The Good News
Sin leads to death. Sin is universal.
What is the Chasm?
The sin of the first human beings. The fallen state of human nature that affects every person.
What is Original Sin?
God's manifestation of himself in visible form.
What is a theophany?
a proposition and its negation cannot both be true at the same time and in the same sense
what is the 'law of non-contradiction'?
Silently rest in the presence of God
Contemplation (contemplatio)
The Bible tells us we are made in God's image and likeness, which means we are _________.
What is God's children?
The process by which God makes himself known to human reason through the created world.
What is natural revelation?
God’s self communication through which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan, accomplished through the words and deeds of salvation history
What is Divine Revelation?
Where two alternative states are presented as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist.
What is a 'false dilemma'?
A form of meditative prayer focused on a Scripture passage. It involves repetitive readings and periods of reflection.
What is lectio divina?
Only someone who is both God and man can make possible the healing we need as a result of sin.
What is the Bridge?
An approach to the study of God that uses philosophical methods to better understand revealed truth.
What is Scholastic Theology?
The pattern of specific events in human history in which God clearly reveals his presence and saving actions.
What is Salvation History?
A circular argument in which the conclusion is included in the premise.
What is "begging the question"?
What are the Four Practices?
Teachings of the Apostles, fellowship, sacraments, and prayer.
"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; They will strike at your head while you strike at their heel."
What is the protoevangelium?
the act of the mind by which it unites by affirming or separates by denying, producing a proposition
What is Judgement?
The process of passing on the Gospel message, beginning with oral communication, written down in Sacred Scripture, and interpreted by the Magisterium under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
What is Sacred Tradition?
Asking a question that has an assumption built into it so that it can’t be answered without appearing guilty.
What is a "loaded question"?
reflecting on a Scripture passage to understand what God intends to communicate
What is meditation (meditatio)?
What are the Four Harmonies we had before the Fall?
With God, with ourselves, with each other, with all creation
Teachers in the early centuries of the Church whose writings extended the Tradition of the Apostles and who continue to be important for the Church's teachings.
Who are the Church Fathers?
The uninterrupted passing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles directly to all bishops
Using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth.
What is "equivocation"?
The union of the faithful with Christ and among themselves.
Koinonia