Common Catholic Knowledge
Who's the "Second" Person of the Trinity
The Son
What do all people desire, in every action that they do?
The good or happiness
What is the greatest of all Virtues?
Charity; St. Paul explicitly says it's greater than even Faith
The body and passions are fundamentally good things
True or false?
True.
They may cause us to act evil, but it's because of concupiscence, not the passions themselves.
What does the word "Sanctification" mean?
To be made holy
Name a Religious Order (Like, an order of monks or nuns)
Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits, Sisters of Life, Benedictines, Trappists, Carthusians,
The passion which causes all other passions
Love
Which comes first; us having Faith, or us receiving Grace and the Holy Spirit?
Receiving Grace and the Holy Spirit. We can't have any supernatural Virtues without them
What part of the Old Testament Law DO we keep?
Will accept any of the following:
Moral Law
Ten Commandments
Natural Law, etc
How many Theological Virtues are there?
3: Faith, Hope and Love
What does the water in Baptism symbolize?
Besides washing away sin, what else?
Death
Birth
Refreshment
Crossing the Red Sea
The joy in Heaven, caused by seeing God.
Beatific Vision
What is the Catholic definition of Faith?
To be intrinsically "made" righteous by Grace, Faith, Charity and Repentance.
What parts of the Old Testament Laws do we NOT have to follow?
Ceremonial Laws--especially things pertaining to "ritual purity", like not eating pork.
Civic Laws--like stoning sinners
What is one of the ways we can prove God exists?
Aquinas' Five Ways?
Kalam Cosmological Argument?
Argument from Contingency?
Miracles?
What are the "Sacraments of Vocation?"
Priesthood and Marriage
What's the Highest form of Law?
The Eternal Law
Protestant definition of Justification
To be extrinsically "called" righteous because of Faith, before any repentance has happened.
What is Concupiscence?
Our body and passions rebelling against reason.
Besides the Holy Family, what "class" of Saints are considered to be the most holy?
Martyrs
Who is the Patron Saint of the Americas?
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Give me a definition of "Law"
1. Ordinance
2. Of Reason
3. Promulgated
4. By legitimate authority
5. For the common good
What's a good definition of "Saving Faith"
A trust in the teachings of the Lord, and a surrender to Him, which leads to Charity and repentance from sins.
How did we define Original Sin in class?
I.e, if evil is a "privation", then what is the state of Original Sin missing?
What does Soteriology mean?
The study of salvation