Love
What is the kind of love that is characterized by spontaneous affection?
Storge
Can we know that God exists from reason alone?
Yes
What is the crisis of Level 1 happiness?
Realization that there must be something more than physical pleasure
What does it mean the God is omnibenevolent?
All good
What did God make on the sixth day of Creation?
Man and woman
What kind of love is characterized by give and take in friendship?
Philia
How do we interpret Scripture?
Through the Church
What is the crisis for level 2?
Win leads to: Arrogance, contempt, aggression, loneliness
Lose leads to: Jealousy, self-hatred, anger, bitterness, depression
Draw leads to: Suspicion of others, anxiety, fear of failure
Why can’t science prove or disprove God?
Because science only explores the physical universe and God is a spiritual being. Therefore, science is not the proper discipline with which to prove God.
What did God make on the first day?
Light and darkness
What type of love is characterized by romantic love?
Eros
What is the anagogical sense of Scripture?
The eternal significance of the Scripture.
What is the crisis of Level 3 Happiness?
We try to satisfy our desire for perfection with
an imperfect world.
Lack of fulfillment leads to frustration, disappointment, dashed expectations, depression, and despair.
What does it mean that God is imutable?
That He is unchanging.
What is man?
Man is a creature composed of body and soul and made to the image and likeness of God.
What type of love is characterized by selfless love?
Agape
What dis the name for the entirety of Revelation - that is Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture?
The Deposit of Faith
What is the crisis for Level 4 Happiness?
Crisis can occur if we believe God is love, but we refuse to allow Him into our lives.
What does St. Thomas Aquinas mean by the "first cause"?
The Being that has always existed, that is, it does not have a cause.
What did God create on the seventh day?
Nothing, God rested. He had finished, so He blessed the day and made it holy
Answers will vary...
What was our class equation for a whole person?
Body + Soul + Sanctifying Grace = Whole Person
How do we avoid Crisis 1 - 3?
Not to live on those levels of happiness
What is the central mystery of our faith?
The Trinity
What is the name AND definition of the chief gift that God bestowed on Adam and Eve? (We also receive it in Baptism)
Sanctifying grace: God's life in us