Moral Theology: Speculative Knowledge
Eternal law as knowable by sound human reason without the aid of Revelation.
What is Natural Law?
A good habit of reason by which we live rightly and makes the subject good.
What is Virtue?
These are the first five books of the Bible.
What is Pentateuch/Torah?
This disciple betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
What is Judas?
The firsts Jews that accepted the teachings of Christ and would gather as the Ecclesia after the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
What is The Way?
The decision to move from irresponsible behavior to responsible behavior.
What is Initial Conversion?
The decision to be responsible in the growth and development of our emotional life.
What is Affective Conversion?
This Gospel is understood to have been written to a community predominantly of Jewish background.
What is the Gospel of Matthew?
Jesus of Nazareth undergoes trial and dies during this Jewish Holiday.
What is Passover?
This authority resided with the Sanhedrin, the highest Jewish court, and later with respected rabbis who would interpret scripture and apply it to specific situations.
What is Bind and Loose?
The ability to act with excellence and perfection whenever one wishes; it develops gradually through education.
What is Freedom for Excellence?
The ability to make sound and appropriate judgements in decision making.
What is Prudence?
A narrative that reveals a characteristic of Christ.
What is the Allegorical Sense?
The Roman Prefect that ordered the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
What is Pontius Pilate?
This term reveals the social, credal, and liturgical bond found within the Church.
What is One (Oneness)?
Ignorance that a person is not guilty of; it is involuntary ignorance.
What is Antecedent Ignorance?
The ability to practice moderation, abstention, and self-control.
What is Temperance?
The Greek Old Testament used by Christians to cite the New Testament.
What is the Septuagint (Septuaginta)?
When studying Sacred Scripture, this technique reveals the theological interpretation of the Bible.
What is the Patristic Method (Method A)?
This gathering of Church authorities was convened in order to address the Arian Controversy.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
Universal habit that incites human beings to “Do good and avoid evil”.
What is Synderesis?
Unites the Will with God and sets the soul into friendship of God.
What is Charity?
The festival that celebrates when God gave the Torah to the Israelites.
What is Pentecost (Shavuot)?
This technique provides certainty to an event, since it is found in more than one source.
What is Multiple Attestation?
This Bishop of Alexandria, Egypt fought against Arianism and Subordinationism.
What is St. Athanasius of Alexandria?