Why have human rights become so important to CST?
They provide framework with which societies must operate.
They provide jobs for activists and advocates
They ensure gender equality
They ensure fair wages.
The suggests that the good of each person, the well-being of the human person, is connected to the good of others.
Human dignity c) Common good
Option for the poor d) Care for creation
The human person needs the community to flourish because we are?
Political beings c) Economic beings
Spiritual beings d) Social beings
evokes within us a desire to make build the bonds of Common life.
Participation c) Rights and responsibilities
Solidarity d) Option for the poor
Which CST principle can be likened to “social charity?” [CCC 1939]
Participation c) Rights and responsibilities
Solidarity d) Option for the poor
Giving to each person what is their due by right is………….?
Justice b) Security c) Solidarity d) Charity
What is the role of the state according to CST?
to convict criminals c) to protect and promote the Common good
to educate citizens d) to make laws
Which CST principle suggests that one should seek assistance at the closest level to the agent or agency in need?
Participation b) Solidarity c) Subsidiarity d) Option for the poor
The provision of direct services like food, clothing and shelter is an act of?
Respect b) Responsibility c) Justice d) Charity
Which encyclical letter by Pope Leo XIII is usually talked about when addressing CST?
Rerum Novarum c) Humanum Genus
Aeterni Patris d) Arcanum Divinae
What promotes social change in institutions, policies and systems?
Politics b) Economics c) Religion d) Justice
In whose papacy were the foundations of CST laid?
Leo XIII b) Pius XI c) John XXIII d) Paul VI
What does being created in the image of God confer on each person?
Grace b) Love c) Dignity d) Power
The body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of social justice, involving issues of poverty and wealth, economics, social organization and the role of the state describes what?
Justice and Peace c) Catholic Social Teaching
Social Justice d) Charity
What role must we play in caring for creation?
a) Masters b) Stewards c) Entrepreneurs d) None of the above
Which of the following is not true concerning the Christian attitude toward peace?
A. Peace is not possible to achieve.
B. Peace is the fruit of justice.
C. True peace can result only if we look on others as brothers and sisters.
D. Reconciliation is the key to peace.
Vatican II teaches all the following except:
A. Peace is not simply the absence of war.
B. Peace is the tranquility of order.
C. Peace involves respect for the dignity of others.
D. Peace can be attained once and for all.
A spirituality of peacemaking must consider all of the following except:
A. We must remember foremost that ours is a God of peace.
B. True peacemaking must first start within.
C. We should realistically accept the fact that God has destined some nations to have more than others.
D. Without development there cannot be true peace.
Virtues are necessary to accomplish peace. Which virtue empowers us to put the needs of others first?
A. courage
B. civility
C. humility
D. hope
Which virtue empowers us to trust that with God’s help peace can be accomplished?
A. faith
B. compassion
C. humility
D. charity
Which virtue empowers us to stay the course as we fight for justice?
A. kindness
B. compassion
C. perseverance
D. civility
Experts would include the following as a major cause of war:
A. economic reasons
B. political reasons
C. cultural reasons
D. All of the above
Nonviolent resistance to war could include all the following means except:
A. an economic boycott
B. destroying an unoccupied army recruiting office
C. establishing an underground press
D. a massive protest march
True or False Choose A if the statement is true and B if the statement is false
Jesus teaches that Christians should be merciful even in the face or threat of oppression.
The Old Testament image of peace is a consistent one of a God who never approves of war or violence.
The spiral of violence begins with counter-violence.
Nonviolence as a political tactic never met with success on the worldwide scene in the twentieth century.
Even though it may sometimes be just to go to war, combatants must always avoid any harm to civilians.
World peace will never be achieved without rich nations exercising the virtue of solidarity.
It is always wrong for a person not to fight in a war that is clearly just.
Everyone has a duty to participate in society according to his or her position, role, interests, and talents.
The rule or principle that requires the damage inflicted in a war to be balanced with the good expected.
a) Probability b) Proportionality c) Principality d) Participation
Someone who opposes all war as a means of settling disputes
a) Conformist b) Pacifist c) Civilian d) Combatant
“If you want , work for justice.”
a) Money b) Safety c) Peace d) Equality
A person who refuses to participate in a war out of reasons of conscience
a) Pacifist b) Conscientious objector c) Peace-maker d) Arbitrator
Which of the following is not a principle of the Catholic Social Teaching (CST)?
a) Care for God’s creation c) Solidarity
b) Option for the poor d) Just War
How many themes (principles) make the Catholic Social Teaching (CST)?
a) 7 b) 4 c) 10 d) 5
What is the basic idea that runs through the Catholic Social Teaching?
a) Human dignity c)Human achievement
b) Human intelligence d) Self-mastery
The dignity of the human person can only be realized and protected in?
a) the school c) the community
b) the church d) the workplace
What are the human rights that the church endorses today?
a) the right to life c) the right to God
b) the right to Freedom of expression d) All the above
· Please be ready to define term like Social Justice, right, peace etc (Vocabulary sheet)
· There will also be a section for matching some key social justice concepts:
Ø participation and community
Ø Subsidiarity
Ø Common good
Ø Solidarity
Ø Option for the poor
Ø Natural law
Ø Charity
Ø Prudence
Ø Temperance
Ø fortitude