The Promised One - CH 2 Reviewer
Exile
Adam and Eve's expulsion from the garden, from Paradise, was the human family's first _____.
abandon his mission
At the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, the Devil tempts him to _____.
Theosis
Becoming like God
rejected
Even though Adam and Eve _____ God's goodness, God promised to save all of humankind.
live up
Even though we are created in the image and likeness of God, we do not always ___ to who God created us to be.
original justice
God created Adam and Eve in a state of original holiness and ____ and they were in harmony with God.
angels
God's messengers and our helpers in the divine plan of Salvation
an angel
In the Old Testament we read that _____ interceded with Abraham when he was about to sacrifice his son.
human beings
In the story of Adam and Eve, there is no apple, no sex and no character called 'the Devil'! However, these symbols help us understand basic truths about ourselves as _______.
False
Living a life of holiness and justice is easy for people who love God.
Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, Tower of Babel, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, etc.
Name three stories in the Old Testament that tell of how God was faithful to his promises.
Salvation
Scripture and Tradition speak of angels as helpers in God's plan of _____.
love God
St Paul taught 'We know that all things work together for good for those who _____'.
Mary
The 'New Eve'
Symbolic
The Bible account of Creation in the Book of Genesis is written in a literary form that is highly _____.
human condition
The Church teaches that sin is inherently connected to the ____.
discernment of spirits
The biblical phrase that describes how Christians are alert for spirits that may be driving us to particular decisions and choices is called _____.
Jesus
The coming of ______ was a clear sign that God would not settle for what had gone wrong in the world.
evil and sin
The grace of Baptism empowers all of us to live with the hope that Jesus conquers _____.
Original holiness
The initial grace given to humanity to share in divine love
Original Sin
The sin of the first human beings
sin
Total or partial rejection of God and his love
True
True or False. Faith gives us the certainty that God would not permit an evil if he did not cause a good to come from that very evil, by ways that we shall fully know only in eternal life.
True
True or False. In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul wrote, 'I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.'
True
True or False. Sacred Tradition teaches that angels continue to play a role in human life.
False
True or False. Sin is not a 'universal' aspect of human existence, but is particular only to some people.
True
True or False. St. Paul taught that Jesus was the 'New Adam', who came to correct Adam's tragic and sinful choice.
False
True or False. The biblical accounts of Creation and the Fall are both scientific and historical accounts.
True
True or False. The renewal of baptismal promises asks, 'Do you reject Satan?'
Sin is an offense against God as well as against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is a failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law.
Using the Faith Glossary, define 'sin'.
God
We are created in the image and likeness of ______.
Symbols communicate experience where words are not enough. Symbols convey meaning when an experience is so profound that it is difficult to find the words to communicate its meaning.
What are symbols?
Sin distorts our quest for theosis; it turns our desire to become 'like' God into a competition 'against' God.
What did St. Maximus the Confessor (580-662) say about sin?
'For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.'
What does John 3:16 say?
In Baptism we receive the free gift of sanctifying grace and are restored to a life of holiness.
What grace do we receive in Baptism?
The Paschal Mystery is the Life, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus.
What is the Paschal Mystery?
God the Son became flesh in Jesus Christ.
What was the climax of God's work of Salvation?
Baptism
When Christians first receive the gift of sanctifying grace and are restored to a life of holiness.
They disobeyed God—because of Original Sin.
Why did Adam and Eve lose the state and life of original holiness and original justice?
Fallen angels
______ made an irrevocable choice which rendered their sin unforgivable.