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CCC Doctrinal Content Mastery Flashcards

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  1. The CCC teaches about the 'hierarchy of truths.' What does this concept mean for catechetical instruction?

    Answer: Truths of faith vary in their connection to the foundation of Christian faith and should be presented accordingly

    CCC 90 notes that there is a 'hierarchy of truths' reflecting different degrees of connection to the foundation of faith, helping catechists prioritize and organize doctrinal instruction.

  2. According to the CCC, what is 'concupiscence' and how does it relate to original sin?

    Answer: The disordered desire for pleasure remaining in the baptized as a consequence of original sin

    CCC 2515 defines concupiscence as the movement of the sensitive appetite toward sensible goods contrary to reason — a wound left even after Baptism removes the guilt of original sin.

  3. The CCC treats 'conscience' as an interior voice. Which statement BEST reflects the CCC's teaching on erroneous conscience?

    Answer: A person may bear some responsibility for an erroneous conscience if it resulted from culpable ignorance

    CCC 1791 teaches that one can be culpably responsible for an erroneous conscience when ignorance is itself sinful — for example, refusing to learn what one is obliged to know.

  4. According to the CCC, the virtue of religion (latria) is an act of justice owed to God. Which act of the virtue of religion does the CCC identify as its highest expression?

    Answer: Participation in the Eucharistic sacrifice

    CCC 2099-2100 teaches that the Eucharistic sacrifice is the highest act of latria (worship owed to God alone) because it is Christ's own perfect sacrifice offered through the Church.

  5. The CCC defines 'social sin' as sin that affects the community. Which of the following does the CCC NOT identify as a structure of social sin?

    Answer: Personal conversion of individual sinners

    CCC 1869 identifies sinful social structures as the accumulated effect of personal sins, but personal conversion is the remedy for social sin, not an example of it.

  6. According to the CCC, what is the 'sensus plenior' (fuller sense) of Scripture, and how does it arise?

    Answer: A deeper meaning intended by God but not fully recognized by the human author, discovered in light of further revelation

    CCC 115-119 explains that sensus plenior is a deeper sense of Scripture intended by God (but perhaps unrecognized by the human author) that becomes evident when a text is read in light of further divine revelation.

  7. The CCC teaches that the domestic church (ecclesia domestica) is an image of the universal Church. Which sacrament is identified as the foundation of the domestic church?

    Answer: Matrimony, because the Christian family flows from the covenant of marriage

    CCC 1655-1657 teaches that the Christian family as domestic church is founded on the sacrament of Matrimony, through which spouses become signs of Christ's covenant love and transmit the faith to their children.