FREE RELIGION AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SACRAMENTS

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FREE RELIGION AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SACRAMENTS

- CH. 6 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: personal sins

Answer:

Any sins committed by an individual, which can include one's thoughts, attitudes, words, and actions

Question 2: penance

Answer:

A sign of our true sorrow for the sins we have committed; may be a prayer, an offering, a work of mercy, an act of service to neighbor, or a voluntary act of self-denial

Question 3: absolution

Answer:

The prayer by which a priest, by the power given to the Church by Jesus Christ, pardons a repentant sinner in the Sacrament of Penance

Question 4: heresy

Answer:

False teaching that denies essential truth of the Catholic faith

Question 5: forgiveness

Answer:

God's merciful pardon for our sins, welcoming us back into communion with him

Question 6: excommunication

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A serious penalty that means a baptized person is no longer "in communion" with the Catholic Church

Question 7: moral object

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Either good moral actions or evil actions; it answers the "what" question of morality and can objectively determine if an action is right or wrong

Question 8: reconciliation

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Being reunited in peace and friendship with someone we have hurt by our sins - especially God, the Church, and ourselves

Question 9: examination of conscience

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An honest assessment of how well we have lived God's covenant of love, which leads us to accept responsibility for our sins and to realize our need of God's merciful forgiveness

Question 10: restitution

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The act of repairing, restoring, or paying for any damage our sins have inflicted on others or their property

Question 11: Act of Contrition

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A prayer, either formal or informal, penitents pray at the Sacrament of Penance to express sorrow for their sins

Question 12: mortal sins

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Serious violations of God's law of love that result in the loss of God's life (sanctifying grace) in the soul of the sinner; to commit these sins, there must be grave matter, full knowledge of the evil done, and full consent of the will

Question 13: contrition

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Heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sins committed, along with the intention of sinning no more; the most important act of penitents and is necessary for receiving absolution in the Sacrament of Penance

Question 14: apostasy

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The denial of Christ and the repudiation of the Christian faith by a baptized person

Question 15: fornication

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Sexual intercourse between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman

Question 16: venial sins

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Sins that weaken and wound our relationship with God but do not destroy divine life in our souls

Question 17: Ten Commandments

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Rules that God gave to the Israelites through Moses, which told the people how they were to live in relation to God and to one another

Question 18: conversion

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The first step of a sinner to repentance and returning in love to God the Father

Question 19: almsgiving

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The act of giving money or material goods to anyone who is needy

Question 20: righteousness

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The status of sinners who have been forgiven whereby we are saved from sin and restored to a loving relationship with the Father through the suffering and death of Jesus Christ

Question 21: Communion of Saints

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The unity of all those living on earth (the Church militant), those being purified in Purgatory (the Church suffering), and those enjoying the blessings of Heaven (the Church triumphant)

Question 22: concupiscence

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An inclination to commit sins that can be found in human desires and appetites as a result of Original Sin

Question 23: confession

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Acknowledging and telling one's sins to a priest; an essential part of the Sacrament of Penance

Question 24: sacramental seal

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The secrecy priests are bound to keep regarding any sins confessed to them

Question 25: penitents

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People who admit their sins, are truly sorry for having sinned, and wish to be restored to the good graces of God and the Church

Question 26: schism

Answer:

A break in Church unity from the failure to accept the pope as the Vicar of Christ

Question 27: Purgatory

Answer:

Purification after death for those who died in God's friendship but still need to be purified because of past sins before entering heaven; it is also called "the Church suffering"