Church History & Doctrine Final

Study Guide/Practice Test

“O come, o come Emmanuel, and ransom captive 1.

Israel.” ___________________________________
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1. What does “Emmanuel” mean? 2.
2. Give three possible meanings for “Israel.” ___________________________________
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3. How does the Incarnation reconcile the
“transcendence/immanence” paradox? _______________________________________
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4. According to Aristotle, what are people for?
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5. What does the Baltimore Catechism say people
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are for?
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6. What are four ways that the 994 Catechism says
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we should follow to become what we are
for? _____
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7. Name the first deadly sin and give two examples
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of it from the Old Testament and one
example from the New Testament. Also give 4.
one example from your experience. ___________________________________
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8. Give a synonym for “avarice.”
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9. Write out the first foundational Catholic doctrine.
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10. Write out three Christological doctrines. _____
11. Draw the Big Bang. 6.
12. Draw and label the great chain of being. ___________________________________
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13. Are Catholics for creationism or evolutionism?
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14. When did Thomas live? _
15. Where did he teach? 7.
16. Give Thomas’ “D” proof for the existence of ___________________________________
God. _____
17. List the three most famous Greek philosophers _______________________________________
in chronological order. _
18. Why, on a deep level, did Plato think that the _______________________________________
Socratic Method worked? _
19. Finish this quote: “any man’s death diminishes _______________________________________
me, for I am a part of mankind. Therefore… _
20. What Anglican minister and poet wrote this? 8.
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21. Relate the above quote to Paul’s _____
image/metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12.
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22. Give Paul’s metaphor for our Resurrection ___________________________________
bodies in 1 Corinthians 15. _____
 _______________________________________ 23. Name and summarize one of Jesus’ parables,
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expectations.
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____ problem of evil?”
______________________________________ 25. What emperor persecuted Christians in 64 A.D.?
_ 26. What emperor legalized Christianity in 313
11. A.D.?
27. Draw or name the two Greek letters he saw in a
vision before the Battle at the Milvan
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Bridge.
28. Explain this quote from Tertullian: “the blood of
13. the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”
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29. What pope acted like a secular ruler during the
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fall of the Roman Empire?
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30. What pope sent missionaries to England?
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____ 31. What desert father is considered the first
monastic? He was in the desert of northern
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Africa.
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____ 32. What Italian is considered the father of the
monasteries? His monastery was called
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Monte Cassino.
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____ 33. Who was his sister?
17. 34. About what year did they live?
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36. What does “amore” mean?
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scale and the chromatic scale?
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____ 39. What is the Book of Kells?
19. 40. Where is the Book of Kells today?
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____ 41. What symbols are used for the four Apostles?
20. 42. What did Hegel think was going forward in
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____ 43. List the four-part method or dialectic by which
21. history moves forward.
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45. When did he live?
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35. 47. List the first three steps of AA.
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____ 48. Given the poem “Journey of the Magi,” tell the
Big Paradox.
49. Tell a small paradox. ______________________________________
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50. Give two examples of foreshadowing—both the
specific allusion and the future event. ______________________________________
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51. Give two examples of allusions to future words
of Jesus—both the specific allusion and the 48.
saying. _______________________________________
52. Define “refractory.” ______________________________________
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53. Define “dispensation.”
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54. Relate the poem to St. Augustine’s famous
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phrase. Include the phrase in your answer.
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55. How does the general idea behind epiphany
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relate to Paul’s idea in 1 Corinthians 12?
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56. Relate the poem’s theme to Buddha’s method to
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obtain enlightenment.
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57. Give a one-word synonym or metaphor for the
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modern, common meaning of “epiphany.”
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58. What Biblical event is called the “epiphany.”
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59. What is theological significance of the
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“epiphany.”
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60. What poet wrote the “Journey of the Magi,”
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“The Wasteland,” and the “Love Song of J.
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Alfred Prufrock?”
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61. What king tried to outfox the wise men?
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62. Who made him king?
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63. Prior to being the king of Judea, he was _______________________________________
appointed governor of Judea. Who
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appointed him?
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64. Who was the king to whom the wise men gave
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their gifts?
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65. Name three gifts and what each gift symbolized.
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66. Ignatius of Loyola is the founder of what _
religious order?
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67. What major book did he write? _______________________________________
68. He gave us a discernment exercise called “the ______________________________________
two standards.” What is a “standard?” _
69. Explain the exercise. 57.
70. Satan uses which tools (RHP)? _______________________________________

71. God uses which tools (PH)? 58.

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72. Which tools did the King of Judea go for?
73. Which tools will you devote your life to
seeking?
74. Thinking about the two standards, which King
will your fight for?
75. The etymology of “epiphany” literally means…
76. Translate John 1:5 from the Greek.
77. A photograph is literally a…
78. A photon is a unit of…
79. If something has phosphorescence, it carries…
80. Translate the following into English, word for
word. “Το οως έν τη σκοτια σαινει και τη σκοτια ου
κατελαβεν.”
81. What one word? “ΙΧΘΥΣ”
82. Write the Greek letters that Constantine saw in a
vision and tell what they stand for.
83. Translate “nocturn.”
84. Translate “lauds.”
85. What time is it when it is “none” in the
monastery?
86. Write Benedict’s motto in English.
87. Write Benedict’s motto in Latin.
88. Write the Jesuits’ motto in English.
89. Write the Jesuits’ motto in Latin.
On the back of this sheet:
90. Write out the prayer of St. Francis.
91. Write out either the Nicene Creed or the
Apostles’ Creed.
92. Given the quote by Dostoyevsky from The
Brothers Karamozov, respond with a short essay.
Do you agree with it or a part of it? Does it resonate
with your own experience? Give an example. Does
it sound more like the teaching of Aristotle or of
Plato? Why? Relate the quote to the Wordsworth
poem.
93. The remaining questions are located on the
“Greek” sheet. At the top are the numbers “139-
those, study this practice test, and you should do
well on the final. Good luck.
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