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Theology & Doctrinal Knowledge Flashcards

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  1. The four marks of the Church — one, holy, catholic, and apostolic — are professed in which creed recited at Sunday Mass?

    Answer: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed

    The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, recited at Sunday and solemn feasts, explicitly professes: 'I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.'

  2. Which of the following describes the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, defined in 1950?

    Answer: Mary was taken body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life

    Pope Pius XII defined in Munificentissimus Deus (1950) that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.

  3. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, what are the 'last things' traditionally associated with Christian eschatology?

    Answer: Judgment, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory

    Classical Catholic eschatology focuses on the four last things: death, judgment (particular and general), heaven, and hell — with purgatory as an intermediate state.

  4. Lumen Gentium describes the Church primarily as:

    Answer: The People of God and the Body of Christ, a sacrament of unity

    Vatican II's Lumen Gentium describes the Church as the People of God and the Body of Christ, calling it a 'sacrament' — a sign and instrument of communion with God and unity among all people.

  5. What does the theological term 'theotokos' affirm about Mary?

    Answer: Mary is the God-bearer or Mother of God

    Theotokos, meaning 'God-bearer' or 'Mother of God,' was defined at the Council of Ephesus (431) to protect the unity of Christ's divine and human natures.

  6. In Catholic moral theology, an intrinsically evil act is one that:

    Answer: Is disordered by its very object regardless of intention or circumstances

    An intrinsically evil act is evil by reason of its object — the act itself is disordered regardless of the agent's intention or the circumstances, as taught in Veritatis Splendor.

  7. The theological virtue of hope, according to Catholic doctrine, has as its primary object:

    Answer: Eternal life and the graces needed to attain it

    The theological virtue of hope is the desire for and expectation of eternal life and the graces necessary to attain it, with God himself as the source and object.