STUDY MATERIALS FOR HOLY COMMUNION

CHAPTER: 2 - MAN

1. How is man created?
   
   He is created in the image and likeness of God.
   
    
2. Why did God create us?
   
   God created us to know Him, to love Him and to serve Him in this world and to be happy with Him for ever in Heaven.
   
    
3. What is the divine plan behind the creation of man and woman?
   
   Man and woman were created ‘for each other’. God did not leave them half made and incomplete. He created them to be a communion of persons, in which each can be a ‘helpmate to the other’.
   
    
4. In what does the dignity of a human person consist?
   
   The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God.
   
    
5. What is conscience?
   
   Conscience is judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform or is in the process of performing, or has already completed.
   
    
6. What do you understand by a virtue?
   
   A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do good.
   
    
7. Define human virtues?
   
   Human virtues are firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions and guide our conduct according to reason and faith.
   
    
8. Which are the four Cardinal virtues?
   
   1. Prudence 2. Justice 3. Fortitude 4. Temperance
   
    
9. What is prudence?
   
   Prudence is the virtue that helps us to discern true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it.
   
    
10. Can you say what Justice is?
    
    Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor.
    
     
11. What is fortitude?
    
    It is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of good.
    
     
12. Define temperance?
    
    Temperance is the moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods.
    
     
13. Which are the theological virtues?
    
    Faith, hope and charity.
    
     
14. Why are they called theological virtues?
    
    Because they relate us directly to God.
    
     
15. What do you understand by faith?
    
    Faith is a theological virtue by which we believe in God and all that He has said and revealed to us through the Church.
    
     
16. What is hope?
    
    Hope is a theological virtue by which we desire the eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying not on our own strength but on the grace of the Holy Spirit.
    
     
17. Can you define charity?
    
    It is a theological virtue by which we love God above all things and love our neighbor as we love ourselves for the love of God.
    
     
18. Do we-incarnate after death?
    
    No; Re-incarnation is against Christian doctrines.
    
     
19. Why do the Church encourage prayers for the dead?
    
    By virtue of ‘Communion of saints’ the Church comments the dead to God’s mercy and offer her prayers, esp. the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist, on their behalf.
    
     
20. What does the term ‘Communion of Saints’ mean?
    
    We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ viz. those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven – all together forming one Church. This is called communion of saints.