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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The most important action is for individuals to submit to this divine authority wholly and to yield only partially to the dominance of whom?

2. Is the Church as the people of God specified as being limited to Catholics?

3. Jesus is a word that means what?

4. Who is the primary intended audience of this book?

5. What is the purpose of the sacraments?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Savior God in Judaism?

2. Why do people have the capacity to come to knowledge of God?

3. With what truth does this book begin?

4. What is meant by everlasting life?

5. What is the purpose of the sacraments?

6. What is another problem with the English translation?

7. What deeper interpretation is provided regarding Jesus' title of Lord?

8. How are the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed presented?

9. What do the twelve apostles represent?

10. What is meant by ecclesia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book is a Universal Catechism.

Part 1) What is meant by Universal Catechism? What does this mean for the Catechism? What does it mean for Catholics around the world?

Part 2) Is this good that it is a Universal Catechism? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might this fact affect the way believers interpret the Bible?

Essay Topic 2

Faith is discussed.

Part 1) What is meant by faith? Why is it required? For what is it required?

Part 2) Why might faith be a difficult concept to grasp? How might one benefit from faith?

Part 3) What does the discussion of faith in relation to science reveal about the writers of the Catechism? Might this gain them more or less respect from critics? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Liturgy is useful to people in the Church and in the outside world.

Part 1) What is liturgy? What is its purpose?

Part 2) How does it benefit those who participate in liturgy? How does it benefit those the liturgy is for?

Part 3) How does liturgy also serve the purpose of evangelizing? What other purposes, other than the obvious, does it serve?

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