Foundations of Catholic Morality Exam

Participation in practices that which feed and nourishes our spirits.

The permanent, dynamic presence of God within creation. God’s Love, The Holy Spirit.

God’s essence is nondistinctive from his attributes or qualities.

The fulfillment of the human being by becoming in perfect likeness to God found in intimacy with God.

The formal remission of one’s actions of offense (sin) towards God and their fellow man through contrition an repentance

A reciprocation of God’s unconditional love in friendship through prayer.

Is the act of breathing life into something. Expressing oneself.

“Our minds and hearts are oriented towards God.”

The understanding that God is not created. God existed always, therefore Jesus always existed.

To overcome and be free from the effects of Sin and death.

A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.

Any act of misfortune brought about by natural circumstance.

They need to know God in order to know what is Good.

Assented knowledge; the trust in historical circumstances as accurate and true.

Defined as the intentional action or inaction contrary to a moral standard of Good.

The act of revealing oneself towards the end of [true] knowledge. Communication.

Organization of doctrines/dogmas into a philosophically coherent pattern.

The gravest of sins, representing a deliberate turning away from God and destroying charity in the heart of the sinner.R

An orientation and motion directed away our ultimate end and happiness, God.

Any moral act that separates or distances one from God of their own volition.

"The expression of faith.”

A way to explain Jesus that maintains eternality, infinity, uncreated nature, etc.

“Mutual self – mediation.”

Any moral act that separates or distances the moral agent from God of their own volition.

The state of feeling remorseful and penitent for one’s actions, seeking forgiveness.

The permanent, dynamic presence of God within creation offered to human beings.

The intense feeling of abhorrent grief and self reproach found in the confrontation of our own failings.

A direct response and reciprocation to God’s Grace and revelation.

Heartfelt sympathy of the suffering of others, evoking us to aid. It is, properly defined, a bearing of constant lovingR

Sin where ignorance is said to cause an act that proper knowledge and wisdom of the situation would prevent said act.

The raising of one's mind and heart to God towards the end of Friendship and Holiness

The lack or disordering of the truth or knowledge needed for the perfection of a human being.

The central authoritative teaching of the Church.

Human participation and acceptance of God’s love working towards the end of holiness

Each person is totally equal with the other members of the trinity. None is < or > than the other as they are all = God.

Literally means, “to turn around”.

Divine, or prefect friendship. A total unrestricted relation of love, or "mutual self – mediation”, a marriage among =s.

There is one God, revealed in three divine persons: The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit.

The direct knowledge of God enjoyed by the blessed in heaven and those in union with God.

Is the fundamental awareness and attentiveness to God.

Argues that humans are not called to justify God in the face of evil, but consider whether God is with us during evil.

Meaning “to free” from bondage or slavery.

Presents that Gods Divine will go beyond human understanding, all moral acts of temptation, are tests, resulting in Red

God's unconditional Love.

An orientation and motion directed towards our ultimate end and happiness, God.

The moment f choice and deliberation n the confrontation f a potential course f action deviating from a standard f Good

May be regarded as the “wholly transcendent” or that which is “other” to creation.

The state of being deliberate or purposive.

To become embodied.

The perversion, or disordering of Good.

A system of beliefs.

The Logos

Both sources of authority upon which beliefs can rest as a process of judgment in Cognitive Theory. Two ways of knowledg

Human beings as made in the Image and Likeness to God.

The capacity of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.

Sin is a part of human nature as a result of human freedom.

A [relatively slight] sin that that does not entail complete cutting oneself off from God.

A text comprised of Catholic doctrines.

“Of the same substance”, or “sharing in the same essence”.

The study and understanding of God, the nature of the Divine, and that of the highest things.

The Vindication of God's goodness in the face of evil.

The belief of the revelation of God to the world through the person of Jesus Christ for the redemption and Slvation of a

Concerns itself with the theology of scripture and biblical interpretation.

A sin that is defined as a grave action that is committed in full knowledge of its gravity and with the full consent ofR

A system of practices and beliefs that must constitute one’s reality and leads its practitioners to perfection.

The centralized prose by which early Christians hold as their universal and inerrant beliefs.

Theology that concerns itself with ethics: that of just behavior.

Is a continuity through the ages deriving back to the apostles themselves as an upholding and cherishing of revelation.