Theology & Doctrinal Knowledge Flashcards
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According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, what is the 'source and summit' of the Christian life?
Answer: The Eucharist
The Catechism (CCC 1324), echoing Lumen Gentium, identifies the Eucharist as the source and summit of the Christian life, from which all the Church's power flows.
The term 'anamnesis' in Catholic liturgical theology primarily means:
Answer: The memorial proclamation that makes Christ's saving acts sacramentally present
Anamnesis (Greek for 'memorial') in liturgical theology refers to the Church's obedient 'doing this in memory of me' — a sacramental re-presentation that makes Christ's paschal mystery truly present.
Which of the following is considered a 'cardinal virtue' in Catholic moral theology?
Answer: Prudence
The four cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance; faith, hope, and charity are the three theological virtues — distinct categories in Catholic moral theology.
Dei Verbum, Vatican II's constitution on divine revelation, teaches that Scripture must be interpreted in light of all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer: The personal devotional experience of the individual reader
Dei Verbum 12 specifies three criteria for authentic interpretation: the content and unity of Scripture, the living Tradition, and the analogy of faith — not private individual experience.
Which of the following best describes the 'hypostatic union'?
Answer: The union of two complete natures — divine and human — in the one divine Person of the Son
The hypostatic union, defined at the Council of Chalcedon (451), is the union of Christ's complete divine nature and complete human nature in the one divine hypostasis (Person) of the Son.
The 'preferential option for the poor,' a key principle of Catholic social teaching, means that:
Answer: The needs of the most vulnerable must take priority in moral and social decisions
The preferential option for the poor means that the needs, rights, and situation of the poor must have moral priority in social choices — it does not require universal poverty or condemn wealth as such.
In Catholic teaching, 'conscience' is described in the Catechism as all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer: An infallible guide that always reaches correct moral judgments
The Catechism describes conscience as man's most secret core and sanctuary, a judgment of reason requiring careful formation — but it explicitly acknowledges that conscience can err and must be educated.