8/14/2019 Theo131 Midterms

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Theology 131 Midterm Oral Examination THESIS STATEMENTS

Thesis One

A proper and holistic theological anthropology views the person as imago Dei and as a personadequately considered. Thesis TwoGod calls humankind. The meaning of human existence can therefore be seen as a response tothat call. I respond in an active, self-determined response to a general call.

Thesis ThreeLove is the will to extend ones self for the purpose of nurturing ones own or anothers spiritualgrowth (M. Scott Peck). Love and will can block and complement each other; our task is to unitelove and will (Rollo May).

Thesis Four According to M. Scott Peck, there are several misconceptions about love. Love is an activity thatdemands attention. It takes the form of work or courage. It is a committed and thoughtfuldecision.

Thesis FiveFreedom and responsibility are interrelated. My actions de ne who I am, but at the same time, Iam not de ned solely by what I do or do not do. The direction of my actions point to the kind of person that I am. One profound question that it raises: in what direction am I pointing my life?

Thesis Six The radicality of evil is a mystery. We speak of evil symbolically. One of the symbolisms of evil issin. In the context of human life as a vocation, sin is in delity to the covenant. In the context of our relationship to God and other people, it is a violated relation. In the context of morality, it is afact, an act, and a direction.

Thesis SevenA sacrament is an e cacious sign instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church as a meansby which life is dispensed to us. Like any sign, it has an inherent structure; yet unlike most signs,it is e cacious. Catholicisms principles of sacramentality, mediation, and communionencapsulates the importance and value of the sacraments.

Thesis Eight The very sacramentality of marriage implies considering marriage as a human reality. This entailsknowledge of its intrinsic values and its historicity. This human reality becomes a sacramentthrough baptism. As a sacrament, this human reality is an act of the Church, a source of

redemption, and revelatory of Gods grace working in our lives. Thesis Nine The sacrament of marriage is a witnessing. As a human reality, it witnesses to the conjugal lovebetween man and woman which expresses itself in intimate union, delity, commitment, andfecundity. As a sacrament, it witnesses to the indissoluble union of Christ and the Church, and tothe self-giving and faithful love that characterizes divine love. A Christian marriage, if it is to be asacrament, must in its conduct give evidence that Gods spirit is present and active in therelationship (Mackin).

Thesis TenConjugal love involves a totality, in which all the elements of the person enter - appeal of thebody and instinct, power of feeling and a ectivity, aspiration of the spirit and of will. It aims at adeeply personal unity, a unity that, beyond union in one esh, leads to forming one heart andsoul; it demands indissolubility and faithfulness in de nitive mutual giving; and it is open tofertility (1643, CCC)

Ateneo de Manila University Theology Department

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