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39 Cards in this Set
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Before the ______ century: In Vulgate (Book of Reformation)—calling of all humankind to salvation…(Martin Luther)
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16th
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Everyday work was a demeaning occupation that one should try to ______.
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avoid.
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Far from being avoided, ______ was to be embraced as part of God's purposes in creation
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work
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Work has deep Theological implication: ______ becomes sharer of God in His Being a Creator
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man
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_______ was known as a carpenter and the son of a carpenter
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Jesus
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Far from being avoided, ______ was to be embraced as part of God's purposes in creation
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work
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______IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE IN THIS ERA
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WORK
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______ of two lives about AD300 presented this reality.
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Eusebius doctrine
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______ distinguished between the 'active life' and the 'contemplative life'.
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Augustine
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It was the work of ______ that all of life , including daily work, could be understood as a calling from God.
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Martin Luther
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vocation is now associated with a person's occupation or career without any reference to the calling of God.
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spirit of capitalism
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This is true for both capitalism and Marxism. Both encourage us to look for personal fulfilment through the work of our own ______.
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hands
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An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.
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VOCATION
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A calling, in response to a perceived summon (this type of vocation is voluntary and not just for income…)
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VOCATION
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Etymology: from latin “______” meaning to “call”
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vocare
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In the ______ work was considered to be a curse.
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Greek world
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______ said that to be unemployed was good fortune because it allowed a person to participate in political life and contemplation.
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Aristotle
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Anyway for the ______, society was organised so that a few could enjoy the blessing of "leisure" while work was done by slaves.
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Greeks
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Everyday work was a demeaning occupation that one should try to avoid. Certainly there was nothing spiritually meaningful or uplifting about everyday work.
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Greeks
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The opportunity to think about issues and engage in contemplation was also valued by ______.
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Jews
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Far from being avoided, as far as possible work was to be embraced as part of God's purposes in creation and theological reflection would be engaged in by people who were daily engaged in everyday life in the world.
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Jews
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______ emphasizes a positive view of work, commending all Christians to continue in their work and to work well. And he plainly continued in his trade as a tentmaker during his church planting ministry.
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Paul
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is elevated by Christians above other vocations and they feel the need to pursue these even when they don't seem to fit (medieval monasticism).
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missionary service
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The world of the marketplace is seen as "secular" and depraved: the world of the church as "spiritual" and divine.
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The Sunday-Monday Gap
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______ and the devastating consequences of unemployment- employment is seen as necessary for a true vocation and the source of fulfilment (Marxism and a distortion of the Protestant work ethic).
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Workaholism
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that is not adequate to cope with changes in work patterns and career paths and gender roles, etc...
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An inflexible view of vocation
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which seems to foster either a strong personal spirituality or a strong social concern, but doesn't often combine these two essential elements effectively.
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A view of Christian vocation
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According to ______, (A famous Spiritual Author) many of us Catholics get literally stuck at the idea of the Catholic vocation as that of being a religious or a priest. This is the classic meaning of vocation.
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Grisez
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______ however, proposes a new meaning that is more, so to speak, customized to each of our personal lives. He calls this the personal vocation and calling. It becomes clearer when we look at the levels of vocation and calling he gives to the Christian life.
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Grisez
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What is our first and basic level of vocation common to all of us Catholics?
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to follow Christ
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This baptismal consecration is sometimes overlooked by many not knowing that those who are non-Catholics but decide to enter the faith as an adult treasure so much this level of vocation.
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Basic Level
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And many do not know that at this level, we share also the vocation to be Christian with our other Christian brothers and sisters - especially those Christians which have the Trinitarian formula (baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) in their baptismal consecration.
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Basic Level
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What is our second level of vocation is in secular language
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our state of life
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This involves our being single, married, religious or clergy.
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The second level
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At this level of vocation, the classic meaning of vocation is usually delegated only to the religious and the clergy.
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The second level
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What is our third level of vocation?
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personal vocation or calling
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The Church revitalized its concept of holiness to incorporate the call as a universal one to all states of life: single, married, religious or clergy.
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The second level
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This is the level which we must discover for ourselves and if we do indeed discover it, we realize such a great meaning that would otherwise not have been seen if we were just to look at our being single, married, religious or clergy.
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The third level
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Those who have been single or married or in the religious or clerical state for a long time realize how revitalizing, how inspiring, how invigorating, how Spirit- filled their lives become once they discover this third level vocation in their lives.
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The third level
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