Final Exam - Intro and Chapter 1 ( Social Doctriine)

According to Pope Benedict XVI, , one of the three theological virtues, is (a)  

at the heart of the Church’s social doctrine

Because we are (a)   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 (a)  

increased, acts of disobedience compounding upon another.

Throughout the Old Testament we see the history of (a)   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