Christian Morality Quiz Chapters 1 & 2

What term describes the state of harmony and friendship with God that Adam and Eve experienced before the Fall?

• original justice

• Garden of Eden

• original holiness

• Kingdom of God

What do we call the lingering effects of Original Sin that make moral decisions more difficult and confusing?

• vice

• concupiscence

• mortal sin

• seven deadly sins

Which of the following is not one of the Beatitudes?

• blessed are the meek

• blessed are the merciful

• blessed are the poor in spirit

• blessed are the loving

What does it mean to be justified in a religious context?

• Being morally perfect in all actions

• God’s act of declaring a sinner righteous through faith

• Receiving blessings for good deeds

• Undergoing a spiritual transformation

Which of the following best describes God’s relationship with human beings before Adam and Eve’s sin?

• original justice and original holiness

• justified and sanctified

• humankind serving God as gardeners

• free and guided by reason

What is sanctification?

• being right in your moral decisions

• God’s action of bringing sinful human beings into right relationship with him

• God’s reward to those who love him

• the process of growing closer to God and growing in holiness

Which three inherent qualities are bestowed upon us by being created in God's image, enabling a genuine, loving relationship with Him?

• original justice, original holiness, and free will

• free will, intellect, and soul

• conscience, holiness, and merit

• free will, virtue, and sanctity

What is etiology?

• a story explaining something’s cause or origin

• our inclination toward sin

• a spiritual disease

• a story using parallelism and irony

What is the primary goal of Christian morality?

• to be good

• to earn our way into Heaven

• to collaborate with God’s grace for our salvation

• to be liked by others

Why is free will important?

• It gives us the ability to live in loving communion.

• It makes it possible to choose between good and evil.

• It makes God responsible for our choices and actions.

• both a and b