A-15. The Creation of Man (CCC 355-384)

What is original holiness? (CCC 375)

Friendship with God and a share in the divine life (*Original holiness is caused by sanctifying grace)

What were the two chief aspects of man's original state before the Fall? (CCC 375)

Man was endowed with 1. original holiness 2. original justice

In what double harmony was man established in Paradise? (CCC 374)

Man was established in a double harmony: 1. with God 2. with himself and the rest of creation

What is original justice? (CCC 375)

Man's harmony with God, with himself and with the creation around him

What does it mean that man as God's image possesses the dignity of a person? (CCC 357)

Means that Man is: 1. someone not something 2. capable of self-knowledge 3. capable of self-possession 4. capable of communion with others

What does it mean that "the soul is the form of the body"? (CCC 365)

Means that the material body becomes a living, human body because of its spiritual soul

Is the spiritual soul of a human being produced by his parents? (CCC 366)

No. -- It is created immediately by God

Are spirit and matter in man two natures united? (CCC 365)

No. -- Their union forms one single nature

Why did God create all things for man? (CCC 358)

So that man could offer all creation back to God

In what double way does the Bible understand the term "soul"? (CCC 363

1. as human life or the entire human person 2. as the spiritual principle in man

What does the term "spirit" mean when applied to man? (CCC 367)

1. from creation man is ordered to a supernatural end 2. man's soul can gratuitously be raised to communion with God (*The distinction between "soul" and "spirit" does not introduce a duality into the soul)

What two reasons does God give for creating the woman? (CCC 371)

1. that man may not be alone 2. that he may have a fitting helper

What are the three aspects of the state of original justice? (CCC 376)

1. the inner harmony of the human person 2. the harmony between man and woman 3. the harmony between man and all creation

For what two reasons did God set man over the whole world? (CCC 380)

1. to serve Him 2. to rule over all creatures

How does the Council of Vienne (AD 1311-12) define the soul? (CCC 365)

As "the form of the body" (*"Form" is as a technical term in the philosophy of Aristotle († 322 BC) = that which makes a thing to be what it is)

In what respect are man and woman perfectly equal? (CCC 369)

As human persons with one and the same dignity

For what four reasons does man occupy an unique place in creation? (CCC 355)

Because God: 1. made him in His image 2. united in man the spiritual and material worlds 3. created him male and female 4. established man in His friendship

Why is God's Son the first-born of a multitude of brethren? (CCC 381)

Because all men are made in His image

Why does the human race form a unity from the beginning? (CCC 360)

Because from one ancestor God made all nations to inhabit the whole earth

Why is man's work in Paradise different from his work after the Fall? (CCC 378)

Because in Paradise man's work is not yet a burden but a collaboration with God in perfecting the visible creation

Why does the human body share in the dignity of the image of God? (CCC 364)

Because it is animated by a spiritual soul

When were original holiness and original justice lost? (CCC 379)

By the sin of our first parents

Where does the Bible say that man was created in the image of God? (CCC 355-356)

Genesis 1:26-27 -- "Let us make man in our image...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he created him; male and female he created them"

Where does the Old Testament say that God created men "male and female"? (CCC 369)

Genesis 1:27 -- "So God created man in his own image,...male and female he created them"

What was the source of man's happiness in Paradise? (CCC 384)

His friendship with God

When does Genesis 2 describe man as "body and soul but truly one"? (CCC 362)

In Genesis 2:7, when declaring that: 1. God formed man of dust (= symbol for the body) 2. breathed the breath of life into him ( = symbol for the soul) 3. so that man became a living being (= one).

In what sense can God not be compared to a man or to a woman? (CCC 370)

In the sense that He is pure spirit in which there is no place for the difference between the sexes

In what sense can God be compared to a man or to a woman? (CCC 370)

In the sense that the respective "perfections" of man and woman reflect something of the infinite perfection of God

In what respect are man and woman different? (CCC 369)

In their respective beings as male or female

What does the term "heart" signify in the context of the human soul? (CCC 368)

It signifies the depths of one's being where one decides for or against God

What is the first form of communion between persons? (CCC 383)

The partnership between man and woman

What happens to the soul at death? (CCC 366)

The soul does not die but it separates from the body and will be reunited with it at the resurrection of the flesh (*Thus, death= the separation of the soul from the body)

How was man's mastery over the world chiefly realized in Paradise? (CCC 377)

Through his mastery of himself

What was man doing in Paradise? (CCC 378)

Tilling and keeping the garden

What is man's vocation in regard to the rest of creation? (CCC 373)

To subdue the earth as a steward of God

When did the Son of God stamp His image on Adam? (CCC 359

When He created him

How do man and woman co-operate in a unique way in the Creator's work? (CCC 372)

When as spouses they transmit human life to their descendants

When and how does each man's spiritual and immortal soul come into being? (CCC 382)

When it is created by God at conception