On Grace - What Kind of a Theologian Are You?

You know that

"all those things are to be believed with divine and Catholic faith which are contained in the written or orally transmitted word of God, and which the Church, either by a solemn judgment or by her ordinary and universal magisterium, proposes for belief as having been divinely revealed." (Vatican Council.)

Can you recognize truths which are divine and Catholic faith?

Try the Following Quiz on Grace.

Give yourself 10 points for each of the 10 questions Which you answer correctly. If you score 95-100, give yourself a SCL (summa cum laude); 90-95, a MCL (magna cum laude); 85-90, a CL (cum laude); 80-85, a BP (bene probatus); 70-80, a P (probatus); 1>-70, a NP (non probatus).

[Answer each "a, b, c, d" with Yes or No]

1. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that grace is necessary for

a) all salutary acts;
b) all naturally good works;
c) final perseverance?

2. Actual grace is a transient supernatural gift of God that

a) can be seen or felt by the recipient;
b) can be received and used without being recognized as actual grace;
c) may be expected in times of need, retreat, missions, etc.

3. Without grace an adult can

a) know God's existence;
b) avoid all mortal sins for a long time;
c) perform some naturally good works.

4. Man's natural powers alone enable him to

a) impetrate grace;
b) merit it con­gruously;
c) merit it condignly.

5. God gives actual grace

a) only to Christians;
b) to all infidels and sinners;
c) to infants.

6. Actual grace was given

a) before the time of Christ,
b) and only to adult Jews,
c) and to all adults.

7. Does God give to all adults sufficient grace

a) to overcome grave temptations;
b) to acquire sanctifying grace;
c) to gain eternal.life?

8. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that

a) grace is necessary to merit eternal life;
b) efficacious grace does not take away man's freedom;
c) man cannot rise from mortal sin without grace?

9. Actual graces come from

a) God;
b) Christ;
c) Our Lady;
d) the sacraments.

10. A man's refusal to use an actual grace given to him

a) is always a sin;
b) always means the loss of his soul;
c) always means the loss of all further graces;
d) may mean the loss of special graces which God would otherwise have given him.

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Answers tomorrow...6:00pm

Adapted from The Queen's Work Magazine, May 1946