Catholic Social Teaching Chapter 1 Practice Quiz

The initial state of human beings in their relationship with God, symbolized by Adam and Eve’s sharing in the divine life in full communion with God, is called ______________.

• common good

• Original Justice

• Original Holiness

• Original Sin

God’s Covenant with __________ calls us to respect and care for all human life.

• Moses

• Noah

• Abraham

• the Israelites

All of the following are truths about the nature of justice that are taught through the Creation accounts in Scripture except ______________.

• God created us to be in communion with others.

• God created us to find true happiness in things such as fame, success, and the accumulation of material goods.

• God created us to be in communion with him.

• God created us in his divine image.

All of the following, except _______________, are required for people to be able to enter into the New Covenant that God makes with all people.

• giving up all they own

• being baptized

• following Christ’s New Law of Love

• placing their faith in Jesus Christ

The ___________dimension of salvation flows from the truth that the process of salvation is based in relationships with others.

• physical

• personal

• spiritual

• communal

_________uses the analogy of the human body to explain that all members of the Church must work together for the common good, just as the different parts of the human body all work together.

• Saint Augustine

• Saint Thomas Aquinas

• Saint Francis

• Saint Paul

Which of the following is not a definition of the term Church?

• the assembly of believers gathered for the celebration of the Eucharistic liturgy

• the clergy and religious throughout the world

• the entire people of God throughout the world

• the diocese, also known as the local church

_________ is an important truth about social justice taught through the Exodus event.

• God is always on the side of the oppressed.

• If humans do not obey God, God will destroy what he created.

• God wants humans to share their resources with one another.

• No God, no justice; know God, know justice.

______ is not one of the corporal works of mercy.

• Visit the sick

• Bury the dead

• Clothe the naked

• Care for the earth

Which of the following is not one of the synoptic Gospels?

• Matthew

• John

• Luke

• Mark