LITURGY, SACRAMENTS, and SACRAMENTALS
Review for Final Examination
Preliminary
Notes
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In
addition to this study sheet, material on the monthly quizzes will also
appear on the examination.
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Material
not represented on the quizzes or this review sheet will not appear on
the final examination.
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Not all of
the material on this review sheet will appear on the final examination.
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The
material below may appear in different forms or in different sections on
the examination itself.
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This
review sheet is comprised of six sections.
Do not omit any of them in your preparation.
I. Terms, Titles and Names. Be prepared to identify the following terms, titles and names.
II. Document Identification. Be prepared to identify the major topic and contribution or purpose of each of the following magisterial documents.
1.
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacrament,
Instruction on the Eucharist Redemptionis sacramentum
2.
Congregation for the Clergy, Instruction on Certain Questions Regarding
Collaboration of Nonordained Faithful in Priests’ Sacred Ministry
3.
Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note on the Minister of the Sacrament of the
Anointing of the Sick
4.
John Paul II,
Apostolic Letter On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone
Ordination sacerdotalis
5.
Paul VI,
Encyclical on the Regulation of Birth Humanae vitae
6.
Pius XI,
Encyclical on Christian Marriage Casti
connubii, Pius XI
7.
Pope John Paul II,
Apostolic Exhortation on the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern
World Familiaris consortio
8.
Pope John Paul
II, Apostolic Letter issued motu
proprio On Certain Aspects of the Celebration of the Sacrament of
Penance Misericordia Dei
9.
Pope Paul VI,
Apostolic Constitution On the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
Sacram unctione infirmorum
10.
Pope Paul VI,
Apostolic Constitution on the Sacrament of Confirmation
Divinae consortium naturae
11.
Pope Paul VI,
Encyclical on the Holy Eucharist Mysterium fidei
12.
Pope Paul VI,
Motu proprio Apostolic Letter Ministeria quaedam
13. Pope Pius XII, Encyclical on the Sacred Liturgy Mediator Dei
14.
Sacred
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction on Infant Baptism
Pastoralis actio
15.
Second Vatican
Council, Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests
Presbyterorum ordinis
16.
Second
17.
Second Vatican
Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Lumen gentium
18.
Second Vatican
Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church
Gaudium et spes
19.
Second Vatican
Council, Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church
Ad gentes
20.
Pope Paul VI, Motu proprio
Sacrum diaconatus ordinem
III. Key Scripture Passages. Be prepared to provide the import of each of the following scripture citations from the perspective of sacramental theology.
2 Timothy 1:6-7
Ephesians 5:25-26, 31-32
James 5:14
John 20:22-23
John 3:5
Mark 16:17-18
Matthew 28:19
IV. Sacramental Basics. Be prepared to describe the “essential rite" of each of the seven sacraments including, where applicable: the matter and form, ordinary minister, and recipient.
V. True or False. Be prepared to recognize whether the following statements are true or false. The wording of any statement may be changed on the exam.
1.
In order that the liturgy may produce is full effect, it is necessary that
the faithful approach the liturgy with the proper dispositions.
2.
On the part of
the minister of the sacraments, orthodoxy and moral purity are not required
in order to guarantee licitness and validity.
3.
The chief element of divine worship must be exterior.
4.
Both Pope Pius XII and the Second Vatican Council commend the practice of
receiving hosts consecrated at the Mass one is attending.
5.
The rite of
acceptance is the first public assembly in which a catechumen is involved.
6.
The dead
cannot receive sacraments.
7.
The period of
catechumenate, according to the RCIA, has no fixed duration or structure.
8.
The RCIA is
about formation, not information.
9.
In the RCIA,
presentations may be held during
the catechumenate.
10.
In cases of
impending death, a man can administer baptism to himself.
11.
One should be
in a state of grace and be without grave sin in order to receive communion.
12.
Reception
under species of bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of
Eucharistic grace.
13.
The Eucharist
effects the forgiveness of mortal sins.
14.
The penitential act in the Mass has the efficacy of the sacrament of
penance.
15.
It is not licit to deny Communion only because a person wishes to receive it
kneeling or standing.
16.
The ordinary ministers of the Eucharist are the bishop, priest, and deacon.
17.
In the sacrament of reconciliation, one may omit the confession of venial
sins without guilt; they can be
expiated by other remedies.
18.
At the moment
of death, any priest can absolve a penitent of sins or release him from
excommunication.
19.
Individual and
integral confession of grave sins followed by absolution remains the only
ordinary means of reconciliation with God and with the Church.
20.
The remission
of sins by general absolution fulfils the obligation to confess serious sins
at least once a year.
21.
The sacrament
of anointing of the sick is to be administered when there is a doubt whether
the sick person has attained the use of reason, whether the person is
dangerously ill, or whether the person is dead.
22.
The doctrine
that only priests (sacerdotes), meaning bishops and presbyters, are ministers of
anointing of the sick is definitive
tendenda.
23.
No one has a
right to receive the sacrament of orders â€" he is called to it by God; the
Church has the responsibility and right to call someone to receive orders.
24.
A person is a minister simply in performing a task, but through sacramental
ordination.
25.
If the Parish Priest does not preside at parochial councils, their
deliberations are invalid, null, and void.
26.
Any baptized Christian may be instituted as a lector or acolyte.
27.
The bond of
matrimony can be dissolved on account of voluntary absence.
28.
After Christ,
indissolubility becomes a property of every marriage.
29.
Throughout her
history, the Church has always defended the superiority of virginity or
celibacy over marriage.
VI. Brief Essays. Be prepared to answer the following questions in approximately one paragraph each. The amount of points each question will be worth on the exam depends upon the amount of information necessary to fully answer that question.
1.
Discuss the
relative necessity of the sacraments.
2.
What is
required for a worthy ministering of the sacrament?
3.
Explain
sacramental character.
4.
Describe one
classical Protestant opinion on what a sacrament is, and indicate how
Catholic doctrine differs from that opinion.
5.
How does Pope
Pius XII define liturgy?
6.
If the one sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is sufficient for salvation, why
is it continued through time in the Mass?
7.
What, according to Pope Pius XII, is the chief aim Chief aim for promoting
participation in the eucharistic Sacrifice?
8.
What is the
basic principal of liturgical renewal, repeatedly emphasized in
Sacrosanctum concilium?
9.
What does
Sacrosanctum concilium teach
regarding the presence of Christ in the liturgy?
10.
Describe the
two principal effects of baptism.
11.
Which
sacraments leave an indelible spiritual mark or character on the soul, and
what does this mean?
12.
What does the
Church teach regarding infants who die without baptism?
13.
Why did
confirmation come to be separated from baptism?
14.
From the
perspective of effect or grace, how does baptism differ from confirmation?
15.
When and how
did the practice of receiving first holy communion before confirmation
become common?
16.
Name and
briefly describe the three different manners in which the Eucharist can be
received.
17.
Describe the
relationship between Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary and the sacrifice of the
Mass.
18.
What are the
three basic steps of the RCIA, and how do they relate to the four periods of
inquiry and growth?
19.
What are the
purposes of the scrutinies in the RCIA?
20.
How is Christ
present to his Church, and in what ways does the mode of Christ’s presence
under the eucharistic species unique?
21.
Identify the
fruits of Holy Communion.
22.
What
impermissible opinions that threaten eucharistic adoration does Pope Paul VI
address in his encyclical on that topic?
23.
Who are the ordinary ministers of holy communion, and who and under what
circumstances may someone else distribute holy communion?
24.
What is the difference between perfect and imperfect contrition?
25.
How does the
Rite for Reconciling Several Penitents with Individual Confession and
Absolution differ from the Rite for Reconciling Several Penitents with
General Confession and Absolution?
26.
Clarify the
notion of “grave necessity" as a condition for the use of the “third rite"
of reconciliation.
27.
What are the
effects of the sacrament of anointing of the sick?
28.
How does the
Second Vatican Council settle a question regarding the recipient of the
sacrament of anointing of the sick?
29.
What is the
relationship between the sacrament of reconciliation and the sacrament of
anointing of the sick?
30.
Name the two
participations in the one priesthood of Christ, and briefly describe how
they differ.
31.
What is
conferred by episcopal consecration?
32.
Which
sacraments are in some way necessary?
33.
Name and
briefly describe the goods of marriage.
34.
Name and
briefly describe the four characteristics of conjugal love.
35.
What,
according to Pope Paul VI’s encyclical on the regulation of birth, are the
morally impermissible methods of regulating births, and what is the morally
permissible method?
36.
Describe the
sacramentum et res, and identify
the sacramentum et res of each of
the following sacraments: baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, Holy Orders,
matrimony.
in te domine speravi non confundar in aeternum
© 2009 Daniel G. Van Slyke
