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Catechism of the Catholic Church

Omnipotence and Creation


  1. What is the one divine attribute of God specifically named in the Nicene Creed?

  2. True or false. The fact of our sins places a limitation on God’s power.

  3. True or false. God is indirectly the cause of moral evil.

  4. God’s glory consists in:

    1. man fully alive.
    2. his becoming all in all.
    3. our becoming his sons through Jesus Christ.
    4. showing forth and communicating his goodness.
    5. All of the above.

  5. The dispositions by which God guides all his creatures with wisdom and love to their ultimate end is called:

    1. destiny
    2. fate
    3. predestination
    4. providence
    5. c and d

  6. True or false. Having created the universe, the universe needs no act of God’s power to keep it in existence.

  7. True or false. God’s Divine Providence is concerned only with the larger tapestry of one’s future, and not with the day-to-day incidentals of one’s existence.

  8. True or false. God may override the freedom of man in order to accomplish his will through their actions.

  9. True or false. God can cause good to come from evil, even a moral evil.

  10. Which of the following is the proper Christian answer to the problem of evil?

    1. The goodness of creation.
    2. The redemptive Incarnation of Jesus.
    3. The gift of the Holy Spirit.
    4. The power of the Sacraments.
    5. All of the above.

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