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Date: ________________
THEOLOGY OF THE BODY CHAPTER 1 QUIZ
Matching
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
Celibacy (celibate life)
Communion of persons
Concupiscence
Despair
Dignity
Love
Lust
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
Original sin
Sacrament
Sacramentality of the body
Sexual liberation
Theology
Theology of the Body
1. ___F____ A decision to “will the good of another” person.
2. ____M___ A study of God and the purpose of our existence, as discovered and revealed
through our bodies.
3. ___I____ An outward sign that makes a spiritual reality visible to us.
4. ___A____ Freely choosing to forego earthly marriage “for the sake of the kingdom of heaven”
(Mt. 19:12), that is, for the sake of the heavenly marriage of Christ and the Church.
5. ____G___ It is “disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure (CCC 2351).
6. ____B___ The “common union” between two or more persons who give themselves to one
another in love; they see in each other the image and likeness of God and want the best for
the other.
7. ___C____ The “inclination to sin” that is present in all humans, inherited through the sin of
Adam and Eve, and against which we must struggle to resist “by the grace of Jesus Christ”
(CCC 1264).
8. ___K____ The common term for escaping sexual “rules so as to do whatever one wants with
his or her sexuality.
9. ___H____ The first sin of mankind against God, when Adam and Eve chose to disobey God’s
command and do what they wanted instead.
10. ___J____ The inherent ability of the body to act as a visible sign of God’s invisible love.
11. ____E___ The inherent and unchanging value of all persons as a direct result of their being
created by God in His image and likeness.
12. ___D____ The opposite of hope.
13. ____L___ The study of God, or “faith seeking understanding” (St. Anselm.)
Write “+” for True and “o” for False.
1. __+___ The call to love is actually “stamped” into our very bodies.
2. ___+__ The physical union of man and woman in the sexual act or the “marital act” is actually
meant to be a foreshadowing of the union that we will all experience in heaven.
3. __+___ That heavenly union is not a sexual one, but it is more real than anything we have (or
will) experience here on earth.
4. __o___ While concupiscence inclines us to sin and comes from sin, it is a sin.
5. __o___ Concupiscence affects only a select group of people.
6. __+___ There was a rupture—a breaking—between God and man; because of this rupture,
lust became a reality.
7. __o___ Theology of the Body is a collection of 129 of Pope Benedict XVI’s “Wednesday
audiences” on the human body and sexuality.
8. __o___ In the Gospels we learn that God made man and woman it was “very good.”
9. __+___ The Theology of the Body explores the meaning of our bodies and of sexual desire as
it relates to the purpose of our existence.
10. __o___ We should turn to the media to get the true understanding of marriage and the role
that sex should play in relationships.
11. __o___ There so much suffering and pain in the world today because of the devil.
12. __+___ In the beginning, love had its way and lust didn’t even exist.
13. __+___ Humans truly discovers who they truly are by discovering who God truly is since we
are made in the image and likeness of God.
14. __+___ Man can fully discover his true self only in a sincere gift of self.
15. __o___ Humans are created for union with God later in heaven.
Draw and label the diagram of how we image the Trinity in the communion of persons. (2pts)