FF1 LESSON 1 & 2

What is God's ultimate reason for revealing himself?

• To show his might and power

• To make humans worship him

• To make humans understand his love

• To fulfill the prophecy

Answer explanation

God out of His infinite love for humankind decided to make Himself known to us.

How do we come to understand the revelation of God?

• Through our senses

• Through reason alone

• Through images which we create based on Anthropomorphism

• Through time and space

Answer explanation

God communicated to humans in ways they could understand His love & his plan of Salvation.

That is why we were able to create Images of him

Which of the following is described to have the FULLNESS of God's Revelation?

• Natural Revelation

• Special Revelation

• Public Revelation

• Private Revelation

Answer explanation

Contains all necessary truth about our faith.

Final and Complete  in the person of Jesus Christ!

Which of the following does NOT qualify as God's revelation?

• Animal Life Cycle

• Elijah heard the sound of sheer silence, a gentle whisper, or a still small voice

• 
  Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father."

• Jesus' apparition appears in clouds following mass in Naga City

Answer explanation

Private Revelations are carefully examined by the Magisterium based on Public Revelation

How do we respond to the ways of God revealing himself to us?

• By exploiting the ecosystem he created for us

• By publicly shaming Church leaders who are not embodying Christ

• By speaking to him through prayers

• By knowing him through the different religious shows or movies about him

Answer explanation

Knowing God deeper means we listen to his words through reading the Scriptures

What is faith?

• Blind obedience to God

• Coerced listening to God's voice

• Trust and confidence in God

• Absolute loyalty to humans

Answer explanation

•To obey in faith is to submit freely to the word that has been heard because its truth is guaranteed by God.

Which does NOT describe Faith?

• Lisa completely trusts her friend even if she doesn't fully know her

• Jennie professes the Creed during the Mass

• Jisoo always volunteer in her rel.org's charity works

• Rose teaches her younger brother to pray the rosary

Answer explanation

Only our faith in God must be total and absolute. But before we get to love him entirely, we must know him first, and that is by making our faith well-informed.

What is the basis of the Apostolic Succession?

• The Great Schism

• Peter's appointment as the Rock

• Second Vatican Council

• Catechism of the Catholic Church

Answer explanation

Apostolic Succession roots back from Mt. 28:16-20 most especially when Peter was appointed as the ROCK.

Through Jesus' commissioning, first Christians had no doubts as to how to determine what was the true Church and which doctrines the true teachings of Christ: simply trace the apostolic succession of the claimants. Apostolic succession is the line of bishops stretching back to the apostles. Catholic bishops worldwide are part of that lineage.

How is our faith transmitted from one generation to another?

• Oral Preaching

• Through Writing

• Sacred Scriptures

• Sharing of practices & examples

Answer explanation

All of these are part of the Sacred Tradition which is the living transmission of the Church’s doctrine, life & worship, perpetuated & transmitted to every generation, guided by the Holy Spirit

TRUE OR FALSE:

Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scriptures make up our one sacred deposit of FAITH.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• No comment

• I do not know

Answer explanation

They are bound closely together for both of them are coming from one common source and move towards the same goal and that is to make present and fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ.