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| Name and explain one of the ways that the New Testament establishes the divinity of Jesus. |
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| Temple, Sabbath, Torah, I am |
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| What does the resurrection prove about Jesus? |
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| That he acts with divine approval. |
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| In becoming man, what does the 2nd person fo the Trinity assume? |
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| What are the four reasons for the Incarnation according to the Catechism? |
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| Reconciles us to God, Model of Holiness, Reveal God's love, make us partakers in the divine nature (theosis) |
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| How many persons and how many natures are found in Jesus Christ? |
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| What council (include the date) solemnly defined Jesus Christ's person and nature? |
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| Which heresy, condemened in the councils of Nicaea (325) and Constantinople (381), taught that Jesus Christ was a kind of human-divine hybrid? |
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| What basic idea is St. Gregory of Nyssa trying to establish in his short argument from the Great Catechetical Oration? |
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| The Incarnation is not that weird. |
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| What is the central paradox that St. Athanasius considers in his chiasm? |
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| He become man that man might become God. |
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| Name two others and explain what makes them paradoxical |
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| What scene from the book of Genesis foreshadows the Father's sacrifice of His Son on Calvary? |
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| Binding of Isaac (Aqedah) Gen 22 |
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| Which heresy denied that Mary could be named Theotokos and instead insisted that she be named Christotokos? |
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| According to St. Gregory of Nyssa, what is the difference between how God was present to the universe before and after the Incarnation? |
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| Transfused throughout our nature vs transfused in us |
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| What is the fundamental question that Boso asks and which Anselm endeavors to answer in Cur Deus Homo? |
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| Why does God save us through the Incarnation and not some other way? |
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| Name two of the three reasons that St. Anselm gives not to answer Boso's question. |
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| Bad answer could convince people that there is no answer. So many things to understand before you can begin. The truth is so beautiful that Anselm doesn't want to disgrace it. |
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| Name two of the four groudn rules that St. Anselm gives not to answer Boso's question. |
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| This is a joint-inquiry, not a demonstration. Any satisfactory conclusion could be made better by a maior anselmo. Whatever we may rightly say, there remain deeper reasons. |
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| When Boso refers to infidels, to whom is he most likely referring? |
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| Jews and pagans of the British Isles. |
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| What is Boso's primary objection to Catholic belief on the Incarnation. |
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| That is is dirty of inflicting insult upon God. |
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| To what does any argument of conveniens appeal? |
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| What is one of the things that St. Anselm mentions in his conveniens arguemtn in chapter 3? |
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| Death through man's disobedience, life through obedience. Sin originated from woman, orginator of salvation from woman. Devil defeated man by tree, man defeats devil by tree. |
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| What metaphor does Boso use to object to St. Anselm's conveniens argument? |
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| To what divine attribute is St. Anselm appealing when he claims it is not fitting ofr God's plan for mankind to fail to be effected? |
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| How does st. Anselm handle boso's objection that God oculd have saved mankind through an angel of another human. |
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| We'd be indebted to that being in instead of God. |
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| to not render God his due |
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| satisfaction restores lost what? |
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| differnet, more, pleasing |
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| what does forgive out of mercy imply |
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| to refrain from punishing |
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| name two of the three reductions that Anselm gives for the error of forgiving out of mercy. |
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sin is not sin
sin is more free than righteousness
sin is God |
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| what are the two ways sin is regulated |
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| Explain how God does not contradict Himself when he enjoins us to forgive sin? |
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| It is not a contradiciton for God to reserve punishment to Himself. |
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| what divine attriubtes does God lose if he tolerates sin |
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omnipotence and justice
tolerating sin is tolerating the maximum injustice
one who tolerates injustice is unjust
if God tolerates injustice he is either impotent of injust |
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| the beauty and order of the universe |
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| What is the punishment that restores order to the universe |
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| allowing actions to have consequences |
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| satisfaction is also know as what |
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| Explain the punishment that God inflicts upon us for sin. |
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ONE WAY TO SEE IT: GOD TAKES BACK WHAT MAN TRIES TO STEAL FROM GOD (ETERNAL LIFE)
ANOTHER WAY: THERE IS NO ESCAPING DIVINE PROVIDENCE BECAUSE OF THE UNITY OF ACTIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES: “if he wishes to escape from a will that issues orders, he runs beneath a will that inflicts punishment; and if you ask by what route he passes from one to the other, it is nowhere other than beneath a will that gives permission; and the supreme Wisdom changes his wrong desire or action into the order and beauty of the universal scheme of things.” |
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| What does the image of the pearl illustrate? |
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| THE CONDITION OF MAN’S SOUL AS A RESULT OF SIN |
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| Why is this a problem when it comes to making satisfaction for sin? |
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SATISFACTION REQUIRES SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS
ALREADY OWED—THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE IN
SATISFACTION |
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| . Even if man had something to give God as satisfaction, what would the problem be? |
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SATISFACTION REQUIRES SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT WAS
TAKEN, BUT THE FAULT IS INFINITE |
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| What was man deputized to do in the Garden? |
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| REPRESENT GOD IN DEFEATING THE DEVIL |
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| What did man steal from mankind by sinning? Why can’t he return it? |
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A SINNER CANNOT MAKE MEN RIGHTEOUS
God's plan for mankind (eternal life) |
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| If man lacks the capacity to make amends, how can he be blamed for it? |
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| IT IS MAN’S FAULT THAT HE LACKS THE CAPACITY |
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| What analogy does Anselm give to illustrate this point? |
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THE SERVANT WHO FALLS IN THE PIT WHICH THE MASTER WARNED
HIM ABOUT |
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| Anselm and Boso haggle over the proper definition of what word as a result of this? |
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| No one is able repay for sin except _______, and no one ought to pay except __________. |
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| What truth do all of the Marian dogmas serve to protect? |
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| The truth of the Incarnation |
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| What is the first Marian dogma |
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| What is the thrid Marian dogma |
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| How does the Immaculate Conception defend God’s initiative in the salvation of man? |
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| IT IS ONLY BECAUSE MARY IS FULL OF GRACE—COMPLETELY OVERSHADOWED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT—THAT SHE CAN SAY YES TO GOD’S PLAN FOR SALVATION |
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| Why does Mary’s Immaculate Conception lead to her Assumption? |
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| SHE DOES NOT OWE THE DEBT OF DEATH FOR SIN |
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| What name do the Greeks give Mary instead of “Immaculate Conception?” |
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| How does Mary become mother of all Christians at the foot of her Son’s cross? |
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| JESUS MAKES HER MOTHER OF ALL CHRISTIANS WHEN HE DECLARES “BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER” TO JOHN |
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| Mary is the “preeminent and wholly unique member” and “exemplary realization” of what (CCC 967)? |
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