Religion Second Semester Final Study Guide (Practice Test)
"Idolatry of goods... not only separates us from others but empties the human person and leaves him (or her) unhappy"
Pope Benedict XVI
"Over the pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority there still stands one's own conscience, which must be obeyed before all else"
Pope Benedict XVI
"The questions for those who do not believe in God is to abide by their own conscience"
Pope Francis
The habit of adoring, praying, and worshipping God
Religion
An attraction to act contrary to commandments of God
Temptation
Many among these people today consider themselves 'spiritual but not religious'
The "Nones"
He wrote: "Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way"
Victor Frankl
The prudent person asks the question, what is the best way for me?
True
The virtuous person, due to who she or he is, enters a new situation already inclined to respond virtuously
True
A Roman philosopher who said: "For there is true law; right reason. It is conformity with nature, is diffused among all"
Cicero
Allows is to know whether or not an action is i line with natural law and revealed law
Conscience
For Pope Benedict, this "must be obeyed before all else"
Conscience
Present at the heart of every person that informs our choices
Conscience
Anger and envy are two of the...
Capital Sins
Another term for Ten Commandments
Decalogue
They teach us about the Kingdom of God
Beatitudes
Describes love as the "force which all the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle in life"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Beatitudes appear in these two Gospel accounts
Matthew and Luke
Urges us to do what is good and avoid what is evil ("what ought to be?")
Moral Law
A concept that teaches that moral rules and standards are irrelevant
Moral relativism
Refers to the goodness or evil of human acts
Morality
Its moral force comes from its reasonableness
Natural Law
The Golden Rule is an example of this
Natural Law
As a consequence of his, the human person is inclined to choose evil in the exercise of freedom
Original Sin
The biblical story of how Adam and Eve knowingly and freely gave in to temptation
Original Sin
The Gospel commands us to be passive in confronting violence and injustice
False
Theological virtues incline their holder to act well in different ares of life: making practical decisions, desiring pleasures, relating to other, and facing difficulties
False
The ability to choose between good and evil
Freewill
Simply put, virtue is a good habit; vice is a bad habit
True
A vision and philosophy of life that separates religion and life
Secularism
The heart if Jesus' teachings on moral life
The Beatitudes
The Hebrew letters YHWH can be translated as...
"I am who I am
A kind of love that is selfless, self emptying love
Agape
Famously claimed that humans are social animals
Aristotle
Taught that happiness is the chief desire of the human heart
Aristotle
The Beatitudes may be found in all four accounts of the Gospel
False
"There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every person which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God"
Blaise Pascal
Is a speech or action involving contempt for God
Blasphemy
A greek philosopher who said, " I am formed by nature for my own good"
Epitectus
The...is God's greatest liberating action on behalf of his people
Exodus
The two books in the Old Testament where the Ten Commandments are recorded
Exodus and Deuteronomy
Acting sinfully harms others, but not necessarily ourselves
False
Blind faith is authentic faith
False
Catholic moral teaching recognizes that there is no such thing as universal and absolute moral principle; each action is determines and judged ultimately by the circumstances of the action
False
God has "programmed" us so that we chose good over evil
False
God sills to share his divine life only with those who follow the moral laws.
False
Hope is, in other words, optimism
False
Jesus' response to sin teaches us that we are to reject the in and condemn the sinners
False
St. Paul taught that those who do not have access to Sacred Scripture are not held responsible for their bad decisions and deeds
False
Temptations are more often experienced by evil people
False
The 'golden rule' is a good model for living, however it is not scripturally based
False
Choosing anything or any person to replace God
Idolatry
"Seeing God in all things"
Ignatius Loyola
"God has implanted a God seed in each of us, it is to grow and blossom throughout life"
Karl Rahner
Matthew 5:6 reads, 'Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for ... for they will be filled
Righteousness
It is an offense against God as well as a fault against reason, truth, and right conscience
SIn
"Magna Carta" of Christian morality
Sermon on the Mount
Matthew's compilation of a summary of Jesus' most important teachings
Sermon on the Mount
Summarizes the New Law, a "blueprint" of Christian discipleship
Sermon on the Mount
An abuse of freedom that God gives to created persons
Sin
Sin injures human...
Solidarity
Advocate for the elimination of death penalty
Sr. Helen Prejean
"Our hearts are restless until they rest in you"
St. Augustine
A Catholic model for human search for happiness
St. Augustine
Taught that "the glory of God is the human person fully alive"
St. Irenaeus
Taught that 'all things work together for good for those who love God'
St. Paul
Taught that by honoring natural law, humans participate in the eternal law of God
St. Thomas Aquinas
Taught that natural laws fundamentally mean 'to do what is good and avoid what is evil'
St. Thomas Aquinas
Moments before his death he spoke his final words, "The King's good servant, but God's first"
St. Thomas More
An invitation from Jesus to see life as a blessing, as good and rooted in God's love for us
The Beatitudes
A daily tool for reflecting on one's conscience
The Examen
They desire to do God's will above everything else
The pure in heart
Many rules of social order are based on the natural inclination of people to live justly and peacefully together
True
Any activity where er give another his or her due is a matter of justice
True
God has implanted in the human heart a desire for happiness that we can know and freely choose to pursue
True
Jesus' 'golden rule' for finding happiness is, 'in everything do to others as you have them do to you.'
True
According to the Scriptures, the 'poor in spirit'
are those who keep God at the center of their life
In the Scriptures, the word... is often translated as 'slow to anger'
meek
'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will...'
see God
In some circumstances, people do not reach out to others in need because of...
the bystander effect
