CFH #10-11
What is the religious meaning of Jesus' suffering and death on the cross?
it was a part of God's plan for our salvation and allowed us to be saved from sin and death
List and explain three metaphors used in the New Testament that illustrate how Jesus frees us from sin.
- The metaphor of Jesus as the suffering servant compares Jesus to a servant of God who suffers to save others from their sins. - The metaphor of Jesus as the pascal lamb compares Jesus to the lambs that the Israelites killed during Passover while in slavery in Egypt. They used the blood of these lambs to mark their doorposts to protect themselves from the plague and be able to be freed from slavery, which is similar to how Jesus' death allows us to be freed from sin. - the metaphor of Jesus as a ransom for many, Jesus is compared to a ransom because his death is like a ransom to God for our freedom from sin and death.
List in detail three important things we know because of Jesus' Resurrection.
-Jesus is the Son of God and he was both human and divine -the rest of his teachings were true -death is not the end because we will have eternal life after death
Describe Jesus' Ascension and what it means for all of humanity.
-Jesus' Ascension is when Jesus left the earth and ascended into Heaven to be with his Father. -Jesus' Ascension means that all of humanity has the opportunity to spend eternal life with God in Heaven and allows Jesus to be with everyone at all times because he no longer is limited to being in one place at one time.
Define the term Paschal Mystery and tell in your own words what it means for Christians today.
-The Paschal Mystery is the mystery of Jesus' suffering and death giving us the ability to have eternal life -This mystery tells us that if we have faith in God during hard times in our lives, then we can get through them with his help.
List three things the four Gospels have in common in their accounts of Jesus' Resurrection.
-all three Gospels include that the women disciples and then the men discovered go to Jesus' tomb and find that Jesus' body is not there -an angel appears to the women disciples and tells them that Jesus is alive and will reveal himself to the disciples soon -Jesus appears to groups of the disciples to wish them peace -Jesus gives the disciples the responsibility of continuing his mission
What do we know about the resurrected body?
-could appear and disappear suddenly -the disciples knew that he was not a ghost because he ate with them and could be touched -People who knew him do not recognize him at first because of some differences, but he is still the same person that he was before when they do recognize them -being in his presence gives his disciples peace and hope. -Jesus was transformed by the Resurrection and was not just a reanimated corpse.
List some differences between the four Gospels' accounts of Jesus' Resurrection.
-they have different stories about what happened after Jesus Resurrected and who he appeared to -different amounts of information about Jesus' Ascension
Why do Catholics display crucifixes in their homes and churches?
-to remind them of the love that God has for each of us -the cross has been transformed from the symbol of death into the symbol of freedom and eternal life
How did Mary Magdalene show great courage?
Being present at the cross when Jesus died
Why is Jesus Crucified on the feast of Passover in the Gospel of John?
Connect Jesus' suffering and death to our liberation from sin and death
What does the fact that the Gospel passages of Jesus resurrection were vague reveal?
Couldn't be easily explained in human terms
—-saves us and gives us the grace we need to be reconciled with God.
Jesus' death
What does Jesus' death mean for Christians today?
Jesus' death is a sign for Christians today of God's love for us because it allows us to be saved from sin and death and gave us the grace to be reconciled with God.
Why is Christ's Resurrection the single most important event in all history?
because it allows all of humanity to have eternal life with God, which he planned for us in the beginning of time
Explain why the Roman officials cooperated in putting Jesus to death.
because the Jewish leaders convinced them that Jesus was the potential leader of a rebellion against the Roman Empire
Explain why the Jewish leaders wanted Jesus dead.
because they believed that Jesus challenged their authority (by bringing his mission to Jerusalem) and would lead the people to rebel against them and their teachings
What crime was Jesus actually charged with?
blasphemy, or speaking irreverently about God
What evidence is there for Jesus' Resurrection? Describe several arguments.
-we can trust that the historical events in the New Testament are true because we have found copies of it that trace back to the time of Jesus and multiple copies of the New Testament have been found in different locations -the Resurrection is a consistent belief in the Church and is found in the Gospels, the letters of Saint Paul, and the Acts of the Apostles -Jesus' empty tomb is also evidence for his Resurrection because the Roman and Jewish leaders could not find evidence that Jesus' body was stolen -Jesus' appearances after his Resurrection gave his followers the courage to carry out his mission after they had been discouraging and afraid.
Describe the events of Jesus' Passion.
-went through a mock trial -condemned to death - scourged -had to carry his cross to the place where he would be crucified -stripped of his clothes and nailed to the cross, where he died six hours later.
What does the suffering servant passage in Isaiah describe?
A servant of the Lord who suffers greatly to save people from their sins
Why is Jesus referred to as a "ransom for many" in the Gospel of Mark?
He paid God the price for our freedom
What does Jesus reveal through his doubt and fear of the Cruxifixction when he prays in the garden?
His human nature
What does contemporary Church teachings say about who is to blame for Jesus' death?
It is not the Jews and we are spiritual descendants of Judaism