DRT Catholic Social Teaching Practice Questions 2023.

DRT Catholic Social Teaching Practice Questions 2023.T/F: The Church may take a position on political issues because the Church has an obligation to maintain the truth and/or protect people's spiritual welfare - ANSWER True It is NOT the duty of the Church to... - ANSWER Isolate and insulate itself from the evils of the world All government derive its authority from... - ANSWER God through natural law A government should base its decisions on... - ANSWER creating justice and peace, in accordance with natural law The basis of our human dignity is that we... - ANSWER are created in the image and likeness of God The foundation of Catholic social teaching is.... - ANSWER human dignity T/F: Love for God and love of one's neighbor are two separate things. If you do not love your neighbors you can still fully love God. - ANSWER False Natural law is necessary because it... - ANSWER guides our conscience, is the basis for all civil law, and is the safeguard for human dignity T/F Rights exist for the sake of duties - ANSWER False List at least four (of the six) inalienable rights we all have as human beings. - ANSWER Life, Liberty, Pursuit of happiness, Religious liberty Common Good - ANSWER the sum total of social activities which allow people to fulfill their vocations and save their souls Freedom - ANSWER the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not act Solidarity - ANSWER the sharing of one's spiritual and material goods out of respect for the dignity of the other person License - ANSWER the arbitrary and uncontrolled excercise of one's personal autonomy Social Sin - ANSWER social structures, institutions, and attitudes which foster unjust treatment of others Subsidiarity - ANSWER decisions should be made by the person or community most directly affected or responsible, not by a higher level of the organization Eschatological Principal - ANSWER living this life for the sake of the next Inalienable Rights - ANSWER Basic rights given by God at creation. The government cannot give new ones or take away rights given by God Culture - ANSWER the sum total of the learned behavior of a group of people, generally considered to be the tradition of that people and transmitted from generation to generation