Final Exam - Intro and Chapter 1 ( Social Doctriine)

According to Pope Benedict XVI, , one of the three theological virtues, is _____________

at the heart of the Church’s social doctrine

Because we are _____________ by nature, people need to find ways of living together

that bring order to human relations.

After the Fall, human beings grew increasingly alienated from one another as______________________

increased, acts of disobedience compounding upon another.

Throughout the Old Testament we see the history of___________ unfold slowly as

God prepared his Chosen People for the Incarnation of his Son

The many results of Original Sin do not include ...

• limited human knowledge

• concupiscence.

• work made laborious

• increased receptivity to grace.

Because human beings are social by nature, we need to find ways of...

• living together.

• tolerating differences

• ensuring justice and fairness.

• keeping order.

• All are correct.

The narrative of Creation in the Book of Genesis reveals all of the following except that...

• God is the origin of all Creation.

• the individual is the basic cell of human society.

• God has given human beings dominion over the world and everything in it.

• human nature is not haphazard but governed by divinely appointed laws.

• God created our first parents in a state of marriage.

The Didache ...

• is a third-century Christian work laying down rules for liturgical worship.

• is Greek for “how to do.”

• is a compilation of moral instructions taken from the Bible and apostolic traditions

• allows for abortion but prohibits the practice of magic and astrology

• predates the New Testament Epistles of St. Paul.

God created human beings with a social _____________ ; thus, the sin of Adam and Eve had consequences for our social order

• nature

• prophet

• communion of saint

• dominion

The role of a(n)_______________ was to call people to repent and to worship the one, true God and to treat with special care the most vulnerable members of society.

• Dominion

• prophet

• nature

• perfect society