Holy quotes
"Let nothing trouble you, let nothing frighten you. All things pass; God never changes".
Who is St. Teresa of Avila?
A manner of describing God that focuses on what he is not.
What is "The Via Negativa"?
A term indicating that two prsons have the same underlying reality.
What is consubstantial?
God wrote this on the hearts of men.
What is the natural law?
He edited the Letter to the Romans by adding the word "alone".
Who is Martin Luther?
"For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead."
Who is St. James (James 2:26)?
The theological philosophy that man is saved by faith alone.
What is "Sola Fide"?
Free of pride and arrogance it is an honest self assessment.
What is humility?
Paul prohibited his readers from wanting something so much as to idolize it, with this command.
What is "You shall not covet". (Romans 7:7)
Called a deaconess, Paul asks his readers to greet this member of the Roman church.
Who is Phoebe?
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds..."
Who is St. Paul (Romans 12:2)?
The union of Christ, the Saints, the Angels, and all the faithful.
What is the communion of the saints?
One who is sent by God to preach the good news.
Who is an apostle?
It was at this meeting of Church leaders that it was officially determined that Gentiles did not need to follow the Mosaic law in order to become Christians.
What is the council of Jerusalem?
Although he most likely was acting only as a scribe he was the one who actually wrote the letter to the Romans.
Who is Tertius?
God loves his children just as they are but too much to leave them that way.
Who is Dr. Andrew Swafford?
The absence or "privation" of the good that should be present.
What is evil?
One who speaks the word of God.
Who is a prophet?
In following the Mosaic law Jews were prohibited from eating this type of meat.
What is meat sacrificed to idols and or strangled.?
Paul states that real circumcision is a matter of this.
What is the heart? Romans 2:29)
"The New Testament is in the Old concealed; the Old is in the New revealed."
Who is St. Augustine of Hippo?
The theological point of view that only what found in the Bible is true.
What is Sola Scriptura?
The process by which the bread and wine offered at Mass become the body and blood of Christ.
Paul said that if they do what the law requires without having the law they are a law unto themselves.
Who are the Gentiles?
One of the purposes of Paul's letter to the Romans was to seek aid for this.
What is his travel to Spain?