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What is the meaning of the term Theotokos?
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Mary is the Mother of God.
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What various groups are included in the communion of saints?
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It includes the common sharing of all members of the Church in holy things like the faith, sacraments and charisms. It also refers to the communion between holy persons dead and living. Basically the church.
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What is the consecrated life?
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A free responce to a special call from Christ by which those consecrated give themselves completely to God.
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Under what conditions does the Magisterium exercise its office infallibly?
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When the pope and bishops are in their ordinary magisterium and agree in proposing a doctrine as definitive in fallibility is exercised.
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What is apostalic succession?
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The transmission of power fromt he apostles to the biships through Holy Orders.
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Is the Chrust supposed to evangelize or proclaim the Gospel to non-Christians?
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Yes. Christ told us to spread it to the whole world because God desires all men to be saved and know the truth.
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Is it possible for those who do not know the Gospel to be saved?
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Yes. Those who through no fault of their own do not know God but seek him can attain salvation.
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Does the Cathlic Church recognize anything in other religions?
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Yes. We believe whatever is good and true comes from God.
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How are baptized non-Catholics incorporated into the Church?
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Whatever is good and true of other religions comes from God and that is our connection.
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What persons are fully incorprated into the Catholic Church?
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Those who joined the Church by profession of Faith, sacarments, ecclesiastical gov. and communion.
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Is there any sanctification or holiness among non-Catholic Christians?
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Yes. We are connected through baptism.
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Where does the Church of Christ subsist?
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In the Catholic Church or everyhwere in the world.
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Is the Church Christ's natural or physical body? If not, what kind of Body is it?
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Neither. It is the mystical body. Jesus was the natural body of Christ.
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What kind of union do Christians have with Christ?
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We live in him and live with his very life.
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Does the Pope's infallibility mean that he knows the answer to every question?
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No.
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Does the Pope's infallibility guarantee that he is especially holy?
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No.
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Is it true that the apostles fulfilled our Lord's Great Commission primarily by writing the New Testament?
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No. Only 5 of the 12 wrote the New Testament. They fulfilled by teaching as well.
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Who are the most practical examples of the Church's holiness?
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Saints and Popes.
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Is the Church's holiness the sum total of the holiness of each of her members?
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No. Because the church is holy because it is Christ living on in the world.
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In what 3 ways are Catholics united?
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Faith, worship and government.
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What 3 meanings does Sheed offer for the Church's apostolicity?
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1. We are linked back to the 1st apostles at Pentecost. 2. We always teach what Christ taught. 3. We teach as the apostles taught with complete authority.
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Is it Peter's own power or holiness that guarantee his unique office?
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No. It is through Christ's power and the gift he gave us through the spirit.
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What is the food which Peter is commanded to feed Christ's sheep?
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The word of God, his body and blood.
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What is the essential structure of the Church established by Churst which undergoes no change in itself?
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The disciples who spread the world and the Holy Spirit.
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How did the Church gain the power to forgive sins?
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Christ himself conferred it upon her.
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How do the expressions Body of Christ and Bride of Christ emphasize different aspects of the same reality?
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The Eucharist unifies the Church as one body in Christ. Bride of Christ because the Lord called himself spouse. Whide body expresses unity of the head with members, bride emphasizes the distinction of the 2 in their personal relationship.
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What is the mission of the Church?
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To proclaim and establish the kingdom of God begun by Jesus.
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How did the 2 wills of Christ cooperate?
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In his divine will he decided with the fahter and the holy spirit for all salvation. In his human will he followed without opposition or reluctance the divine will.
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Why did the Son of God become man?
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To reconcile us with God so we could learn of God's infinate love.
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What does the name Jesus mean?
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God saves.
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What is the 3rd reason for missionary work?
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We do not know who is on the way to hell, that's why we risk all to save some.
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Subjectively, is it possible for non-Christians to have faith in Jesus?
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No. They must know Jesus to have faith in him.
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Objectively, what is the only means of salvation?
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Faith in Christ the only savior.
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Why is sincerity of hearn not enough for salvation?
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Being saved from cance woudl require more than just a doctor with a sincere heart. The same goes for being saved from hell. It requires more.
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Summarize why Catholics and Protestants actually agree more than they disagree over whether salvation is by faith alone or by faith plus works.
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Both accept the new testament which teaches salvation is free gift.
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What is the business that the Church is in?
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The church does everything for the business of salvation or union with God.
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What is the significance of Christ's words, I am the Way the Truth and the Life?
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Christ being the was is not the end. That is why truth and life follow.
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What role did the Resurrection and Ascension have in our redemption?
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Both belong to completeness of the sacrifice by which the breech between the race and God was healed.
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What role did Christ's divinity and humanity play in our redemption?
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God chose to become man and didn't have to.
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Could Christ who was God pray? Wouldn't he just be talking to himself?
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When he prayed it was the 2nd person of the trinity that prayed.
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What does it mean that he was one person with 2 natures?
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He is one person: God and 2 natures: man and divine and he can do things of both natures.
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What does Sheed mean by the double stream in the Gospels?
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Christ sometimes talks on human level and then goes above it.
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What does Sheed recommend that the newcomer to theology do to understand the significance of Jesus?
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Read the gospels.
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Which person of the Trinity became man in Jesus Christ?
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The Son.
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What does it mean that faith, hope and charity are habits?
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They are in our souls and enable us to do things which without them would be impossible.
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What are the 2 ways of sinning against hope?
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Presumption and despair or not believing in the attainability.
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What are faith, hope and charity called theological virtues?
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These 3 have God for their end/purpose.
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Is God's indwelling in the soul something which we must freely invite or does it happen automatically?
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God dwells within us automatically.
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What are the effects of grace on our natual faculties in this life?
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It enables us to see God directly.
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What do we need in order to live in heaven?
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New knowing and loving.
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Do we possess the natual powers to live life in heaven?
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No.
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What is the beatific vision?
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The life of heaven. The seeing that causes bliss.
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What are the consequences of original sin?
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We are wounded in natural powers and we are subject to ignorance suffering and we are inclined towards sin.
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For what purpose did God create man?
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To know, serve and love Him to offer all of creation in this world in thanksgiving back to him and be raised up to life with him in heaven.
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What are the effects of sin on the passions and the imagination?
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Original sin is a state of birth and not a personal act. That is why it's contracted and not committed.
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Why is it that angels are tested individually and men tested representatively?
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Humans are of a race and there is no angelic race. Men are related to eachother and are therefore tested representatively.
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What were the preternatural gifts possessed by Adam in Paradise?
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Immunity from suffering and death and integrity.
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Are the bad angels given a second chance?
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No. We have no experience being pure spirits and they do.
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Why do most theologians think was the sin of the devil?
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Pride.
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Where does the soul come from and where does it go when the body dies?
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It does not perish at the moment when it is seperated from the body in death and it will be once again reunited with the body at the moment of the final resurrection.
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What are some of the implications of man's being created in the image of God?
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We are capable of knowing and loving our creator.
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What is the place of the human person in the visible creation?
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We are the summit of visible creation in as much as we are created in the imageand likeness of God.
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What are angels?
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They are purely spiritual creatures and are endowed with intelligence and will. They glorify God and serve Him and are his messangers.
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Out of what material did God create the world?
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Nothing.
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Why did God create the world?
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For the glory of God who wished to show forth and communicate his goodness truth and beauty.
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Is it possible that the human soul/spirit evolved from lower life forms?
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No.
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Is there a contradiction between the Genesis accound of creation and evolution by natural selection?
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No.
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What difference does the doctrine of creation make for our concept of nature?
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If nature is created by God it is intelligible real and good.
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What does Kreeft mean by claiming that the doctrine of creation shows God to be totally generous?
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He is totally generous becaue he is an all-sufficient perfect being and didnt create out of need.
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What is the goal which man is intended to reach, to which these laws are intended to bring him?
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To come to the fullest development of our powers through Him.
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What happens when we do attempt to break God's laws?
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We sin.
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Why is it that God's laws obligate every human being and cannot be broken?
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God's will is the reason for mans existance so God's will must be the law of hus existence.
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What implications does it have that man is a social being?
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We are dependant on eachother. We could not live unless 2 other humans created us.
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What is different about a human soul in relation to the soulds of lower life forms?
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The soul of man not only animates the body but it has powers of its own powers utterly outside the possibilities of matter.
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What are the 2 elements Genesis describes as being used in the creation of man?
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1. The Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth. 2. He breathed into his face the breath of life.
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What may or may not Catholics believe about creation and evolution?
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We may believe in an immediate creation of the human body from elements in the earth of an evolutionary process. We must deny the immediate creation because the soul cannot evolve from any lower forms.
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What was the opinion of the Fathers of the Church especially Augustine on the interpretation of Genesis?
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Genesis was not meant to be taking literally.
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What is man's special function in the universe given that he is both matter and spirit?
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Without man, spirit and matter would be 2 spheres not touching but man, belonging to one by his soul, to the other by his body, joins the, together.
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If angels do not have bodies, what are they?
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Spirits apt for service.
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What are the consequences of looking at the world without understanding that it was made by God from nothing?
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God is the explanation of evereything. Leave out God then everything is unexplainable.
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What are the consequences of looking at the world without understanding that it was made by God from nothing?
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God is the explanation of everything. Leave out God and everything is explainable.
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What difference does it make for understanding ourselves that we were created out of nothing?
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If you think abotu it, no one can really "create" except God because all matter already exists. To create something out of nothing gives us a feeling of hardly being there at all.
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Why did God create?
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Out of sheer generosity for us to one day in his heavenly kingdom.
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What difference does the doctrine of the Trinity make for an understanding of human nature?
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We are people designed for infinite live. Studying the trinity helps us to better understand that aspect of our human nature by learning about the love between the 3 persons and our ultimate desire for God.
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What does Sheed mean by saying that the theologian discovers "darkness" in God?
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Darkness in the sence of challenge it is the understand God. We are baffled by mystery.
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What does Sheed mean by appropration?
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This means to assign one religious duty, so to speak to one particular person of the trinity.
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When God acts outside of Himself in creation, which of the 3 persons is acting?
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The Father.
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Why must the love between Father and Son also be equal to God?
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God is love and God is 3 persons including Father and Son and therefore he must be euqal to the love between the father and the son and utter mutual love in the spirit.
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Since Fathers are older than sons, is God the Father older than God the Son?
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No. They are one int he same. God is infinite meaning the term "older" cannot apply to God.
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Why is it that God's Word of Himself must also be God?
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Because the idea of God must be God beacsue God cannot utter a word because he has no mouth and is all spirit.
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What word does St. John's gospel give us to describe the Son?
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Word.
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What happened at Pentecost?
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The glorified Jesus Christ poured out the Spirit in abundance and revealed him as a divine person so that the Holy Spirit was truly manifest.
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Why are the missions of the Son and Spirit inseparable?
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Whenever God the Father sends his son, he always sends his spirit because the spirit unites us to christ in faith so that as adopted sons we can call God "Father"
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Does each person in the Trinity have its own operations and activities?
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No. They are inseperable in their activity. Also, Jesus told us about the Father and Holy Spirit.
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What is the central mystery of Christian faith and life?
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The mystery of the Trinity.
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Why is it that if 3 persons share the same divine nature there are not 3 Gods?
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The 3 persons are distinct because each is himself but cannot be seperated for each is what he is soley by possessing the one same nature; apart from that one nature, no one of the persons could exist.
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What are the meanings of the term person and nature?
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Nature: decides what you can do (eat, sleep, life arm etc.) Person: who you are and cannot exist without nature.
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What are the 4 truths containes in the barest outline of Trinitarian dogma?
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1. In the one divine nature, there are 3 persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 2. No one of the persons is either of the others, each is wholly himself. 3. The Father is God the Son is God the Holy Spirit is God. 4. They are not 3 God's but one God.
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What does God love with his infinite love?
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Man.
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In what way is God the Truth?
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God can neither deceive or be deceived.
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