Theology Proper
True or false: We can know God but not fully know him
True
what is one of the names Jesus is given
Messiah, lamb of God
What is Pentecost
the birthday of the church celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, Mary and the church
name a step in the "Ordo Salutis" (order of salvation)
Sanctification, justification, faith and repentance, glorification etc
what are the 3 types of sacraments
provide a Trinitarian heresy and then explain it
Subordinationism: the Holy Spirit is subordinate to the father & son
What is Christs threefold office (Munus triplex)
Priest, Prophet and a King
What are the 7 gifts of the holy spirit
Wisdom, knowledge, fortitude, piety, fear of the lord, counsel, understanding
what role does mortal sin play in ones journey of sanctification?
shatters the journey of sanctification and restarts it
on what occasions is an ecumenical council be called
heresy, corruption or any theological or ecclesiastical dispute
Give an example of a communicable and incommunicable attribute of God
Wisdom & Omniscience
The process in which Christ empties himself from divine status having the highest form of humility
Kenosis
what is an example of actual grace
the random nudge to read your bible
what is an example of a treasure of a merit and a type of merit (+100 pt if you can tell me what the merit is)
Christs paschal mystery and a condign merit
what are one of the first 4 ecumenical councils
council of Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus and Chalcedon
"The Wisdom that God provides for us is the same but his is on a more superior level"
Is this Univocal, Analogical or Equivocal?
Analogical
declared in the nicene creed representing that Jesus is consubstantial with the father
Homoousios
What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and why is it unforgivable?
blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the final, lifelong deliberate rejection and refusal of the offering of Gods grace and the means of salvation itself, it is unforgivable because you reject the very thing repentance is possible with
Gods omniscience tells us that God knows everything including every single action that we do, does that mean that we technically don't have a choice?
Although God may know everything, God will never intervene the human will
are all dogmas doctrine or is all doctrine dogma
all dogmas are doctrine but not all doctrine is dogma
Can God make it possible for him to perform something out of his divine simplicity
Yes
"did God or Jesus, his son die on the cross?"
"is Mary the of God or only the mother of Jesus?"
What heresy are these questions proposing?
God died on the cross
Mary is the mother of God
Nestorianism
what is one of the views of efficacious grace? (Intrinsic efficacy vs Extrinsic efficacy)
Intrinsic efficacy: God moves the will freely ensuring consent
Extrinsic efficacy: God offers the grace knowing the person will assent
if someone is freshly forgiven of sin in the confessional (Reatus Culpae) is he free to go to heaven?
No he still has to pay the temporal punishment of sin (Reatus Poenae) through indulgences
if the priest does a sacrament in a bad mood, a bad tone and struggles deeply in mortal sin but the sacrament is performed properly is the sacrament still valid?
yes because regardless of the priests personal holiness the sacrament still confers grace and is valid. (Ex opera operato)