CTT Midterm Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is an ontology - CORRECT ANSWER A belief about the nature of
existence/being itself
In what ways is the ontology espoused by the CTT sacramental - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT
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 -
CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT 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)? -
CORRECT 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" -
CORRECT ANSWER Athanasius
According to Jesus in his Bread of Life speech, who is the only one who has "seen the
Father" - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT 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
- CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
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 -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT 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.? - CORRECT ANSWER It ends up with circular reasoning,
aka, question begging since it involves a premise that assumes the truth of the conclusion
without evidence.
Which of the following best describes the nature of the Bible as understood by the Catholic
Tradition? - CORRECT ANSWER Like Jesus, the Bible is incarnation—both human
and divine—as the Word of God expressed in human language.
What sort of theory of reading does one get when one considers the Bible, as Bono does, as a
narrative of Love and growth? - CORRECT ANSWER That every book of the Bible
should be read in the same way as every other book in order to understand that Love.
What holds the highest teaching authority in the Catholic Tradition? - CORRECT
ANSWER a council of all Catholic bishops in the world in union with the Bishop of
Rome (the pope)
What does it mean to say that the Catholic tradition emphasizes diversity when it comes to
Biblical hermeneutics? - CORRECT ANSWER That since God's speaking exceeds any
one perspective, no single interpretation can exhaust the meaning of the whole, which is a
symphony of voices, a many-in-one and a one-in-many
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is an ontology - CORRECT ANSWER A belief about the nature of
existence/being itself
In what ways is the ontology espoused by the CTT sacramental - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT
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 -
CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT 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)? -
CORRECT 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" -
CORRECT ANSWER Athanasius
According to Jesus in his Bread of Life speech, who is the only one who has "seen the
Father" - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT 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
- CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
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 -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT 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.? - CORRECT ANSWER It ends up with circular reasoning,
aka, question begging since it involves a premise that assumes the truth of the conclusion
without evidence.
Which of the following best describes the nature of the Bible as understood by the Catholic
Tradition? - CORRECT ANSWER Like Jesus, the Bible is incarnation—both human
and divine—as the Word of God expressed in human language.
What sort of theory of reading does one get when one considers the Bible, as Bono does, as a
narrative of Love and growth? - CORRECT ANSWER That every book of the Bible
should be read in the same way as every other book in order to understand that Love.
What holds the highest teaching authority in the Catholic Tradition? - CORRECT
ANSWER a council of all Catholic bishops in the world in union with the Bishop of
Rome (the pope)
What does it mean to say that the Catholic tradition emphasizes diversity when it comes to
Biblical hermeneutics? - CORRECT ANSWER That since God's speaking exceeds any
one perspective, no single interpretation can exhaust the meaning of the whole, which is a
symphony of voices, a many-in-one and a one-in-many
