Assignment:
1. How is a sacrament both a sign and a symbol? Use one sacrament to illustrate.
2. How does Catholic theology understand the sacraments as "means of grace"?
3. What is the conscience? How does "natural law" work to inform our conscience?
When preparing and writing the research paper, students must be attentive to the following basic requirements.
It is imperative that students read and follow these guidelines to ensure a good grade. Included in the guidelines is a Research Paper
1) A research paper involves both the gathering of information and developing a student's own interpretation of that information. The student must stay focused on his or her chosen topic and rely upon his or her sources for information about that topic. While a student's own opinions about a topic are an important part of any research process, the student must be able to support his or her conclusions by direct reference to sources.
2) The writing must be clear and logical and as free of spelling and grammatical errors as possible. A student should never submit a paper without rereading and proofing it. It may even be necessary to get someone to assist in this process by having him or her read the paper and check for these mistakes. The student should not fail to run spell-check on his or her writing.
Please remember that easily correctable spelling and grammatical mistakes left uncorrected will result in significant loss of points.
3) This paper requires MLA formatting that includes:
a. 12-point font
b. doubles spaced sentences
c. title and personal identification
d. a separate Works-Cited page properly formatted
e. specific bibliographical form for print and electronic sources in the Works-Cited
f. a specific form for parenthetical (in-text) citations of the sources listed in the Works-Cited