Week 13: Homework

Reading Assignment:
Read Chapters 14-15 of Theology and Sanity, “The Fall of Man” and “Between the Fall and the Redemption”—pp. 191-231.

Questions:
1. What was the immediate effect of Adam’s sin? (p. 190)

2. What kind of death did Adam suffer from eating the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? (p. 192)

3. List some ways that Man’s nature was damaged by the Fall. (p. 193-4)

4. Did Adam and Eve ever regain sanctifying grace? Were they able to repair the damage done to themselves? (p.195-7)

5. On page 197 Sheed says that the human race became a fallen race to which heaven was closed. What is the effect of this on members of the race who die with sanctifying grace before Christ?

6. What else fell with Adam? What else suffers the result of the Fall? (p.200)

7. Why are people born without the supernatural life? Are we guilty of Original Sin? Explain. (p. 201-2)

8. Is God unfair to deprive us of supernatural life after the Fall? (p.203)

9. Who is the lord of the world? (p.204)

10. In what ways is our testing similar to Adam’s? How is it different? (p.206)

11. What is meant by the expression “the fullness of time”? (p. 208)

12. What did the human race bring out of Paradise for the adventure of regaining the maturity it had rejected? (p. 210)

13. What are the two elements in man upon which man builds notions of God? (p.213)

14. How does human nature deform religion? (p.214-5)

15. Read pages 217-231 carefully. How does God prepare the world for the “fullness of time”?

Reflection Questions:
1. Sheed talks about the modern mood that will have none of this notion of a personal Devil. Why is it so important to not reduce evil to merely forces and tendencies?