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Free Will & Sin
100

This gift from God leads to "a personal adherence of the whole man to God who reveals himself. It involves an assent of the intellect and will to the self-revelation God has made through his deeds and words.

What is Faith?

100

These statements are also called "professions of faith" since they summarize the faith that Christians profess.

What are Creeds?

100
This is not one of the four marks of the Catholic Church: One, Holy, Catholic, Roman, Apostolic

What is Roman?

100

The 73 books of the Holy Bible are called _____.

What is Sacred Scripture?

100

This term is the power given to us by God to make our own choices, for good and ill.

What is Free Will?

200

The fullness of divine revelation is found in _____.

Who is Jesus Christ?

200

This is a solemn agreement between persons united in a permanent bond.

What is a Covenant?

200

This day in the liturgical calendar celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, which occurred nine days after Jesus' Ascension.

What is Pentecost?

200

This term refers to the living transmission of the Word of God. The teachings of the apostles and all that was entrusted to them by the Lord are transmitted to us through the Church's doctrine, life, and worship.

What is Sacred Tradition?

200

Adam and Eve chose to disobey God, and the consequences of their personal sin affects the entire human race.

What is Original Sin?

300

We respond to divine revelation with the gift of _____.

What is Faith?

300

This Greek word refers to the Gospel in brief.

What is Kerygma?

300

This word means "universal."

What is catholic?

300

This action is "the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God."

What is Prayer?

300

This type of sin wounds but does not destroy the divine life in the soul.

What is Venial Sin?

400

The Blessed _____ is the central mystery of the Christian Faith . . . three distinct Persons, are one Od and share in a single divine nature.

What is the Trinity?

400

The Church is _____ because it follows the teachings Jesus gave to the apostles, who passed it on to their successors (i.e., the bishops).

What is apostolic?

400

The Catholic Church has _____ of these that are efficacious signs that give us God's grace and allow us to partake in his divine life.

What are the Seven Sacraments?

400

The _____ is the life principle in a body. At the end of time, these will be reunited with our bodies in the general resurrection.

What is a/your Soul?

400

This type of sin occurs when a gravely sinful act is committed with full understanding and consent of the will.

What is a Mortal Sin?

500

"Jesus" comes from the Hebrew name Yeshua, which means "_______."

What is "God saves?"
500

____________ are men and women the Church recognizes for their heroic virtue. They are witnesses, intercessors and examples of faith.

Who is/are Saint(s)?

500

____________ ___ _________ is another expression for the Church, as we are in communion with each other through Christ.

What is Communion of Saints?

500

This term refers to the living authority of the Catholic Church, carried out by the pope in union with the bishops, to teach on all questions of faith and morals and to interpret with fidelity all practices of prayer and worship.

What is the Magisterium?

500

In this sacrament of forgiveness, by the priest's sacramental ______, God grants the penitent "pardon and peace."

What is absolution?