chapter 1: our loving God

what are four ways we see the human heart yearning for God

1 an unquenchable thirst for joy and happiness 2an experience of beauty and truth 3a sense of personal conscience, moral goodness and justice 4love (personal and communal)

magisterium

teaching authority

what is salvation history

the account of God's saving activity for humankind that is spiritual history that others learn in different ways

Deism

the belief that God created the universe but he takes no further interest in it

Christ commissioned the ____________to interpret authentically god's _____________

Apostles Word

what are the most important covenants recorded in the Bible

the covenant with Noah the covenant with "Abraham" the Saini covenant Jesus Christ, the new covenant

50 percent of the worlds population

Christian, Islam, Judaism

what was the consequence of original sin

the immediate loss of the grace of Original Holiness and Justice- separation from God

we can only speak of degrees of goodness, truth, and beauty by comparing them to a reference point

the supreme model

whatever is in motion had to be moved by something else

the unmoved mover

the Saini covenant taught what

to acknowledge the one, living, true God

god has revealed himself as a _____ of Persons

trinity

mrs mal pushing a tissue box off of a table

unmoved mover

the word "revelation" means "______________". It is God's ___________ of self-communication by which he makes known the mystery of his ____________ _______________

unveiling gift divine plan

what is a dogma

what Catholics are obligated to believe and live by

st luke wrote the most about

woman

through history, the vast majority of people have _________ some kind of deity

worshiped

we can observe this deep ___________ for God in many ways

yearning

God does not abandon his creatures, rather, he established a series of _____________ with humankind

covenants

nothing cannot create something

everything comes from something

the first verse in the Bible says that God is the creator of all that

exists outside himself

the symmetry, beauty, and power in the world

grand designer

st luke was-

greek/pagan (polytheistic)

we were created out of and for

love

God is _______________, _____________ god

one, true God

what are the four common elements typically found in religion

prayer, ritual, sacrifice, ethical code

is there is no ironclad way to prove God's existence, how can humans know God

signs that reflect/ appeal to the intellect (brain) and heart (feelings)

what is an atheist

a person who denies the existence of god

God reveals himself through

a single "___________ of faith, found in both sacred ____________ and in the sacred ____________ of the church"

to say that God is omnipotent means that he is ________ and his power is _____________

almighty unlimited

covenant

an open-ended contract of love in which God commits himself totally to human beings.

The ________ were the first to receive the ___ and they in turn entrusted it to their success

apostles faith

which religions claim more than 50 percent of the world's population

Christian, Islam and Judaism

According to the _____ the ___________ for God is written in the human ________ because man is created by and for ____

ccc, desire, heart, God

due to original sin we are born into a __ where we are inclined to surrender to the powers of _______ in the world

condition evil

salvation history begins with the ________ of the first humans and the _____________ ____________ we live in

creation beautiful world

Sacred Scripture is like a single ___________ of faith, found in both the sacred ________ and in the Sacred __________ of the church

deposit scripture tradition

few questions are more important than the question of God's _______________

existence

we need to have __________ and enjoy the life journey by recalling God's ___________ and ____________ and by helping others on our journey together

faith, presence, guidance

god is our loving ___________ who is in charge, directing us to our ___________________

father destination

it is right and proper to call God _________ but it is also proper to use images of _____________ to emphasize God's closeness to us

father motherhood

who did st luke talk to/ told him what

blessed mother told him all we know about the first Christmas

nothing causes itself

first cause

what are the attributes of God explained by St Thomas Aquinas 10

god is unique, infinite and omnipotent, eternal, immense, contains all things, is immutable, utterly simple and pure spirit, personal, holy

what did saint luke write

gospel of of luke and acts of the apostles

the number of people who belong to the world's __________________________ attest to _________ beliefs

great religions atheistic

he reveals himself to be the _____ in our midst whose only motive for revealing himself is his totally free gift of ______

holy one love

-- if a name expresses a person's inner identity, how should we understand the name of yaweh

he is omipontent- everywhere holyset of all names because God gave it to himself I am, I am who I am, I am who am

the bible is ______ meaning it

inerrant contains no errors

sacred scripture is like a ______________ of divinely inspired _____ God used human _____ to put into writing what he wanted written and _________ more

library writings authors nothing

creation is the result of God's _________, ____________, and his great desire to show his __________, ______, and _____________

love, wisdom, beauty truth goodness and life

the high point salvation ____________ _________________ was his promise to send a ______________

loving concern messiah

by this jesus shows that God is a __________ Father whose children should approach him with love and __________

loving confidence

their original sin as was their __________ of their God given freedom and their ____________ in not relying on his goodness

misuse disobedience

what is the difference between monotheistic religion and a polytheistic religion

monotheistic means to believe in one God and polytheistic means believing in many god's and goddesses

although human reason cannot discover that God exists, left to itself it cannot get a true picture what god really is- a ________________

mystery

the name Yaweh acknowledges God's ________. His ________ and eternal nature is beyond human ________

mystery omnipotent understanding

the blessed trinity is the certain ________ of faith. this mystery reveals that Jesus is the _____ image of God the Father and that the holy spirit is _______________ in the name of the Son

mystery visible sent by the father

st luke is the only writer that followed

never met Jesus peter

both scripture and tradition firmly teach that the triune God created

out of his wisdom and love to show faith and glory

God the _______ is the first person of the Blessed Trinity

Father

the great variety of ___ point out that the human ______ can discover a Supreme being but that God's complete _____ remains a mystery only to be discovered with God's direct help or revelation

religions intellect revelation

baptism erases original sin and

restores our relationship with God

_____________________ is the living transmission of the Church's ______________ _____________ found in the Church's_______________ , life and worship

sacred tradition gospel message teaching

god never abandoned his _______ creatures . he created _________________________ and was passionately faithful to them

sinful chosen ppl

what is an agnostic

someone who claims that God's existence cannot be known

today over ______ percent of people around the world believe in some type of god

90

Jesus taught us to pray to _____________, our father, an Aramaic word of ______ and ______.

Abba love and endearment

______________________ ____________________disobeyed God and committed _______________ _________________, falling out of friendship with God

Adam and Eve Original Sin

Genesis tells how _______ and ____________ rejected God's love, resulting in humankind's loss of his _________.

Adam and Eve friendship

concupiscence

, the inclation to sin, is a consequence of the fallen human nature we have

a recent study found that ____ percent of Americans claim to be ___________ while _____ percent describe themselves as _________

1.6- atheists 2.4- agnostics

_________ has the power to free ourselves from sin

Jesus

what was the climax of the salvation history because he is the fullness of _______________ _____________

Jesus God's Revelation

the father named __ as his son and God the Son and God the Son revealed that the father would send the __________ _______________ in his name

Jesus Christ Holy Spirit

st luke wrote of

Jesus' healings