Duplicate of Semester 1 Review - 1

Question 1

This Catholic encyclical addresses evolution:

Accepted Answer

Humani Generis

Question 2

St. Paul says that if this did not happen, then our faith is “futile” & the early Christian suffering was worthless.

Accepted Answer

Resurrection

Question 3

According to the Trilemma of C.S. Lewis, it is possible Jesus was meant to be seen as only a moral teacher.

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False

Question 4

In principle, religion and science cannot contradict each other.

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True

Question 5

This is the distinctive claim of Jesus upon which Christianity is founded:

Accepted Answer

Jesus is God

Question 6

Which describes the Second Way?

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God is the uncaused cause.

Question 7

This saint developed the Five Ways

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St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 8

If God created us with a desire for unconditional love, He would seek to fulfill it for us.

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True

Question 9

This power is the only one that can be directed toward what is good.

Accepted Answer

Love

Question 10

Which describes historical revisionism:

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Religion was created to distract and control the working class.

Question 11

In the Catholic tradition, faith and reason contradict each other.

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False

Question 12

The Germans are the ethnic group from which we get our name for Santa Claus

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False

Question 13

Biblical Inspiration means the human author cannot contribute to the literary patterns of the text.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

This is an example of a transphysical event

Accepted Answer

Resurrection

Question 15

Gaudete Sunday is the _____ Sunday of Advent

Accepted Answer

Third

Question 16

The complete abandonment of one's religious faith

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Apostacy

Question 17

Love of friendship or brotherly love

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Philia

Question 18

The branch of philosophy that studies how things exist is...

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Metaphysics

Question 19

"Beyond the laws of physics"

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Transphysical

Question 20

This theory was developed by a Catholic priest.

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The Big Bang Theory

Question 21

"I am the way, the truth, and the life"

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John

Question 22

The first atom in the Big Bang Theory is called the...

Accepted Answer

Primeval Atom

Question 23

According to Fine Tuning, the world coming together for life was likely intentional.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Which describes the Third Way of St. Thomas?

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God is the necessary being that must exist in itself.

Question 25

Advent begins on the Sunday closest to the feast of St. Andrew

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True

Question 26

Pope John Paul II wrote this encyclical

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Fides et Ratio

Question 27

Which statement is true:

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Nothingness can only do nothing.

Question 28

Which statement is true:

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Catholics are free to believe in various ages of the universe

Question 29

Informal inferences use premises and conclusions to argue for God.

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False

Question 30

God is agape.

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True

Question 31

Something cannot be both actual and potential at the same time and in the same respect.

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True

Question 32

This animates the body...

Accepted Answer

The Soul

Question 33

Which statement is true:

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Scientific evidence points to the universe as having a beginning in time.

Question 34

The origin story of the Christmas tree is connected with this saint:

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St. Boniface

Question 35

Perfect giving and receiving of what is due

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Justice

Question 36

The shepherds appear in Matthew's Gospel.

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False

Question 37

Which best describes the numinous experience:

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It is an encounter with something wholly other.

Question 38

Naturalism refers to:

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Physical explanations must be exhausted before a supernatural explanation.

Question 39

This pope wrote the encyclical Fides et Ratio

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John Paul II

Question 40

This principle means that the explanation with the fewest assumptions is preferred over complexity.

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Ockham's Razor

Question 41

Entropy points to the universe being finite.

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True

Question 42

This encyclical literally means "God is love"

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Deus Caritas Est

Question 43

According to the Big Bang Theory, the universe itself is not expanding outward; it is a fixed space.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 44

This Anglican figure is famous for his historical arguments for the Resurrection.

Accepted Answer

N.T. Wright

Question 45

The Fine Tuning argument was created by a Catholic priest.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 46

According to Catholic philosophy, beauty is not subjective.

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True

Question 47

Catholics believe the soul emerges from evolution.

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False

Question 48

St. Nicholas had a reputation for being a great defender of the Church

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True

Question 49

The claims in the kerygma were radical in early Christianity.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 50

A-posteriori evidence consists of empirical data or evidence

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

This encyclical addresses evolution.

Accepted Answer

Humani Generis

Question 52

Catholic clergy (bishops, priests, deacons) have historically contributed to the development of science.

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True

Question 53

This is the Fourth Way of St. Thomas Aquinas

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Degrees of Perfection

Question 54

One philosophical argument is usually sufficient to convince someone that God exists.

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False

Question 55

The crucifixion of Jesus does not appear in historical records outside of the Gospels.

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False

Question 56

What is teleology?

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The study of final causes or ends

Question 57

Contemporary science can provide reasonable evidence for the existence of God

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True

Question 58

A God created the universe, but is not actively involved in sustaining it.

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Deism

Question 59

Lonergan’s proof seeks to show that there must be a complete and ultimate answer to all of our questions.

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True

Question 60

Revelation is necessary for us to come to know the loving nature of God.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 61

Our desire to ask questions points us to a perfect truth where all knowledge is found.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 62

The existence of God cannot in-principle rationally be disproven.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 63

The Resurrected Body of Jesus was a transformed and glorified body.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 64

Ultimately, religion and science come from the same source.

Accepted Answer

True

Duplicate of Semester 1 Review - 1

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Duplicate of Semester 1 Review - 1

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