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Catechism of the Catholic Church

Heaven and Earth/Angels and Men


  1. The purpose of angels is to:

    1. be a messenger of God.
    2. glorify God.
    3. serve the accomplishment of the divine plan.
    4. a and b.
    5. all of the above.

  2. What is both the end for which man was created and the fundamental reason for his dignity?

  3. True or false. The angels specifically surround and serve Christ.

  4. Why does God give an angel to each person?

  5. True or false. Because God has willed the diversity of his creatures and their own particular goodness, their interdependence, and their order, it is therefore true that all created things are of equal value.

  6. Which are part of the state of “original justice”?

    1. Friendship with God.
    2. Harmony with creation.
    3. Harmony with himself.
    4. Lack of suffering.
    5. Infused knowledge.

    Choose none, any, or all of the above

  7. The laws inscribed in creation

    1. are a sign of the faithfulness of God’s covenant.
    2. are a principle of wisdom and a foundation of morality.
    3. are only laws of nature that are distinct from the moral law.
    4. a and b.
    5. none of the above.

  8. True or false. Man is destined to reproduce the image of Christ in himself.

  9. Which is true?

    1. A person is spirit, but encased in a material vessel.
    2. A person is wholly material.
    3. A person is a spirit destined to final release from its body in heaven.
    4. A person is a union of body and soul.
    5. a and b.

  10. The fact of man being made male and female

    1. means that the man or the woman is fundamentally incomplete without the other.
    2. means that they were created to be a communion of persons.
    3. is of minimal significance.
    4. means that they are complementary as masculine and feminine.
    5. b and d.

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