THEOLOGY IV: HOWARD FINAL STUDY GUIDE I. List five obstacles to prayer XII.

What are the three spiritual themes of St. Teresa? 1. Selfishness 1) Trust our human experience 2. Time (restraints) 2) Have a spiritual director 3. Anger/cynicism 3) Our hearts and souls are not our own they belong 4. Other people/ friends to Christ 5. Not knowing how to pray or the right way to pray XIII. What did Ignatius realize while he was healing from his II. What are five things prayer can do for us? wounds? 1. It gives us peace That he had two spirits: one leading him towards 2. It gives us truth (God's perspective) God, the other leading him away from God. 3. It can clear our minds XIV. What is the task in Ignatian Spirituality? What is the key 4. It gives us confidence to accomplishing this task? 5. It gives us guidance Task To grow in our understanding of God's III. What are High and Low Christology and what are the presence in the ordinary. positive and negative aspects of each? Key Honestly seek God. Low Christology is the study of Christ's humanity XV. What are the five steps of Examination of Conscience? starting with the historical Jesus, exploring the societal 1) Be in the presence of God aspects, language, culture, identity, and theological concepts 2) Thank God be specific of His life. 3) Reflect on the emotional responses of daily life (+) - Jesus is relatable and can relate to us. 4) Ask forgiveness (-) - This may detract from His divinity. 5) Say a prayer of hope High Christology is the study of Christ's divine XVI. What is Ignatian Discernment? nature, working down (out) to His human nature. Discernment based on the fact that God guides us (+) - Jesus is a powerful guiding force. and that we can know His plan for us. It is based on (-) - He may seen less relatable this way. emotional responses: IV. Give examples of St. Paul's Christology: Consolation: we are filled with joy and peace and it Low: form of a slave leads us towards God. High: image of the invisible God Desolation: we are filled with fear and anxiety and it V. Give examples of St. Peter's Christology: leads us away from God. Low: death of the flesh XVII. According to Mother Teresa, where may we find God? High: at the right hand of God In the poor (the hungry, naked, and homeless). VI. Give examples of St. John's Christology: XVIII. How did Mother Teresa define nakedness? Low: Word became flesh As the loss of human dignity. High: the Word was God XIX. Mother Teresa believed love must being where? How VII. What was the title Jesus used most often for Himself and does it begin? what was the significance of this title? At home; through prayer. The Son of Man; it identified Him as a king (or XX. What is the Simple Path of Mother Teresa? judge) 1) Silence => Prayer VIII. Why did St. Augustine get ordained? What insight did 2) Prayer => Faith this lead him to? 3) Faith => Love He was forced to by a crowd that loved him. Insight 4) Love => Service God's will sometimes leads you where you don't want to go. 5) Service => Peace IX. What has the Church believed about the Eucharist XXI. Mother Teresa believed we should love how much? throughout the ages? Until it hurts. That it is the Body and Blood of Christ. XXII. What did John Paul II teach that the parable of the X. What was St. Augustine's advice to his religious order Good Samaritan reveals to us? about chastity? That suffering and service are both ways to live lives 1) Do not fix your gaze of holiness. 2) Dress modestly XXIII. What happens when we unite our suffering with 3) Hang out with other chaste people Christ? XI. What person and experience led to a deeper conversion It becomes an offering [through Christ that leads us for St. Teresa? all towards salvation]. 1) St. Augustine and his Confessions XXIV. How did John Paul II describe the human experience 2) Lord, do not let me rise until I have a deeper of offering up one's suffering? understanding of your love As unexplainable joy.

THEOLOGY IV: HOWARD FINAL STUDY GUIDE XXV. What was John Paul II's criticism of how some people react to human tragedy? They are indifferent. XXVI. What is our duty to remind indifferent people of? That we are all responsible for one another (we are our brother's keeper). XXVII. What three things did John Paul II recommend that people need to change in order to help others? 1) Exaggerated consumerism 2) Indifference 3) Hedonism XXVIII. Knowing the difference between what two things can help us to be more generous? Our wants and needs. XXIX. Define vocation. A calling and commitment to a specific way of living. XXX. What does it mean by our baptism we are priests, prophets, and kings? 1) Priest called to pray 2) Prophet called to teach/preach 3) King called to serve (others) XXXI. According to John Paul II, what is each member of the Church called to do? To build up the Kingdom of God (to serve God's will). XXXII. What for things did John Paul II say we must do to know God's will? 1) Pray 2) Read Scripture 3) Have a spiritual guide 4) Discern our gifts XXXIII. What did John Paul II say we must not do when it comes to the spiritual life? Separate our spiritual lives from other parts of our life. XXXIV. What is a Catholic Marriage? A sacred, solemn promise between a man and a woman a covenant like the one that God made with His people. XXXV. What did Christ say about marriage in the Gospel of St. Matthew? 1) Between man and woman 2) Two shall become one flesh 3) God unites 4) No person can divide them 5) To divorce and remarry is adultery 6) Not meant for everyone (is a calling/vocation) 7) There are exception XXXVI. What is God's threefold purpose for marriage? 1) Lifelong commitment 2) Open to life 3) A sign of God's love XXXVII. What is Natural Family Planning and how should a couple plan their family? A woman coming to understand her fertility cycle. The couple should prayerfully discern when to have children and how many to have. XXXVIII. What is an annulment? Decree by the Catholic Church that a sacramental union never existed (within a marriage). XXXIX. What are the evangelical councils and how did they develop? They are the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They developed because people wanted to imitate Christ. XL. Explain the roles of bishops, priests, and deacons (what sacraments can they administer?). 1) Bishops all sacraments. 2) Priests all except Holy Orders. 3) Deacons only Matrimony (Marriage) and Baptism. XLI. Explain the difference between First, Second, and Third Orders. 1) First masculine => include priests and monks. 2) Second feminine => include sisters and nuns. 3) Third laypeople => they study under the religious order and practice their spirituality. XLII. Explain why the Church does not allow priests to marry or women to become priests. Priests marrying => a discipline, meaning that it is subject to change. Women priests => a doctrine, meaning that it is not subject to change (will never change). XLIII. What is the difference between a diocesan priest and a religious order priest? 1) Diocesan => a. the vow of poverty is optional, b. not in the community/ lives alone, c. answers to the local bishop. 2) Religious Order => a. the vow of poverty is mandatory, b. lives in the community, c. answers to the religious order leader. XLIV. What is Apologetics (A.) and why do we study it (B.)? A. It is giving answers for your faith. B. Because it strengthens your faith OR because certain denominations are trained to convert Catholics. XLV. Why do Catholics believe in things that are not in the Bible? Scripture says that it does not contain everything that Jesus did. XLVI. What is the significance of St. Peter's name change (A.), the receiving of the keys (B.), and the authority to loose and bind (C.)? A. Big mission (to lead the Church) B. His call to stewardship, thereby establishing the Davidian Kingdom => Peter is in charge until the King returns C. Peter is granted teaching authority => the ability to excommunicate.

THEOLOGY IV: HOWARD FINAL STUDY GUIDE XLVII. What does it mean that the Pope is infallible? That the Holy Spirit will not let the Church err in essential matters of faith. XLVIII. Why do Catholics call their priest father when Jesus says: call no man 'father'? Because Jesus calls Abraham father OR because St. Paul calls himself father to the Church. XLIX. Only God can forgive sins, so why confess to a priest? The ability to forgive sins was explicitly transferred to the apostles (apostolic succession). L. Why are works so important to Catholics when we are saved by God's grace through our faith? Faith without works is a dead faith. LI. Why do Catholics baptize infants when they cannot understand what is happening? Scripture says that Baptism saves. LII. Why do Catholics believe that Mary was ever-virgin when Scripture says that Jesus had brothers and sisters? In Aramaic, there is no word for cousin. LIII. Why do Catholics have seven more books than Protestants? 1) In the first century, Jews rejected these seven books because they were too Christian and written in Greek. 2) Luther rejected these seven books because they are too Catholic. LIV. Why do Catholics believe in Purgatory? Scripture says that our prayers help free the dead from their sins. LV. Why do Catholics ask the saints and angels to pray for them when Christ is the only mediator between God and man? Because St. Paul says that a cloud of witnesses in heaven is watching over us OR because Scripture says that Onias/Jeremiah interceded with prayer (they were dead). LVI. Why do Catholics believe the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ? The Apostles took Jesus literally and He allows them to interpret Him literally.