Rel 3 unit 1

The ethical requirements of the Gospels can only be followed...

• through reason

• by priests and nuns

• instinctively

• with the aid of divine grace

• in theory but are actually outdated

Moral theology is the science that...

• accepts Divine Revelation

• examines Divine Revelation

• responds to human sciences

• all choices

• none of the choices

Christian morality is...

• a useful list of moral do's and don'ts

• a theoretical morality of love that has no need for concrete guidelines

• a morality founded in Christ's love with teachings and guidelines to assist the moral life.

• none of these choices

Moral standards are inscribed on the heart of every human person by...

• parents

• teachers

• a fear of punishment

• God himself

• the Ten Command-ments

When seeking a life of morality, a person has continuous need of God's...

• understanding

• Ten Command-ments

• grace

• love

• omnipotence

Freedom is...

• the power to do as you wish

• the power to accomplish God's will

• a power shared with animals

• Both 1 and 2

• none of these

Moral theology is a reflection of revealed truth as expressed in...

• Sacred Scripture, canon law, and natural law

• Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and natural law

• Sacred Tradition, the Ten Commandments, and natural law

• the Bible alone

Catholic moral theology seeks to reflect...

• the new life in Christ

• the new life received in Baptism

• the life that directs man toward eternal salvation

• 1 and 3 only

• 1, 2, and 3

Eternal law is the...

• primordial law, the foundation of all law, intrinsic and universal

• order and harmony of the universe

• Ten Command-ments

• 1 and 2 only

• none of the choices

Laws of nature, such as gravity, are different from natural law because...

• God told us this in the New Testament

• natural law deals with laws of gravity and material objects

• laws are nature are not actual laws because they merely describe nature

• 1 and 3 only

• none of the choices