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Theology IV Midterm Study Guide

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Efficacious
Sacraments actually confer the grace they signify
Sacrament
Efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ, entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us
Religious Being
Man longs for more than the material world; "for man exists, it is because God has created him through love, continues to hold us in existence"
Call
A call is a promise that God has invited us into
Atonement
Reparation for wrongdoing or sin and reconciliation with God
Vocation
L. Vocare "to call" - our vocation is love, called by love to love- we can't ignore God's call
Interior Repentance
A radical reorientation of our whole life to God and the resolution to change one's life
Tell me as much as you can about your favorite martyr we learned about this year.
St. Cecilia
-200 AD Rome
-patron saint of music
-given in marriage to a non-Christian man, but she had vowed her virginity to Jesus
-asked her guardian angel to safeguard her virginity
-on her wedding night, she told her husband her vow
-he asked for proof and once he converted to Christianity by her request, he saw her angel, and believed
-both martyred in Rome
-she was beheaded, but stayed alive for three days, praising the Lord with her voice
List and briefly explain the four marks of marriage.
1. Free
-both husband and wife must enter into the union with free consent
-Christ loves us freely and grants us the freedom to love
- "Freedom consists not in doing what we like but in having the right to do what we ought." -Pope John Paul II
2. Total
-in marriage, the man and woman give a gift of their whole selves
-Christ gives us a total gift of his self
- "Conjugal love involves a totality, in which all the elements of the person enter." - CCC 1643
3. Faithful
-spouses enter into an inviolable fidelity by the very nature of their love
-Christ is always faithful to us
- "Love seeks to be definitive; it cannot be an arrangement until further notice." - CCC 1646
4. Fruitful
-in giving a total gift of self, the couple enters unto an openness of fertility
-Christ's love for us is abundantly fruitful and creative
- "Wishing to associate them in a special way with his own creative work, God bless man and woman with the words, ' Be fruitful and multiply.'" - CCC 1652
Explain the historical progression of religious consecrated life from hermits to communities today. Be as specific as possible.
-earliest precursors were consecrated virgins or hermits who lived together for mutual support
——St. Anthony of Egypt gained a following in the desert
——St. Pachomius recognized that this movement needed order
———-these peoples began to live communally and followed a common rule
-religious life as we know it today began around 529AD
——St. Benedict: a hermit; realized that for many a life of prayer and penance could best be lived out in a supportive community and wrote rules to guide followers
——His twin sister St. Scholastica founded a similar community for women
-The later Medieval Period had mendicant orders which focused not only on prayer by on apostolic activities; community life retained many monastic elements but orders left houses to preach, teach, and engage in charitable works
-During the Protestant Reformation, religious orders founded wanted to combat distortion of Catholic doctrine
—-led to many active religious orders which combined a life of prayer with wholehearted dedication to charitable works
Explain the Priesthood of Christ and how His saving mission continues today- (Holy Orders, Pentecost, Successors)
Priesthood of Christ
-summit and perfection of Old Testament priesthood
-He is the ultimate high priest with a 'priesthood that does not pass away.'
-in suffering and death, on the cross, Christ offers his very self in atonement for the sins of humanity

Continuing Christ's Saving Mission
-the sacrament of Holy Orders is instituted by Christ at the Last Supper as a sign of his abiding presence and priestly action in the church
-Jesus promises to remain with us forever, sends the Holy Spirit to guide us, willed that his saving work should continue
-institutes priesthood to ensure the Sacraments would be administered in his name and person

Pentecost
-given the gift of Holy Spirit; without God the mission of the apostles is pointless
-after Pentecost, the Apostles went everywhere preaching the Gospel and administering the sacraments

Successors
-person who succeeds or comes after another office holder; bishops are the successors of Apostles
-in Scripture, Matthias replaces Judas
-the Apostles had been trusted with Christ's own authority, and so they are able to call other men to share in his priesthood as well.
The moral and spiritual strength of a woman is joined to her awareness that...
A. God has made her better than men
B. She proves herself by her abilities
C. God entrusts the human being to her in a special way
D. Others are obstacles in her way to success
C.
John Paul II says that woman's gift is her ability to bring _____ and _____ to all of her interactions
A. Food; shelter
B. Criticalness; judgment
C. Sensitivity; receptivity
D. Emotions; irrationality
C.
In reconciliation penitents..
A. Obtain pardon from God's mercy
B. Are reconciled with the Church
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
C.
Baptism has NOT abolished our human frailty and the presence of this in us
A. Sin
B. Concupiscence
C. The gap between us and Christ
D. Punishment
B
The matter in confession is
A. Our sins
B. The priest
C. The words "I absolve you from sin"
D. Our penance
A.
ALL of the sacraments give us
A. Actual grace
B. The will to be holy
C. Interior Repentance
D. Sanctifying Grace
D.
The Eucharist is the _____ and ______ of the Christian life
A. Bread; butter
B. Soul; spirit
C. source; summit
D. Sign; symbol
C.
Confirmation
A. Is where we choose if we actually want to be Catholic
B. Is graduating from Church
C. Perfects the grace of Baptism
D. Perfects the Holy Spirit
C.
The New Testament
A. Announces the fulfillment of God's covenant relationship with Israel
B. Announces the end of God's covenant
C. Announces the end of salvation history
D. Announces a covenant from God with Israel alone
A.
The whole spiritual good of the Church is contained in the Eucharist, namely
A. Power
B. Good works
C. Christ Himself
D. The saints
C.
Confirmation...
A. Enriches us with strength
B. Completes our formation as Christians
C. Binds us more perfectly to the Church
D. A and C
E. B and C
D.
What is Philip's response to Nathanael's lack of conviction in John 1:47?
A. You must believe
B. Are you kidding me? This is obviously Jesus. You are stupid.
C. Come and see.
D. Well, I tried.
C.
Who is our ultimate example of a call and response?
A. Peter
B. Abraham
C. Mary
D. St. Augustine
C.
Who does Jesus call to be the first witness of His resurrection, even though it is wildly countercultural?
A. Peter
B. Mary, his mother
C. Mary Magdalene
D. St. Augustine
C
Jesus says he is the ____, the _____, and the _____ in John 14:6
A. Way, truth, light
B. Way, truth, life
C. Way, one, promise
D. Way, life, promise
B.
Jesus meets us where we are but does NOT
A. Stay with us
B. Leave us there
C. Bring us to the Father
D. None of the above
B.
Why was Eve made out of Adam's rib?
A. God ran out of other material
B. It signifies the sacrifices that she will have to make
C. It signifies Eve being Adam's equal
D. None of the above
C.
How are we uniquely called in marriage to participate in a promise?
A. By finding our vocation
B. By creating one
C. By being one
D. By imitating one
B
What is a sacrament?
A. An effective sign of grace
B. An efficacious sign of grace
C. An effort of grace
D. A sign of effective grace
B
What is marriage ordered towards by its nature?
A. Procreation and the education of offspring
B. Good of the spouses
C. A and b
D. None
C.
What does Christ mean when he says, "what God has joined together let no man put asunder?"
A. Matrimonial union is indissoluble
B. Matrimonial union is dissolubile
C. Matrimonial union is a reflection of God's love for us
D. A and c
E. B and c
D.
Marriage usually takes place during the
A. Summer
B. Ceremony
C. Mass
D. Prayers
C.
Who is the minister of the sacrament of marriage? (This differs from every other sacrament)
A. Priest
B. Bishop
C. Spouses
D. Witnesses
C
What is necessary for the sacrament of marriage to take place and binds the spouses?
A. Rings
B. Vows
C. Their free consent
D. Their openness to children
C.
The binding of the couple through free consent finds its fulfillment in
A. Consummation
B. Consuming
C. The exchange of vows
D. None
A.
In consummation the body communicates what the _____ has expressed in the sacrament
A. Priest
B. Readings
C. Body
D. Soul
D
When a Catholic marries a non-Catholic Christian
A. Disparity of cult
B. Mixed marriage
C. A and b
D. None of the above
B.
A Catholic marrying a non-catholic, which is valid but cannot be sacramental
A. Disparity of cult
B. Mixed marriage
C. A and b
D. None of the above
A.
What promise does a Catholic make when entering into marriage (specifically with mixed marriages and disparity of cult, but also technically in all marriages)?
A. Maintain the practice of his or her faith
B. Try to convince their spouse to become catholic
C. Raise any children in the Catholic faith
D. A and C
E. A and b
D.
Consecrated men and women ____ and ____ the lay faithful and ordained ministers
A. Are separate from; apart from
B. Animate; encourage
C. Correct; discipline
D. Are better than; holier than
B.
In the 3rd-5th centuries, desert hermits moved the Church into deeper appreciation for
A. Prayer and interior life
B. A lukewarm practice of faith
C. Works of charity
D. Charisms
A.
Consecrated life is by definition a state of life established by
A. The saints
B. The competent authority of other consecrated men and women
C. The competent authority of the faithful
D. The competent authority of the Church
D.
The clergy are ordained to stand in the place of _____ to accept vows or sacred bonds professed by consecrated persons
A. The pope
B. The founder
C. Christ
D. The church
C.
After the fall of Rome, who was largely responsible for preserving western cultural heritage by establishing schools?
A. Priests
B. Monks
C. Dominicans
D. Franciscans
B.
In the modern era, many religious orders work to provide education for
A. Students
B. Catholics
C. The poor
D. The middle class
C.
What is the most important work of those in consecrated life?
A. Providing education
B. Influencing health care and care of the poor and oppressed
C. Influencing science and economics
D. Prayer and being a witness of Christ in the world
D.
Oldest form of consecrated life in the Church
A. Hermits
B. Religious life
C. Consecrated virgins
D. None of the above
C.
Lived an ascetic spirituality to reject becoming lukewarm in faith
A. Hermits
B. Religious life
C. Consecrated virgins
D. None of the above
A.
Dedicated to local church to live our spiritual motherhood or fatherhood and apostolic work
A. Hermits
B. Religious life
C. Consecrated virgins
D. None
C.
Which religious orders combined a life of prayer with wholehearted dedication to charitable works?
A. Cloistered
B. Sisters
C. Active
D. Jesuits
C.
When were religious orders founded specifically to combat the distortion of catholic doctrine?
A. Early medieval period
B. Later medieval period
C. Protestant Reformation
D. Modern era
c.
What is asking both God and the community if joining a religious order is the right fit?
A. Discernment
B. Postulancy
C. Novitiate
D. None
A.
What is the one or two year period of specific preparation for one to take vows?
A. Discernment
B. Postulancy
C. Novitiate
D. None
C.
What is God's will?
A. Evil
B. Mean
C. Bad
D. Love
D.
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