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One has to form one's conscience according to Church teaching because...
A. It is a means to salvation
B. The instructor said so
C. Otherwise mistakes will be made in moral choices
D. It feels better if you do
E. A & C
E. A & C
The ethical requirements of the Gospels can only be followed...
A. Through reason
B. By priests and nuns
C. Instinctively
D. With the aid of divine grace
E. In theory but are actually outdated
D. With the aid of divine grace
In the family, the love of spouses is primary, followed by...
A. Love of neighbor
B. Love of friends
C. Love of children
D. A & C
E. None of the above
C. Love of Children
Freedom is...
A. The power to do as you wish
B. The power to accomplish God's will
C. Both of the above
D. A power shared with animals
E. None of the above
B. The power to accomplish God's will
Moral Theology is a reflection of revealed truth as expressed in...
A. Sacred Scripture, canon law, and natural law
B. Sacred Scripture, sacred tradition, and natural law
C. Sacred tradition, the Ten commandments, and natural law
D. The bible alone
B. Sacred Scripture, sacred tradition, and natural law
The relationship between the Ten commandments and the beatitudes is summarized by this statement:
A. Christ abolished the Ten Commandments and replaced them with the Beatitudes
B. The Beatitudes are simply a restatement of the Ten Commandments
C. The Beatitudes present attitudes that fulfill the message of the Ten Commandments
D. There is no logical relationship; they deal with different ideas
C. The Beatitudes present attitudes that fulfill the message of the Ten Commandments
The purpose of Conscience is...
A. to find ways around moral choices
B. to help us socially
C. to evaluate whether a particular act is good or evil
D. A & C
E. None of the above
C. to evaluate whether a particular act is good or evil
When seeking a life of morality, a person has a continuous need of God's...
A. Understanding
B. Ten Commandments
C. Grace
D. Love
E. Omnipotence
C. Grace
Freedom fundamentally depends upon...
A. prayer
B. monthly confession
C. regular examination of daily moral choices
D. The truth
E. A & B
D. the truth
Prudence is best acquired by...
A. Discussing your moral choices with your friends
B. A daily examination of your moral choices
C. Reading famous authors
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
B. A daily examination of your moral choices
Cultural and ethical relativism lead to a loss of the sense of sin because...
A. They endorse all venial sin
B. They endorse all mortal sin
C. They deny objective moral truth
D. All of the above
E. A & B only
C. They deny objective moral truth
Christians are required to work for the elimination of...
A. Mortal sin
B. Venial sin
C. Original sin
D. Social sin
E. A, B, & D
E. A, B, & D
The principle of double effect...
A. Allows bad acts if the results are good
B. Can allow good acts that have bad secondary effects
C. Is a Catalonian heresy
D. Means an act can be both good and bad
B. Can allow good acts that have bad secondary effects
Invincible Ignorance is ignorance that is...
A. The fault of the person
B. Not the fault of the person
C. Ignorance of the law
D. Easily overcome
E. B & C only
E. B & C only
Situation ethics is an invalid theory because...
A. it denies objective truth
B. It holds that the person determines the good or evil of an act
C. Any act can be justified by the doer
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
Proofs of the existence of conscience are...
A. Sense experience, law, and rational discernment
B. Law, moral conscience, and docility
C. Rational discernment, sense experience, and moral reflection
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
C. Rational discernment, sense experience, and moral reflection
Vincible ignorance is ignorance that is...
A. The fault of the person
B. Not the fault of the person
C. Ignorance of the law
D. Easily overcome
E. A, C, & D
E. A, C, & D
A mentality that leads to a loss of the sense of sin...
A. Secular humanism
B. Consequentialism
C. Calvinism
D. A & B
D. A & B