DS Final Exam Review

The way we relate to God, ourselves, and others in a way that gives us deeper meaning and purpose

Monastic life is very Scripturally based (meaning based on tenants of the Bible).

In what country does the film Of Gods and Men take place?

Which book in the Bible is the center of the monks' daily liturgical prayer which they chant?

Earliest founder of Christian monasticism in Egypt who lived an ascetic life in the desert in 3rd century A.D.

The monks in Of Gods and Men are what type of monks?

An intitial reading of the Scriptural text; the first stage of Lectio Divina.

Monks renounce worldly pursuits and devote themselves fully to the spiritual life.

Which monk struggled the most with staying and experienced a "crisis of faith?"

Residence where monks live in community

According to a Pew Research pole ___% of the world is religious.

What does the Latin Dominican motto veritas mean?

Which monk cries out to God in the middle of the night saying, "Help me, help me. Don't abandoned me, please!"

Daily form of prayer in monastic life in which monks gather to praise God 7x throughout the day

What happened to 7 of the monks at the end of the film?

Which of the monks is aging and suffers from asthma, yet continues to treat patients from the local community?

The Trinity is a created being.

What scene in Jesus' life does the painting Br. Luc leans up against toward the end of the film represent?

The story of the monks in Of Gods and Men takes place during a civil war in France in the 1970s.

A body of persons living in community under a religious rule or discipline.

The Nicene Creed is structured primarily in a ___ format.

The unofficial "5th step" of lectio divina- to go out and act upon the Word of God

The monks originate from this country, where the Cistercian order was founded. (Hint: What language do they speak?)

The term Catholic (katholikos, Gk.) means what?

Which is not one of the 4 marks of the Church?

What do the Dominican initials O.P. stand for?

Meaning "and the Son," this word was added to the Creed in the West in reference to the profession of the HS from F & S

When entering monastic life, monks are able to keep all of their wealth and possessions.

Which holy characteristic best describes St. Dominic?

This liturgical color symbolizes repentance & royalty, or preparation for the Lord's coming during Advent + Lent

A room set aside in a monastery for writing, copying, illuminiating manuscripts, and studying the Word of God.

Part of monastic life is a willingsness to "lose one's lives fo the sake of the Gospel."

2nd stage of Lectio Divina-to more deeply reflect upon the sacred word of God

Not one of the 4 main elements of prayer (ACTS)

What holiday were the monks celebrating on the night the Islamic extremists first came to the monastery?

A Jewish daily prayer of monotheistic belief which equates to the Christian statement of belief in one God

The first pole of the numinous experience evokes a sense of ___

"Monks should not sleep with knives at their side lest they wound a sleeper" is found in the rule of ____

"Credo in unum deum" means what?

What event in salvation history do Christians celebrate on Christmas?

What does the Greek word martyros ("martyr") mean?

The three evangelical counsels of religious life (lived out by the monks) include each of the following except:

Means "as the Church prays, so the Church believes" or literally (law of prayer is the law of belief)

What period in history does this film depict?

What heresy in the 13th century in France was Dominic and the order seeking to overcome?

All monks are priests.

4th stage of lectio divina, simply resting in the divine presence of God after meditating on His Word

The response to the first pole of the NE is one of

Even monks can experience a spiritual "crisis of faith."

3rd stage of Lectio Divina, to enter into prayerful dialogue with God.

Why did the Islamic extremist group kidnap and hold hostage the seven monks?

Which is NOT one of the 3 forms of Christian religious life?

A form of relifious life meaning "to beg" or "ask for alms"

A motto of the Benedictine order that means "peace"

A from of monasticism in which monks live in communal life and regulated by a religious rule

Lectio Divina developed out of the monastic tradition of praying with Scripture.

The Nicene Creed is structured primarily in a ___ format.

What does Fr. Christian do when the Algerians ask him to identify the slain body of one of the Islamic insurgents?

What are the two primary currents in religious life? CHOOSE TWO

What did Dominic's mother have a vision of while pregnant with her son?

An essential mark of the Church which means the members of the body of Christ are unified.

Which is NOT one of the mendicant orders in the Catholic Church?

The religious life of the hermit, living an ascetic life of seclusion devoted to prayer and fasting

Which two monks avoided the kidnapping and were the only two out of the nine monks at Tibhirine to survive?

Which is NOT one of the four pillars of the Order of Preachers?

The Nicene creed states that Christ the Son is ____ with the Father.

Credo in unum deum is a statement of ____ belief.

1st step of Lectio Divina, meaning the ininitial reading

Catholic creeds profess that Christ the Son is ____ (of the same substance) with the Father.

The daily life of monks includes each of the following except:

The dogma of the Trinity teaches that there are three persons in one God.

Which Dominic saint wrote the Summa Theologiae and many Eucharistic hymns?

This Latin motto in religious life means to "pray and work" and is the way in which the monks modeled their daily life.

The monks stayed in their community in Algeria for each of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Found of EASTERN Monasticism, 4th century, established clearer guidelines for religious life

Sacred Islamic religious text which Fr. Christian quotes from in the film when extremists come to the monastery.

The numinous experience is defined as

How does Br. Luc bring joy to the monks in the midst of overwhelming emotions of fear at their last meal?

What does Lectio Divina mean?

Founder of WESTERN Monasticism, 5-6th century, developed a monastic "rule" (regla)

The response to the 2nd pole of the NE is one of

Religious life involves a complete break with one's previous life (family, marriage, homes, occupations, etc.)

What was the name of the monastery where the monks of Tibhirine lived?

Each are key themes found in Bendict's rule EXCEPT

The religious life of monks is founded upon what?

Each of the following are ways in which the monks exhibit work in the film, EXCEPT:

Which monk in the film serves the local community as a doctor?

Pre-stage to Lectio Divina-entering a quiet, prayerful state eliminate distractions to enter into dialogue with God.

Basil the Great established each of the followign guidelines for monastic life in the 4th century EXCEPT:

Trappist or Cistercian monks (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) follow which type of religous rule?

The final stage of Lectio Divina, which involves simply being in the presence of God and soaking in his divine Word.

The Holy Trinity consists of three gods in one person.

The monks vote to see if they are "of one mind." This phrase comes from which Biblical book we read from?

Where was St. Dominic born?

"Credo in unum deum" means what?

A creed is an authoritative statement or summary of a Christian's basic beliefs.

A particular way various people of God can serve the Church through their unique spiritual gifts.

Has its roots in the Greek term for "public works," meaning public worship in the Christian spiritual life.

The first pole of the numinous experience is marked by all EXCEPT...

When was the Order of Preachers founded by St. Dominic?