Peace and Justice - Final Review

What common themes did the prophets preach?

• The perils of Original Sin

• The importance of fasting.

• Visiting Jerusalem every seven years.

• Worship is meaningless if not accompanied by compassion for others.

Where do we learn about different forms of exclusive behavior?

• Parents

• Friends 

• Teachers

• All of the Above 

What is the result when humans fail to love as God loves?

• Harmony is achieved with all of creation.

• People are punished by God.

• Disorder, destruction, and suffering.

• All of the Above

Human beings are made not to be alone but to be in relationship with:

• Other people

• Creation

• God

• All of the above

If people do not believe in the possibility that they can make a difference, ________.

• They have no hope.

• They are not likely to act to change things.

• Both A and B

• Neither A or B 

In the Book of Deuteronomy, Israel is given a number of regulations to benefit marginalized communities. Which of the following is NOT a regulation mentioned in Deuteronomy?

• Turn the other cheek.

• Leave some of the harvest for gleaning by the poor.

• Welcome the stranger and treat them as your own people.

• Cancel all debts every seven years.

The Church uses this familiar term to describe the way in which God is present in a visible and tangible way through the natural environment:

• Sacrament

• Eucharist 

• Holy Communion

• Subject of Mass

What leads the church to consider seriously the social problems of today and to offer solutions?

• Politics

• Compassion

• Guilt

• Free Will

Christianity teaches that God allows suffering to:

• Lead people to understand the truth of revelation.

• Make us stronger people.

• Neither A or B

• Both A and B

The  following statements about the Kingdom of God are true EXCEPT:

• The Kingdom of God is not completely here.

• The Kingdom of God is the way things are when love is more important than anything else in people’s lives.

• We can glimpse God’s Kingdom when we witness people and communities centered on love.

• Jesus invented the idea of the Kingdom of Heaven.