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Adam and Eve
Typology
Covenants
Belief Systems
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What does it mean that God made Eve from Adam's side?

That man and woman are equal. The side represents equality.

100
Define typology

Something old hinting/foreshadowing something new, fulfilled in something new.

100

What is a covenant?

A promise between God and man.

100
Why are humans known as the rational animal?

We are creatures of God, yet are different than all other animals because we can think and reason.

200

What does it mean to be made in the image and likeness of God?

That God is our true Father, and we have rational thought as God does.
200

What was the typology in the story of Abraham?

Isaac carrying the wood of his own sacrifice at the command of his father, as Jesus carried His own Cross at the command of His Father.

200
What is God's primary message through all of the Covenants?

He refuses to give up on us- He is here for us.

200

How are both atheism and fideism incorrect?

Atheism says that God cannot exist, fideism says that nothing outside of spiritual is real, both of which are inconsistent with our reality.
300

What are 3 consequences of Original Sin?

1. Concupiscence

2. A darkened intellect

3. A lazier will

300

What happened to the Ark of the Covenant? What is the Ark of the Covenant after Jesus' Conception? Why is this?

The new Ark of the Covenant is Mary because she houses Jesus Who is the New Law, the New Priesthood, and the Bread of Life.

300

List the conditions of each covenant (if unconditional, just write unconditional)

Noahic- unconditional

Abrahamic- circumcision

Mosaic- the law.

300

What is scientism? Why is it not accurate?

Scientism believes that everything must be explained through a scientific lens, this is not consistent with our spiritual and emotional reality.
400

Why does man reflect God more in Original Justice than Original Solitude?

Because man was created in relationship, as God is relational (Trinity = 3 persons in communion as God.)

400

How is Passover fulfilled by the Last Supper?

Jesus is the new Lamb who was slain for the sins of the world. Whoever is marked by the blood of the Lamb is saved from death.

400

How is the Mosaic covenant a fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant?

The Mosaic Covenant maintained the promise that Abraham's people would be a holy nation to bless the world. The Israelites are found in slavery, as God foretold Abraham.

400
How would Saint Thomas Aquinas argue against the statement, "the universe is randomly made?" Which Law would he argue? Why?

The Law of Governance- everything is too perfect to be made randomly.

500
Why did Adam and Eve have to be removed from the Tree of Life? What is the Tree of Life today?

Because the Tree of Life granted eternal life. To take from the Tree of Life AFTER sinning = eternal life in sin, which is Hell. Today's Tree of Life is Jesus, with His fruit being the Eucharist.

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How is the typology in the story of Noah similar to the typology in the story of Moses?
The waters of the flood washed away sin, the waters of the Red Sea save from slavery. These both represent the waters of Baptism which saves from sin and its slavery.
500

How are each of the Covenants a sign of God's justice and mercy?

Noah- justice of death through sin, but mercy of salvation through following God.

Abraham- justice of circumcision and slavery, but mercy of God's maintenance of the covenant.

Moses- Passover was God's judgment, but mercy that if you follow Him, He is the salvation.

500

How does the devil exist if everything God created was good? 

God is the supreme good, the devil was created as an angel of light and rejected God's plan to serve His goodness.