CTT MIDTERM 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
100% SOLVED ANSWERS!!
What is an ontology Answer - A belief about the nature of existence/being
itself
In what ways is the ontology espoused by the CTT sacramental Answer - In
that it believes that all of reality is a surface that opens to an always arriving
depth
In what ways is the ontology espouses by the CTT also analogical Answer - in
that it believes that the whole of reality is a depth of unity, whose emergence
on the surface requires a diversity of beings
Which of the following is the best characterization of sacramentology Answer -
it is an account of the way in which the things of the visible world open to an
invisible world
What does Augustine contend is the proper relationship between
understanding and belief Answer - One must first believe in order to then
understand
Which of the following best describes the doctrine of the incarnation, a
primary principle in the CTT Answer - it identifies the assumption of a
complete human nature, uncultured, historical and bound to suffering, by the
second person of the trinity, the son, the one who is sent
,which of the following accurately articulates how a developmental
hermeneutic informs the doctrine of the incarnation Answer - the idea that
God does not randomly enter time, but develops the world over time in order
to prepare it for Gods eventual entry
what is one primary reason that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is written in 4
different variations Answer - Because like Christ, His gospel is pleromatic,
arriving from the divine depths, and so requires diverse profiles to do it justice
What axiom in its most fundamental meaning sums up how God's unearned
redemptive action and the church's prayerful and grateful response have
provided essential teaching moments in the life of the community, and what is
its contemporary corollary (Duffy)? Answer - The law of praying establishes the
law of belief; that God continues to teach the church through its sacramental
practice
Who said "God became a bearer of flesh so that we might become bearers of
the spirit" Answer - Athanasius
According to Jesus in his Bread of Life speech, who is the only one who has
"seen the Father" Answer - The one who is from God: The son
Which of the following is false with respect to what Jesus says about his flesh
and blood Answer - His flesh is a metaphor for Justice, and his blood is a
symbol of charity
What was the reaction of many of Jesus' followers the Jesus' claims about his
flesh and blood Answer - They said this saying is hard, and asked who could
accept it before many of them left
, According to Paul, what happens to a person who east the body and drinks the
blood of the lord in an unworthy manner Answer - They shall be guilty of the
body and blood of the lord, eating and drinking their own judgement
which of the following accurately articulates the phenomenon of
transubstantiation Answer - The substance of the bread and wine become the
body and blood of christ, while the accidents of the bread and wine remain
Which of the following best describes the substantives approach to religion
Answer - Religion is defined for what it is based upon its beliefs about the
nature of reality
what is one problematic aspect of the substantives/essentialist accounts of
religion Answer - it stands as the most powerful critique of secular modernity/
the liberal tradition, making it a threat to the modern world
According to Cavanaugh, what is the primary problem with trying to define
religion in the way the secular modernity/the liberal tradition does? Answer -
Once the definition of religion is expanded to include all those things such
scholars want to include, it becomes difficult to exclude all the things they want
to exclude
Why is trying to use a 2-tier approach to defining religion, based on a
distinction between nature/supernature, human/superhuman,
empirical/superempirical, etc. ineffective? Answer - The distinctions remain
fundamentally bound up with Western ideas, and all values by their nature are
superempirical.
What is the problem with trying to define religion by using some criteria like
transcendence, God, the supernatural, etc.? Answer - It ends up with circular
reasoning, aka, question begging since it involves a premise that assumes the
truth of the conclusion without evidence.
100% SOLVED ANSWERS!!
What is an ontology Answer - A belief about the nature of existence/being
itself
In what ways is the ontology espoused by the CTT sacramental Answer - In
that it believes that all of reality is a surface that opens to an always arriving
depth
In what ways is the ontology espouses by the CTT also analogical Answer - in
that it believes that the whole of reality is a depth of unity, whose emergence
on the surface requires a diversity of beings
Which of the following is the best characterization of sacramentology Answer -
it is an account of the way in which the things of the visible world open to an
invisible world
What does Augustine contend is the proper relationship between
understanding and belief Answer - One must first believe in order to then
understand
Which of the following best describes the doctrine of the incarnation, a
primary principle in the CTT Answer - it identifies the assumption of a
complete human nature, uncultured, historical and bound to suffering, by the
second person of the trinity, the son, the one who is sent
,which of the following accurately articulates how a developmental
hermeneutic informs the doctrine of the incarnation Answer - the idea that
God does not randomly enter time, but develops the world over time in order
to prepare it for Gods eventual entry
what is one primary reason that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is written in 4
different variations Answer - Because like Christ, His gospel is pleromatic,
arriving from the divine depths, and so requires diverse profiles to do it justice
What axiom in its most fundamental meaning sums up how God's unearned
redemptive action and the church's prayerful and grateful response have
provided essential teaching moments in the life of the community, and what is
its contemporary corollary (Duffy)? Answer - The law of praying establishes the
law of belief; that God continues to teach the church through its sacramental
practice
Who said "God became a bearer of flesh so that we might become bearers of
the spirit" Answer - Athanasius
According to Jesus in his Bread of Life speech, who is the only one who has
"seen the Father" Answer - The one who is from God: The son
Which of the following is false with respect to what Jesus says about his flesh
and blood Answer - His flesh is a metaphor for Justice, and his blood is a
symbol of charity
What was the reaction of many of Jesus' followers the Jesus' claims about his
flesh and blood Answer - They said this saying is hard, and asked who could
accept it before many of them left
, According to Paul, what happens to a person who east the body and drinks the
blood of the lord in an unworthy manner Answer - They shall be guilty of the
body and blood of the lord, eating and drinking their own judgement
which of the following accurately articulates the phenomenon of
transubstantiation Answer - The substance of the bread and wine become the
body and blood of christ, while the accidents of the bread and wine remain
Which of the following best describes the substantives approach to religion
Answer - Religion is defined for what it is based upon its beliefs about the
nature of reality
what is one problematic aspect of the substantives/essentialist accounts of
religion Answer - it stands as the most powerful critique of secular modernity/
the liberal tradition, making it a threat to the modern world
According to Cavanaugh, what is the primary problem with trying to define
religion in the way the secular modernity/the liberal tradition does? Answer -
Once the definition of religion is expanded to include all those things such
scholars want to include, it becomes difficult to exclude all the things they want
to exclude
Why is trying to use a 2-tier approach to defining religion, based on a
distinction between nature/supernature, human/superhuman,
empirical/superempirical, etc. ineffective? Answer - The distinctions remain
fundamentally bound up with Western ideas, and all values by their nature are
superempirical.
What is the problem with trying to define religion by using some criteria like
transcendence, God, the supernatural, etc.? Answer - It ends up with circular
reasoning, aka, question begging since it involves a premise that assumes the
truth of the conclusion without evidence.
