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30 Cards in this Set
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If God is good, why is there a Hell?
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We freely choose seperation from God therefore choose Hell.
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How can we help the souls in purgatory?
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Offer prayers in suffrage for them, especially eucharistic sacrifice. Also, almsgiving and penance.
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What is the particular judgement?
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The judgement with each of us will receive after death from God in accord with his faith and works.
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In what manner will Christ judge?
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In a loving manner. According to how we live we will either be filled with life or damned for eternity.
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Be able to offer 2-3 of the reasons why Christians accept the existence of Hell.
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It was taught in the Bible. If there is no hell, life's choices no longer make a difference.
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Be able to offer 2-3 of the reasons why Christians reject reincarnation.
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It entails a very low view of the body as a punishment. If we are to learn from our past lives by having a new life how can that happen because memories cannot cary over.
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Be able to summarize at least one of the arguments Kreeft offers for life after death.
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What is not composed cannot decompose. The body is composed of many parts so can decompose but the soul is not made of parts so it cannot decompose therefore it never dies.
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What are the 6 basic theories about life after death?
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1. What atheists believe- materialism. Death ends all. 2. Reincarnation. 3. Pantheism-death changes nother for what survives death is the same. 4. Paganism where a ghost survives and goes to the prace of the dead. 5. immortality of the soul. Soul survives death, body doesn't. 6. Resurrection at death the soul seperates from the body and is reunited at the end of the world.
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What will be the relationship between body and soul in heaven?
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The soul will be completely obedient to God and the body to the soul.
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What signs will accompany the end of the world?
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The anti-Christ will come.
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In heaven, will we still be concerned about the fate of those on earth?
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Yes because love does not perish.
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In heaven, will the sould be so fused with God so as to lose all sense of individual identity?
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No. We will still have an individual identity but every power in us in fact will be working at the fullness of intensity upon God.
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Will this eliminate all mystery? (connected with "seeing God" question)
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No, but the mystery too will be a cause of bliss.
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Will we ever see God as He is?
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Yes, in heaven.
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Is there a contradiction between the all-cleansing power of Christ's blood and the need for purgatory?
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Purgatory does nothing for us that only Christ's blood can do; it simply removes the obstacles that we have interposed to the cleansing power of his blood.
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Why is ther a need for purgatory?
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We must learn to let go of the things we cling to that are not God. Purgatory exists to make us ready.
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Why is it that God could not bring all souls to Heaven, even those who hate him?
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People who hate God cannot be happy in heaven. Also, free will must be considered.
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What is the most essential pain of Hell?
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Fire.
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How do we know that there is a Gell, even though it might seem irreconcilable with God's love and mercy?
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It exists and came into existence with the fall of Satan and the angels who joined him in the rebellion.
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When the body dies, what factor determines the soul's destiny?
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The fact that the soul is a spirit and never dies determines that is will live forever.
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When to body dies does the soul die with it?
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No.
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What kind of devotion are we to offer the Virgin?
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Litergical feasts dedicated to Mary, Marian prayers and the rosary.
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What help does the Virgin Mary give the Church?
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She aided the beginning of the Church through prayer as she awaits the resurrection.
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In what sense is Mary "Ever Virgin"?
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She was and is always virgin. She never had any other children.
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How did Mary cooperate in the divine plan of salvation?
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Mart did not have sin and gave birth to the Son of the Most High and gave her consent with the obedience of faith. She gave herself fully to her son espousing the divine will of salvation.
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Because Christ is the one Mediator between God and man, does this mean that no one else can mediate this way?
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No. We can mediate but because our Lord is mediator, our prayers are unnecessary for one another but they are effective.
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What does the doctrine of Mary's Assumption entail?
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The gap between our bodies and souls being connected was sin and Mary was sinless.
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What gift did Jesus bestow upon his mother before she was even born?
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Sanctifying grace and a complete union with God.
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Why is Mary higher than any other created beings?
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She responded to God's love more perfectly that anyone and she was born free from sin.
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What are the implications of Mary being Mother of God?
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She was the mother not only of God's human nature but of his divine nature as well.
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