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Question 1 of 48

1

S1
The Second Vatican Council says what should be the soul of the theology?

Select one of the following:

  • The study of the Sacred Scriptures.

  • The study of the Summa Theologica

Explanation

Question 2 of 48

1

S1
Joseph Ratzinger's Erasmus Lecture was primarily focused on:

Select one of the following:

  • the historical-critical approach to scripture

  • the role of tradition and apostolic succession

  • the philosophical approach to scripture

Explanation

Question 3 of 48

1

S1
Who does Ratzinger point to as a model for a proper approach that integrates faith and reason, philosophy and theology?

Select one of the following:

  • St. Augustine

  • St. Thomas Aquinas

Explanation

Question 4 of 48

1

S1
What two elements are constitutive of “mystery”?

Select one of the following:

  • Something not available to human reason; Reason is insufficient to fully explain

  • add later

Explanation

Question 5 of 48

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S1
The Christian mysteries are true mysteries in that they fulfill both elements of a mystery.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 48

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S1
The existence of God is an example of a divinely revealed truth.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 48

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S1
Which of the following are examples of divinely revealed truths?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Trinity

  • Christ is fully God and fully man

  • The existence of God

  • Universal moral laws

Explanation

Question 8 of 48

1

S1
Apophatic theology refers to the concept that we can not explain who God is within himself. In other words "we explain not what God is but candidly confess that we have not exact knowledge concerning Him."

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 48

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S1
Which of the following are effects of Grace on faith and reason?

Select one of the following:

  • Heals, perfects, and elevates.

  • Explains, determines, and rationalizes

  • Helps, preserves, and emulates.

Explanation

Question 10 of 48

1

S1
The problem with rationalism is that it reduces truth to what can be proven through natural reason alone.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 48

1

S2
Which of the following are the three caveats concerning natural knowledge about God?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Can be known every one who searches for God

  • Can be known after a long time

  • Can be known with a mixture of error

  • Can be known only by a few

Explanation

Question 12 of 48

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S2
Since God can be known through creation we are without excuse to honor him or give thanks to him.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 48

1

S2
The two opposite dangers proper theology must avoid are Rationalism and Fideism.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 48

1

S2
Fideism is defined as blind faith.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 48

1

S2
Rationalism is the proper use of the reasoning process to allow for belief in things that are outside of human reason.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 48

1

S2
St. Augustine describes theology as faith seeking understanding.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 48

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Academic discipline requires three things
a. the ability to follow an
b. the capacity to remember to certain number of
c. a basic flair or sense for the subject that enables us to be in thinking up hypotheses

Explanation

Question 18 of 48

1

S2
What two key words are associated with Vatican II and what do they mean?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Aggiornamento: “updating” Church teaching

  • Ressourcement: going back to the theological sources

  • Hermeneutic of Discontinuity: break with the past and points to unrealized
    progressive synthesis

  • Hermeneutic of Continuity: fidelity to the deposit of faith.

Explanation

Question 19 of 48

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

The four major constitutions of Vatican II are:
a. Sacrosanctum : Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (December 4, 1963)
b. Lumen Gentium: Dogmatic Constitution on the (November 21, 1964)
c. : Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (November 18, 1965)
d. Gaudium et : Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (December 7, 1965)

Explanation

Question 20 of 48

1

S2
Catechesis comes from the words KATA and ECHEIN which mean to echo down. It is a term used for the handing on of the faith.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 48

1

S2
The term oikonomia can be described as how a father governs his house.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 22 of 48

1

S3
The term oikonomia and the term covenant are not related in that oikonomia is a familial term and covenant is a legal term.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 48

1

S3
Pedagogy is used to describe the Old Testament because it is a term that means kingdom.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 48

1

S3
The idea that God allowed certain accommodations in the Old Testament is known as synkatabasis?.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 48

1

S3
Jesus opposes the abuse of tradition but does not deny validity of Pharisees’ teaching authority.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 48

1

S3
Proclaiming that Jesus is "Christ" is to declare that in Jesus is the real meaning of the OT fully revealed.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 48

1

S3
The canon of Scripture can be ascertained from Scripture alone.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 48

1

S3
According to Ratzinger, Scripture is materially sufficient in that it contains the fullness of God's revealation.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 29 of 48

1

S3
The latin principle lex ordandi, lex credendi can be translated as:

Select one of the following:

  • from the mere action taken

  • the law of prayer is the law of faith

  • scripture contains all the elements of salvation

  • the ordinary law and the law of credibility

Explanation

Question 30 of 48

1

S3
St. Paul connects tradition to the liturgy in describing the events of the last supper in 1 Cor 11:23-25.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 31 of 48

1

S3
Ratzinger argues that tradition is more than an anonymous handing on of teaching, but is linked to a person, is a living word, that has its concrete reality in faith. As a result, tradition is inseperable from

Select one of the following:

  • apostolic succession

  • the sacred scriptures

Explanation

Question 32 of 48

1

S4
The stories relating to Adam, Abraham, Moses, Levites, and David are evidence of the "office" of authority in the Old Tesament.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 33 of 48

1

S4
The term binding and loosing contain a three-fold authority: Teaching, Forgiving, and Judging.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 34 of 48

1

S4
Canon and Creed developed simultaneously.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 35 of 48

1

S4
There is no evidence for an apostolic preference for oral teaching in the scriptures.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 36 of 48

1

S4
What is regula fidei?

Select one of the following:

  • Rule of faith

  • Faith and Reason

  • Rational faith

Explanation

Question 37 of 48

1

S4
Peter's authority is based on the priestly terms of binding and loosening.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 38 of 48

1

S4
Magisterium means teacher.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 39 of 48

1

S4
The ability of bishop of Rome to excommunicate other bishops is still a point of contention between the East and West.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 40 of 48

1

S4
When did the final break between the East and West occur?

Select one of the following:

  • 1054 AD

  • 15th Century

  • During the Protestant Reformation

  • 1274 AD

Explanation

Question 41 of 48

1

S4
The relationship between the papacy and episcopacy is explained by Ratzinger as follows:
A church that is only Roman ceases to be catholic; yet catholicity is not dependent on Rome.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 42 of 48

1

S4
Which best defines the difference between “counciliarism” and “papalism”

Select one of the following:

  • Counciliarism: authority resides in the council of bishops
    Papalism: authority resides in the pope

  • Counciliarism: authority resides in the council of bishops in union with the Pope
    Papalism: all authority resides in the pope when he speaks on matters of faith and morals

Explanation

Question 43 of 48

1

S5
Which of the following is the "one source" in the concept of "one source and two channels" of divine revelation?

Select one of the following:

  • Holy Spirit

  • Holy Scriptures

  • The Magisterium

Explanation

Question 44 of 48

1

The Holy Spirit functions differently in Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium.
In regards to Scripture, the Holy Spirit is its guarantor.
In regards to Tradition, the Holy Spirit is the inspirator.
In regard to the Magisterium, the Holy Spirit is the animator.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 45 of 48

1

The decrees of Councils and ex-cathedra statements are examples of Ordinary Magisterium.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 46 of 48

1

The entire body of the faithful, anointed as they are by the Holy One, cannot err in matters of belief.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 47 of 48

1

Which of the following make up the three categories of Catholic teachings?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Truths that are Divinely Revealed.

  • Truths that are definitively held.

  • Truth taught in non-definitive ways.

  • Truths that can be known by natural reason.

  • Truths that are revealed through Marian aparitions.

Explanation

Question 48 of 48

1

One of the dangers of misunderstanding the teaching process of the church is the tendency to measure all teachings on the basis of the distinction between the “infallible” and “fallible” Magisterium.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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