CTT midterm ALREADY PASSED
What is an ontology - =A belief about the nature of existence/being itself
In what ways is the ontology espoused by the CTT sacramental - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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)? - =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" - =Athanasius
,According to Jesus in his Bread of Life speech, who is the only one who has "seen the Father" - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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? - =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? - =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.? - =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? -
=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? - =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? - =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? - =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
According to Cunningham, what is "replacement theology" also known as "supersessionism"? - =The
idea that the Jewish people, as chosen, have been replaced by Christians as the people of God - a
position rejected by the Catholic Tradition
According to Wright, which of the following statements about Biblical authority is accurate - =Since all
authority comes from God, God alone has authority but God gives this authority to the Son, who is the
Word, and any authority the Bible may have comes from God, through the Son, and eventually through
the Bible.
How is the term "atonement" a pleromatic term, saturated with meaning? - =It is a single phrase that is
assumed to "contain," much like a suitcase, many diverse statements/sentences and so serves as a sort
of shorthand for a much fuller plenitude of intelligible content and meaning.
What does Wright claim about whether God "speaks through Scripture"? - =God does indeed speak
through Scripture, but it is a speaking that cannot be reduced to Scripture alone, or ignore the fact that
What is an ontology - =A belief about the nature of existence/being itself
In what ways is the ontology espoused by the CTT sacramental - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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)? - =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" - =Athanasius
,According to Jesus in his Bread of Life speech, who is the only one who has "seen the Father" - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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 - =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? - =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? - =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.? - =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? -
=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? - =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? - =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? - =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
According to Cunningham, what is "replacement theology" also known as "supersessionism"? - =The
idea that the Jewish people, as chosen, have been replaced by Christians as the people of God - a
position rejected by the Catholic Tradition
According to Wright, which of the following statements about Biblical authority is accurate - =Since all
authority comes from God, God alone has authority but God gives this authority to the Son, who is the
Word, and any authority the Bible may have comes from God, through the Son, and eventually through
the Bible.
How is the term "atonement" a pleromatic term, saturated with meaning? - =It is a single phrase that is
assumed to "contain," much like a suitcase, many diverse statements/sentences and so serves as a sort
of shorthand for a much fuller plenitude of intelligible content and meaning.
What does Wright claim about whether God "speaks through Scripture"? - =God does indeed speak
through Scripture, but it is a speaking that cannot be reduced to Scripture alone, or ignore the fact that
