Senior Studies Unit 1 Review 2026

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Who were the most vulnerable members of society according to the prophets of the Old Testament who challenged Israel to uphold the demands of justice and to show mercy?

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Widows, orphans, and strangers

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What is God’s justice ordered towards?

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Conversion

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How does the Catechism define justice?

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As the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor

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What is the main question of justice?

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What do I owe this person

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According to St. Thomas Aquinas, why is justice so important?

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Because human beings are relational, and justice is the virtue that guides our relationships

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Define/describe each of the 7 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching — Which principle is the foundation for all the others?

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Human dignity (life and the person)

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Catholic Social Teaching first began to be articulated at what point in history? During the early Church councils of the 4th century, With the Industrial Revolution and modern social encyclicals, In the Middle Ages under feudalism, After World War II

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With the Industrial Revolution and modern social encyclicals

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Rerum Novarum — author and topic

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Pope Leo XIII; on the condition of labor

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In the Gospels, why does Christ show a particular concern for the poor, outcast, and vulnerable?

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Because these people were most in need, and God looked upon their need with mercy

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Define common good

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The sum of those conditions of social life which allows social groups and their individual members relatively thorough and ready access to their own fulfillment.