matters are worldviews?	Heart and Head.
What does faith involve?	Trust, belief.
What is a truly honest Christian response to the question of why suffering occurs?	"We don't know."
Does the Catholic Church reject the human right to religious freedom?	No.
Does the Catholic Church reject what is true and holy in non-Christian religions?	No.
Does the Catholic Church reject the belief that god has revealed the fullest depth of divine mystery in Jesus?	No.
What are the signs of God's existence?	In the convictions of persons who care about us, human reason, experience with the natural world, experience of ourselves as human persons, universal belief throughout history, experience of being loved.
What are the ways God's Revelation has been experienced and understood by people throughout history?	Individual experience, events of history, sacred scriptures and writings, religious teachings and statements of faith.
By what did all descendants of Jacob become known as?	Israelites.
How is the holy name of God, Yahweh in Hebrew, revealed to Moses, translated?	"I am"
What Jewish feast every year remembers the Exodus and the events leading up to it?	Passover.
Who led the Israelites into Canaan?	Joshua.
What does the word messiah mean?	Annointed one.
Who do Christians recognize as the fulfillment of God's Covenant?	Jesus.
How was Jesus conceived?	By the Holy Spirit.
Though perplexed, what was the willing response Mary gave?	"Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word."
What does the Immaculate Conception mean?	Mary being born without Original Sin.
Besides jesus, who is the closest to God of any human being that ever lived?	Mary.
What do we call the meal Jesus shared the night before he died with His closest friends?	Last Supper.
What is teh last Supper the origin of?	The Eucharist.
Where does Jesus pray in dreadful anguish to His Father that He might be spared from the suffering and death that awaited Him?	Garden of Gethsemane.
After approval by the _____________ for the ________ of Saints, a candidate is named ______. Then, after a _____ has been attributed to him or her, he or she is declared ____. Finally, the ______ officially canonizes the person as a ____.	Congregation, Causes, venerable, miracle, blessed, Pope, Saint.
The Hebrew Scriptures is divided into four major sections in the following order...	The Pentateuch, The historical books, The wisdom books, The prophetic books.
The Christian Testament is divided into four major sections in the following order....	The Gospels, The Acts of the Apostles, The epistles, The Book of Revelation.
The Development of the Scriptures is...	Events--->Oral Tradition---->Written Pieces---->Edited Books---->Canonical Status.
The Catholic Tradition offers special gifts:	A sense of the sacramental, An emphasis on the communal, A commitment to both Faith and Reason, A love for the saints.

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