Free Bachelor of Theology Faith & Catholic Tradition Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which statement best encapsulates tradition as it is understood in the Catholic Tradition?

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An argument extended through time in which certain fundamental agreements are defined and redefined

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A contrast standing opposite to progress

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Doing something repeatedly because it has always been done that way

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The simple repetition of words and actions designed to indoctrinate others into a single way of thinking

Question 2

Which of the following describes the essence of tradition?

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it is a principle of social organization, a power that gather together a community, that gives voice to those who have come before

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it helps society to resist the influence of the past and all those who have come before

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it has the power to impose certain values and beliefs upon those who are yet to be born

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it enables those who are now walking around to become the authority over social gathering

Question 3

Which of the following best describes secularism?

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The allegedly non-religious

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To segment into sections

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A space devoid of God

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Both b and c

Question 4

Which of the following characteristics is specific to the Catholic tradition rather than to all of Christianity?

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belief that priests are part of the Apostolic succession and that the pope is in a lineage traceable back to Peter

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belief that God is a Trinity of 3 persons in one God

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belief that the Sone of God, the Word, became flesh in Jesus Christ

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belief that Jesus was crucified, died, was buried, and on the third day rose from the dead

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a Catholic tradition-based order?

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Baptists

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Augustinians

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Jesuits

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Franciscans

Question 6

What does the etymological definition of the word "theology" mean?

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It is the study of God and how all things relate to God

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The philosophy of religion

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The study of theories; a logos of theoria

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It is the study of doctrine, a simple echoing of the faith (catechesis)

Question 7

Of the following, which best describes the Middle Ages?

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It was a time in which the whole of reality was seen as a gift given by God as a divine communication

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It was a time of intense religious dogmatism where everyone had blind faith in religious authorities

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It was also known as the dark ages because almost everyone was ignorant of scientific truth

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It was a period from the European Renaissance until the mid-20th century, marked by a turn to the self

Question 8

What distinguishing quality may be identified in the theological roots of ancient Israel?

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It begins with God’s own speaking and is constituted above all by a relationship

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It was the human effort to come to know divine transcendence

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It was the first time that society possessed a symbolic order enabling a mediation with an unseen world

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Israel employed rigorous discursive concepts and categories to know IF there is a God

Question 9

Which character from the New Testament is crucial to the "creation" of Christian theology and is also the writer of the earliest writings?

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Paul

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Mark

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Peter

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Jesus

Question 10

Which of the following best describes theology as shown by medieval figures?

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Theology is both a science and an art studying God and how all things relate to God, since it is faith seeking understanding

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Theology is obedience to doctrinal authorities like the Pope and Bishops

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Theology is an art because it is believed that God is ‘created’ into existence by the theologian who is the artist

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Theology is a science like physics, or biology, studying God as an object in the world