Unit 1 True/False

In order to be Christ's body on earth, the Church must make Jesus' will its own.

true

It is impossible to be Catholic and to reject the permanent ethic of the Church.

true

No one on earth will experience the kingdom fully until Jesus' second coming.

true

Our faith is deepened and fortified by the community's faith.

true

The Church can easily fall into sin.

true

The Church is God's continuing physical presence in the world.

true

The Church is the sacrament of salvation.

true

The pope is the bishop of Rome.

true

The successors of the Apostles, the bishops in union with the pope, are able to guarantee that the teaching of the Church will never be detached from the teachings of Christ.

true

All people are invited by God to use their own talents and efforts to perfect and complete the work of creation.

true

As long as the Holt Spirit is within the Church, love will be present and the Church will be holy.

true

Certain moral teachings are essential formulations for our understanding of the God who was revealed in Jesus.

true

Christ established the Church that it might be "the universal sacrament of salvation."

true

Christ is the principle of the Church's unity.

true

Each bishop can trace his ordination back to the Apostles.

true

Faith is our response to God's gift, a surrendering of ourselves to God.

true

Catholics are free to disregard those things which have been declared truth of faith by the Church is earlier generations.

false; Catholics are never free to disregard those things which have been declared truths of faith by the Church in earlier generations because the Church emphasizes the presence of the Holy Spirit guiding it in all generations

God never intended human beings to share in divine life.

false; God has intended for human beings to share in divine life because in the Church this sharing becomes a reality

Mystagogia is the name given to the period prior to the Baptism of adults.

false; Mystagogia is the names of the period following the baptism of adults when they can more fully open themselves to the graces received in Baptism because mystagogia means unfolding of the mystery

Because faith is only personal, a true disciple of Christ does not need to join with others.

false; a true disciples of Christ needs to join with others because no one acting alone can be the body of Christ

Not everyone who recognizes that the Church is the body of Christ is called to be part of the Church.

false; all who recognize that the Church is the body of Christ are called to be a part of the Church because if they reject the Church, they are rejecting salvation

Faith and Church should be treated as two independent things.

false; faith and church are mutually dependent since they are based on each other

The Church is a mystery of faith that can be fully expressed from any single viewpoint.

false; the Church as mystery cannot be expressed from any single viewpoint because it is when we share our different understandings that the mystery begins to unfold

The Church is holy because of its intimate connection to God.

false; the Church is holy because it is the body of Christ, the holy one of God

If the Church is not perfect it is not the Church.

false; the Church is holy, not perfect/the fact that it is rooted in God is what matters

The Church structure is not essential to its identity.

false; the Church structure is essential to its identity because the structure makes it possible for the Church to be the Church in the same way that our body is part of our identity

The cardinals of the world are often referred to as the "college of bishops."

false; the bishops of the world are often referred to as the "college of bishops"

Divination is a mark of the Church.

false; the four marks of the Church are one, holy, catholic, and apostolic

There are no attitudes or behaviors which are unacceptable for Catholics.

false; there are some attitudes and behaviors that are unacceptable for Catholics because they have been judged to be fundamentally opposed to the truth God has revealed in Jesus

We do not have the freedom to choose between right and wrong.

false; we have the freedom to choose between right and wrong because we have free will