Christian Values: Sin and Grace

Sin is a moral attitude or action that leads us into evil, which separates us from our true selves, our neighbors, and God.

Mortal sin destroys the divine power of love in a person's heart, while venial sin only strains the relationship with God.

<p>Through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>It brings us into the inner life of the Holy Trinity and makes us capable of living in God's love.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A virtue is an interior disposition, a positive habit, a passion that has been placed at the service of the good.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prudence is the ability to recognize what is right.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One acts justly by always making sure to give to God and to one's neighbor what is due to them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fortitude is the virtue that strengthens our resolve to resist temptation and to overcome obstacles in moral life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because immoderate behavior is destructive in all areas of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The theological virtues are faith, hope, and love.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charity is the power by which we, who have been loved first by God, can give ourselves to God so as to be united with him, and can accept our neighbor for God’s sake as unconditionally and sincerely as we accept ourselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Ten Commandments are a set of moral laws given by God to Moses, which are foundational for living a just and holy life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This commandment means that we must not place anything more important or give any other thing or person priority over God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>We worship God because he exists and because reverence and worship are the appropriate response to his revelation and his presence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To disrespect or insult God's name is to insult or disrespect the very person of God. It is important to honor and reverence God's name and to use it in a holy way.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It means that the person is baptized with a name, and it symbolically connects that person with the Holy Trinity. Christians treat the name of a person reverently because the name is profoundly connected with that person's identity and dignity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Through the sign of the cross, we place ourselves under the protection of the Triune God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The liturgical year is a cycle of seasons and great feasts that make up the church's year of worship.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Ordinary Time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provide us with an opportunity to embrace sacred time and to journey to God through transformation of our lives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ordinary time is the season between the great feasts of the Church, where the emphasis is on the everyday life of faith.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lent is a penitential season that recalls the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert and the 40 years the Israelites wandered in the desert. It also focuses on the events leading up to Christ's passion and finally on the Passion itself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pentecost celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus, marking the beginning of the Church.</p> Signup and view all the answers