Spring Exam 2025

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Which Pope wrote the encyclical Rerum Novarum ("of new things")?

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Pope Leo XIII

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Which term is defined as a self-sacrificing love...a love that desires the good of the beloved?

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Agape

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Which term is defined as romantic love...the love that desires to possess the beloved?

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Eros

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What is defined as the introduction of novel (new) ideas to the teachings (dogmas and doctrines) of the Church with the desire to change them?

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Modernism

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T/F: Though the situations within society continuously change, the teachings of the Church (the truths of God) are consistent and unchanging

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True

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T/F: According to CST, governments must serve the common good and make the meeting of basic human rights their first priority.

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True

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In this encyclical written on the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, the Pope stresses: 1. That communism collapsed because it treated people as objects, not spiritual beings 2. That capitalism is efficient, but it is flawed when not oriented toward the common good 3. That the right to private property does not take precedence over the just distribution of the world’s resources. What is the name of this encyclical?

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Centesimus Annus "the hundredth year"

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Which encyclical addresses issues such as any mode of government having the ability to be legitimate, stating that two powers of authority exist (civil and ecclesiastical)? Options: Rerum Novarum ("of new things"), Immortale Dei ("God's Immortal"), Libertas ("liberty/freedom"), Casti Conubii ("of chaste wedlock")

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Immortale Dei ("God's Immortal")

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Which encyclical addressed issues such as just pay for just work, reasonable hours, safe working conditions, etc., and is known as the "first social encyclical" to address the Industrial Revolution?

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Rerum Novarum ("of new things")

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What is defined as the idea that we are only material beings — without a rational soul — and only material things will fulfill us?

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Materialism