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| Is it possible to be saved through our own effort apart from God’s grace? Do we need God’s help for any good action that we undertake? (Paragraphs 153, 154) |
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1) man must have the grace of God to move and assist him; he must have the interior helps of the Holy Spirit, who moves the heart and converts it to God, who opens the eyes of the mind and ‘makes it easy for all to accept and believe the truth.'
2)is possible only by grace and the interior helps of the Holy Spirit to have good human action
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| 2). How does the Catechism define the fundamental goal of all Theology? (Paragraph 158) |
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| "Faith seeks understanding":33 it is intrinsic to faith that a believer desires to know better the One in whom he has put his faith and to understand better what He has revealed; a more penetrating knowledge will in turn call forth a greater faith, increasingly set afire by love. 5 In the words of St. Augustine, "I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe |
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| 3).According to the Catechism, are there any inherent problems between faith and science? (Paragraph 159) |
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| Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth. |
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| If someone is in error on a doctrinal matter, can their assent be promoted by physical coercion? (Paragraph 160) |
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| God calls men to serve him in spirit and in truth. Consequently they are bound to him in conscience, but not coerced. . . . This fact received its fullest manifestation in Christ Jesus."40 Indeed, Christ invited people to faith and conversion, but never coerced them. |
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| Why are the professions of faith called creeds? (Paragraph 187) |
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Such syntheses are called "professions of faith" since they summarize the faith that Christians profess. They are called "creeds" on account of what is usually their first word in Latin: credo ("I believe"). They are also called "symbols of faith |
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| What does the Greek word for symbol mean? (Paragraph 188) |
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The Greek word symbolon meant half of a broken object
A symbol of faith is a summary of the principal truths of the faith and therefore serves as the first and fundamental point of reference for catechesis.
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| What are the ramifications of God making his name known to us? (Paragraph 203) |
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In revealing his mysterious name, YHWH ("I AM )God says who he is and by what name he is to be called
his name is ineffable, and he is the God who makes himself close to men. |
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| What does God’s name tell us about God? (Paragraph 206, 213) |
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his name is ineffable, and he is the God who makes himself close to men.
God is the fullness of Being and of every perfection, without origin and without end |
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| According to the Catechism, what is the center of God’s revelation to humanity? (Paragraph 221) |
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| By sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret |
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| What are the four implications of our faith in God? ((Paragraph 223 - 226) |
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1.It means coming to know God's greatness and majesty:
2.It means living in thanksgiving
3.It means knowing the unity and true dignity of all men
4.It means making good use of created things |
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| What is the central mystery of Christians Faith and Life? (Paragraph 234 - 236) |
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1.The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life
2."Theology" refers to the mystery of God's inmost life within the Blessed Trinity and "economy" to all the works by which God reveals himself and communicates his life. |
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| What are meant by the terms substance, hypostasis and relation in the context of the theology of the Trinity? (Paragraph 251) |
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1.signify an ineffable mystery, "infinitely beyond all that we can humanly understand.
I) the term "substance: to designate the divine being in its unity, (II) the term "person" or "hypostasis" to designate the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the real distinction among them, and (III) the term "relation" to designate the fact that their distinction lies in the relationship of each to the others. |
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| How is God’s omnipotent power related to the mystery of evil? (paragraph 272) |
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| God the Father has revealed his almighty power in the voluntary humiliation and Resurrection of his Son, by which he conquered evil |
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| What are some of the major questions that confront us when we think of God’s presence in the world? (paragraph 282) |
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1.Where do we come from?"
2.Where are we going?"
3."What is our origin?"
4."What is our end?"
5."Where does everything that exists come from and where is it going?" |
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| What are some key issues to keep in mind when we consider the mystery of evil? (Paragraphs 284, 301, 302, 307, 309, 313, 314) |
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1.Divine providence consists of the dispositions by which God guides all his creatures with wisdom and love to their ultimate end
2.Divine providence works also through the actions of creatures. To human beings God grants the ability to cooperate freely with his plans
It is a choice!!! |
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Describe the totality of the Genesis event. (Paragraph #338)
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Nothing exists that does not owe its existence to God the Creator. The world began when God's word drew it out of nothingness; all existent beings, all of nature, and all human history are rooted in this primordial event, the very genesis by which the world was constituted and time begun |
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| How does the catechism define the soul? How is it related to the idea that we are created in the image and likeness of God? (Paragraphs#355, 356, 363, 364) |
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1. soul" signifies the spiritual principle in man
2. The human body shares in the dignity of "the image of God": it is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole human person that is intended to become, in the body of Christ, a temple of the Spirit |
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| Do all human beings have an inalienable dignity? (Paragraph #369) |
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| man and woman possess an inalienable dignity which comes to them immediately from God their Creator. |
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| What is the difference between sin and other explanations of evil such as a psychological weakness, a mistake, or the necessary consequence of an inadequate social structure, etc. (Paragraph #387) |
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| Only in the knowledge of God's plan for man can we grasp that sin is an abuse of the freedom that God gives to created persons so that they are capable of loving him and loving one another. |
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| What are some of the effects of original sin? (Paragraph #400, 405) |
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1.After his fall, man was not abandoned by God. On the contrary, God calls him and in a mysterious way heralds the coming victory over evil and his restoration from his fall
2. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, "There is nothing to prevent human nature's being raised up to something greater, even after sin; God permits evil in order to draw forth some greater good. |
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