FATHER SATURNINO URIOS UNIVERSITY

Butuan City, Philippines

THEO 120 - CHRISTIAN FAITH
SEMI- FINAL EXAMINATION

Test 1
IDENTIFICATION
- Shade the letter that corresponds to your answer.
- Identify the characteristics of faith in the following statements.

a. Total and Absolute

b. Informed and Communitarian
c. Loving, Maturing, and Missionary
d. Trinitarian
e. Inculturated

1. We live out our faith in God precisely in our daily relationships with family, friends, and
fellow workers.

2. It is our friendship with Christ and through Christ with the Father, in the Holy Spirit.

3. Catholic Faith is believing in Jesus’ words, and accepting his teachings, trusting that he
has the words of eternal life.

4. Already the Old Testament contrasted faith “in man in whom there is no salvation” with
faith in “the Lord who made heaven and earth… who shall reign forever.”

5. A faith that is truly life-giving and mature only through love, for “the man without love
has known nothing of God, for God is love.” (1 Jn 4:8)

- Identify the Paradoxical characteristics of faith in the following statements.

a. Certain, Yet Obscure

b. Free, Yet Morally Obliging
c. Reasonable, Yet Beyond Natural Reason
d. An Act, Yet A Process
e. A Gift, Yet Our Doing
f. Personal, Yet Ecclesial

6. Our faith in Christ illumines our reason because we believe him who claims “I am the
light of the world. No follower of mine shall ever walk in darkness; no, he shall possess
the light of life. (Jn 8:12)

7. It is an enduring way of life within the Christian community, the church for “Faith as
following Christ must be gradually and perseveringly developed throughout our whole
lives.

8. God’s gift of faith demands our free cooperation with others.

9. Our personal faith in Christ is supported and intensified by our fellow members in the
parish, according to God’s own plan.

10. No one, not even God, forces us to believe.

Test 2
MULTIPLE CHOICE

11. It is our response to God’s revelation

a. Hope
b. Love
c. Faith
d. Prudence

12. Faith is a Gift, if so, then it means

a. It is freely given by God
b. It is our doing
c. It is grounded in the bible
d. It is a personal response

13. In faith, we express our total dependence on God who is the sole source of salvation.
Which essential dimension of faith does this entails?
a. Faith as believing
b. Faith as doing
c. Faith as Trusting
d. None of these

14. Abraham is considered as our father of faith because of what he has done, that is, offering
his son Isaac when God commanded him to do so. Which characteristics of Faith does the
statement fall into?
a. Total and Absolute
b. Informed and Communitarian
c. Loving, Maturing and Missionary
d. Inculturated

15. A person who has authentic faith has care for others, as well, for the preservation of the
environment. How do you characterize his faith?
a. Believing
b. Doing
c. Trusting
d. None of these

Test 3
IDENTIFICATION
- Identify the dimensions of Faith in the following statements.
- Shade the letter that corresponds to your answer

a. Believing
b. Doing
c. Entrusting
d. None of these

16. Elaine gives food to the street children.

17. Berna reads the bible every day.
18. Marcos conducts bible sharing every weekend in his barangay.
19. Students of Pueblos Senior High School are familiar with the Apostles Creed.
20. Sir Colorado has firm faith in the Holy Trinity.
21. Urian students who are respectful to the elders.
22. Urian- ASP students are engaged in community services and outreach program of the school.
23. Maike prays the Holy Rosary every day.
24. Student Assistants attend the 5pm scheduled Holy Mass every Tuesday.
25. Moca favors the lost and rejected persons in the community.

Test 4
TRUE OR FALSE
In your answer sheet, shade letter “A”, if the statement is true. If False, shade letter “D”.

26. It is valid to say correct that Faith is commonly understood as “believing in God.”
27. It is right to say correct that believing, entrusting and doing are the three essential
dimensions of faith.
28. It is invalid to say wrong that Abraham, known as the father of faith, is an example of
entrusting oneself into God’s hand.
29. It is right to say incorrect that faith is both most certain yet obscure.
30. It is right to say valid that faith is both reasonable, yet more than natural reason.

31. It is incorrect to say right that Catholic Christian Faith means believing that Christ reveals
God to us in and through the Catholic Church, the body of Christ, united in the Holy
Spirit.
32. It is right to say correct that Christian Faith means believing in the God revealed by Jesus
Christ.
33. It is right to say valid that the three classic questions on faith are; “What can I know?
What should I do? And, what may we hope for?
34. It is correct to say valid that faith entails “committing our entire selves to God”
35. It is valid to say wrong that Faith in God is grounded in God’s own revelation through his
words and deeds in salvation history.
36. It is incorrect to say right that one of the factors of faith in Human Relations is
Paniniwala that is when you obey the directions of those over to us.
37. It is valid to correct that one of the factors of faith in Human Relations is Pagsunod
which means accepting the words of others.
38. It is incorrect to say right that Pagtitiwala one of the factors of faith in Human Relations.
39. It is right to say incorrect that faith is both Personal yet Ecclesial.
40. It is valid to say wrong that faith is both Free yet Morally Obliging.

Test 4
Essay

Write your answer at the back of your answer sheet in not less than 5 lines and not more than 7
lines only.

10 points per question

RUBRICS:
7 points - content of the answer
3 points- organization of thoughts

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How is faith in its broadest sense a central reality in Filipino life? As well, why is faith, as a
human reality, central to our daily lives?