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Religion Ch3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Why did God create the universe? | As a way to express His love |
| Why do we refer to God as our father? | Because He created us and we are His children |
| What did the incarnation reveal? | That we are God's children and that He wants us to not only have a relationship with Him on Earth, but to also be with Him forever in heaven |
| What did Jesus' sacrifice on the cross allow us to do? | Become God's adopted children and live the way that He wants us to |
| God's name in the Old Testament | God is referred to by many titles in the Old Testament, but almost never "father". To the Israelites, he is a distant God who is to be venerated, and such an intimate title would be too casual |
| How did the relationship between God and His people start to become less distant? | Through Jesus/the incarnation. It was also revealed that the relationship between God the Father and Jesus has always been |
| Why did Jesus encourage people to call God "our father"? | He wanted people to understand the relationship between Him and God. He also wanted us to start understanding our relationship to God as His adopted children |
| Theological definition of creation | something created out of nothing |
| Who created the entire universe? | God as the Trinity- when acting in creation, all three persons are present as God |
| Why did God create the universe? | God created the universe so that there could be creatures to share in his love. He wanted creatures to participate in his own divine life with him. Not doing this would not have taken away any of his qualities, however. |
| How can human reason posit that God created the universe? | As things cannot create themselves or move themselves, some force outside of the universe must have set everything into motion for the universe to exist. |
| What would we find at the beginning of creation? | Only God Himself. Not even time existed before God created it |
| Is the creation story in Genesis meant to be taken literally? | No, the story itself is mythical. We are meant to take away certain messages (why God created the world, the origin of sin, our relationship with God and each other, etc) from Genesis rather than a literal beginning of the world. |
| What does the creation story reveal about God? | Who he is, who we are, and the meaning of our existence |
| What did Christ reveal with the Sacraments? | That both the material and spiritual world are fundamentally good, as the Sacraments make use of material things to promote our spiritual lives |
| Why should we take care of the world around us? | (Other than the fact that we all live on the planet and it's the only one we have, so even if you can't care about what happens to others, you should at least take care of it for your own well-being) because God created it and it is fundamentally good |
| How does God use creation is relation to humanity? | It is His instrument to redeem us from sin |
| Is creation still in progress? | Yes, it will continue to grow and change until it has achieved a state of perfection, consisting of which we do not quite know |
| What is scientific creationism? | The belief that the Genesis accounts are literal- the Earth is 6000 years old, creation only took 6 days, etc. |
| What is the Catholic Church's stance on scientific creationism? | Scientific conclusions on how the world came to be can be trusted, and Genesis is more about spiritual truths and our relationship with God |
| What is unique about the Genesis creation story compared to other Mesopotamian creation stories? | There is only one God, humanity is presented as the pinnacle of creation, God transcends his creation |
| What real world context did the Genesis account arise out of? | Babylonian exile- arose as a counter to the Babylonian creation story |
| What does the Genesis account say about God? | He is all-powerful, all-good, has no rival, creates deliberately, etc |
| What does the Genesis account say about the world? | The world is good, a reflection of its creator; it was created to be orderly and is centered around the Sabbath |
| Why do some people dismiss the creation account? | The dome sky, the duration of creation, the order of creation, etc |
| What is concordism? | The belief that the Genesis creation account can all be reconciled with modern science. Misses the point of Genesis however |
| What is the creation story NOT meant to convey? | The literal methodology and duration of how the world was created |
| Why is science not a threat to the creation story? | Genesis contains spiritual truth and not scientific truth |
| What is Divine Providence? | every creature being led to their purpose, as created by God, by grace and nature |
| What is Divine Governance? | the process by which God leads each creature to its purpose, and by extension, the world to perfection |
| Does God impose his will upon humanity? | No, we have free will. However, God does ask that we conform to his will so that perfection may be achieved |
| What does "angel" mean? | messenger |
| How many choirs of angels are there, each with different roles and responsibilities? | 9 |
| What do the seraphim do? | As the most powerful angels, the seraphim are responsible for perpetually worshipping God |
| What do the cherubim do? | As the second most powerful angels, the cherubim possess "a fullness or excess of knowledge" |
| What do the thrones do? | As the third most powerful angels, thrones carry out God's judgement and attend to him |
| What do the dominations do? | As the fourth most powerful angels, dominations assign tasks to the virtues and powers (also types of angels) |
| What do the virtues (angels) do? | As the fifth most powerful angels, virtues keep nature in order |
| What do the powers (angels) do? | As the sixth most powerful angels, the powers give orders to the 3 choirs of angels below them |
| What do the principalities do? | As the seventh most powerful angels, principalities carry out implementations of God's will |
| What do the archangels do? | As the eighth most powerful angels, archangels act as messengers from God to man and carry out instructions from God directly |
| What do the angels do? | As the least powerful choir of angels, normal angels tend to act as guardians of man |
| What is part of the nature of angels? | They all have knowledge of God and their wills are aligned with His |
| Where do fallen angels go? | Hell |
| Is Satan still active in the world? | Yes, the Church teaches that he has been active throughout history, and will be defeated for good during the Second Coming |
| Why does God allow Satan to tempt people? | In order to test people's loyalty to God, and to reveal the merits of Christ. He does give us the grace to resist Satan though |
| What does the CCC teach about angels and humanity? | That each person has been entrusted with a guardian angel from the beginning of their life to when they die. These angels protect us and can be invoked during hard times |
| What is the human soul? | It is the spiritual component of humans, and allows us to know and love God, While it is inseparable from our bodies, it also persists once we die |
| Why is human life sacred? | Because we are made in the image and likeness of God |
| What measures a person's worth? | The fact that they have a relationship with God, and not their usefulness to society |
| What was Christ's goal in saving us? | To return us to how humanity was before the fall, to restore for us a supernatural holiness and justice |
| Why must we all be saved by Jesus, instead of just people who have sinned? | Because Original Sin is inherited, and so everyone needs to be saved by Jesus |
| Where does the word "saint" come from? | the Latin sanctus, meaning "holy" |
| What do we receive at baptism? | sanctifying grace, a new life without Original Sin, and a part in Christ's Mystical Body |
| How can we succeed at holiness? | By imitating Christ, who is our model. We must also participate in the Sacraments |
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