Chapter 1
Our Loving God: Father and Creator
Our Loving God: Father and Creator
Theological Virtues
What are Faith, Hope, and Love?
God took on human flesh in the person of Jesus Christ.
What is Incarnation?
A name for the Holy Spirit that means "advocate, defender, or consoler"
What is Paraclete?
A visible sign of an invisible grace.
What is a Sacrament?
St. Patrick used this to help explain the mystery of the Trinity.
What is a Shamrock?
The open-ended contract of love between God and human beings.
What is a Covenant?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Who are the Evangelists?
God's gift of friendship and life that enables us to share his life and love
What is Grace?
A gift of the Spirit whereby the Pope and bishops are preserved from error when proclaiming a doctrine related to Christian faith or morals.
What is Infallibility?
Three Monotheistic religions.
What are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity?
The belief that God did create the universe but that he takes no further interest in it.
What is Deism?
The feast that celebrates the mystery of Christ's manifestation as the Savior of the world.
What is the Epiphany?
Piety is an example of this.
What is a Gift of the Holy Spirit?
The official body of rules that provides for good order in the Catholic Church.
What is Canon Law?
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, modesty, self-control, and chastity. Hint: They are perfections that result from living in union with the Holy Spirit.
What are the Fruits of the Holy Spirit?
A central truth of Revelation that Catholics are obliged to believe.
What is Dogma?
A denial after Baptism to believe a truth that must be believed with divine and Catholic faith.
What is Heresy?
A special gift of the Holy Spirit that helps us build up the Church, Christ's Body.
What is Charism?
The official, sacred leadership in the Church made up of the Church's ordained ministers-bishops, priests, and deacons.
What is Hierarchy?
The official public worship of the Church.
A Church writer of great learning and holiness whose works the Church has highly recommended for studying and living the faith.
Who is a Doctor of the Church?
The name Jesus comes from this Hebrew word.
Who is Yehoshua or Joshua?
The Hebrew word that means "spirit".
What is Ruah?
Four essential signs or characteristics of Christ's Church that mark her as his true Church. The Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.
What are the Marks of the Church?
A source of essential beliefs and teachings of the Catholic faith. It serves as a norm for teaching the faith. The textbook uses this as a reference.
What is the Catechism of the Catholic Church?