theology 10 midterm
St. Francis de Sales
he explained and defended the Catholic faith most effectively through his writings
St. John the Baptist
he prepared the hearts of men and women for the coming of the Messiah
redemption
no person ever has been or will be outside the reach of this
Pentecost
on this day, fifty days after Passover, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and other disciples
confirmation
one of the Sacraments of Initiation; it equips the recipient for worship and apostolic life in the church
St. James
one of the three apostles who witnessed the Transfiguration
creationism, literalistic
people who hold to the error of scientific _____ fail to account for the Bible's literary genres and contexts, leading them, for example, to make false, ______ interpretations about the Creation narrative
angels
scripture makes frequent reference to God's messengers, the _____, who have cooperated in God's plan of salvation for his people since the very beginning
true
t or f: Christ's new Commandment invites us to live up to his model of self-sacrificial love
true
t or f: Christ, the New Adam, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, the New Eve, cooperated with God the Father to bring about a remedy for sin caused by the disobedience of the first Adam and Eve
false
t or f: Isaiah and Moses conversed with Christ at his transfiguration
true
t or f: as God had not forsaken Adam and Eve after the fall, God protected Cain by promising a sevenfold punishment on anyone who might slay him
false
t or f: at mass the faithful are metaphorically made present at Christ's Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension
true
t or f: because God sees history objectively, the Bible concentrates on the people who were important for advancing his plan of redemption for the world
true
t or f: because of the infinite seriousness of Original Sin, reparation could not have been made by any finite blessing
true
t or f: by establishing the priesthood with his apostles, Christ gave bishops and priests the authority to act in persona Christi capitis
true
t or f: by washing the apostle's feet, Christ revealed that his new commandment of love should be displayed in humble service
false
t or f: his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem is the final major episode in Christ's earthly ministry before his Passion and Death
false
t or f: human beings and angels are the only two of God's creatures to have both material and spiritual existence
false
t or f: instead of sacrificing his son Isaac, Abraham offered up a bull as a burnt offering to God
false
t or f: making the Holy Spirit descend upon him in the form of a dove at his baptism was the first miracle that Christ performed
true
t or f: referring to St. Joseph as Christ's foster-father does not detract from his role within the Holy Family but does clarify Christ's divine origin
false
t or f: the Paschal Mystery begins with the Nativity in Bethlehem, a small town outside of Jerusalem where Christ was born in poverty and humility
true
t or f: the flood-in which only Noah, his family, and the animals escaped-is a type of the Sacrament of Baptism through which sin is destroyed
false
t or f: the imitation of Christ is achievable on our own efforts alone
true
t or f: the old testament covenants prepared the chosen people for the Messiah and prefigured the new and definitive covenant established by Christ
false
t or f: the promise of a redeemer was well understood by the time Christ's birth, having been revealed by God to his chosen people over the centuries
true
t or f: the redemption is accomplished by the Sacrifice of Christ, but the work of redemption continues through the Church
true
t or f: the seventy three books of the Bible relate the story of how God's plan of salvation has unfolded throughout history
true
t or f: the tropological sense of Scripture interprets the heroes of the Bible as models for life
true
t or f: the wedding feast at Cana is a type of the wedding feast of the lamb wherein Christ gives his body and blood to his church
true
t or f: through in incarnation God made himself radically accessible, revealing his love for his people
false
t or f: under the mosaic law the Israelites redeemed, or "bought back," every firstborn son from God through the prayer and penance of his parents
obedience
the Blessed Virgin Mary's ____ overturned Eve's disobedience to God's will and serves as a model for every disciple of Christ
lamb
the Passover sacrifice at the Exodus, which was a type of Jesus Christ
reconciliation
the Sacrament by which Christ forgives sins
pride
the Tower of Babel was a symbol of human ____ and inordinate confidence in human power
soul
the ____ is the key component that gives every human person his or her exalted dignity and reflects the divine life
typical
the ____ sense of Scripture shows how people and events in salvation history foreshadow and parallel future people or events
Protoevangelium
the _____-Greek for "First Gospel"-is found in Genesis 3:15, wherein the promise of a redeemer is announced for the first time
Gabriel
the archangel ____ visited the Blessed Virgin Mary at the annunciation to reveal to her that God was calling her to a crucial role in his plan of redemption
inspired, inerrant
the bible is _____ because God the Holy Spirit guided the sacred authors to write what he wanted and nothing more, and the Bible is ____ because God, who is its principal author, can neither deceive nor be deceived
Manna
the bread-like food that God provided to the Israelites during their forty years in the desert, serving as a sign of God's providence and loving presence among his people
Praetorium
the center of Roman government in a province, e.g, where Christ was brought before Pontius Pilate
divine economy
the covenant with Noah included a new _____________ by which God dealt thereafter with the different groups of the human race dispersed throughout the world
Barabbas
the crowd demanded the release of this prisoner rather than Christ
ascension
the entry of Christ's humanity into divine glory forty days after his Resurrection
Heavenly banquet
the eternal liturgy of heaven, which the Eucharist in every mass anticipates
last supper
the event at which Christ instituted the sacraments of the Eucharist and holy orders and established the priesthood
labor, dominance
the human vocation to ____ is part of our call to participate in God's creative power and to exercise____ over creation
repentance
the imitation of Christ is based upon his model of _____, verbalized in the Greatest Commandment
Transfiguration
the manifestation of Christ in his divine glory on Mt. Tabor
full, grace
the phrase "____ of ____" is used nowhere else in Scripture as a form of addresses except to the Blessed Virgin Mary, underscoring her unique and special role in salvation history
circumcision
the physical sign of God's covenant with Abraham is _____
mass
the principal celebration of the Church in which the mystery of salvation through participation in the sacrificial Death and glorious Resurrection of Christ is renewed and accomplished
Micah
the prophet ____ foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, the City of David
likeness
the redemption that was won for us by Christ was necessary in order to restore the true ____ of God within us
Sanhedrin
the ruling council of the Jews, before whom Christ was put on trial
Cenacle
the upper room of the house in which the last supper and the descent of the holy spirit took place
sinners
these people "were the authors and the ministers of all the sufferings that divine Redeemer endured"
annas
this high priest argued that one man should die in order to preserve the Jewish nation
Paschal
through the _____ Mystery-the Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ- the human race is restored to God's original plan
spiritual
through the soul's _____ operations, the human person reflects the power of God and "images" the divine life in a finite way
preternatural
to share in his love and friendship, God gave our first parents ______ gifts, which included immunity from sickness, suffering, and death as well as freedom from disordered appetites and passions
betrothal
troubled upon hearing that the Blessed Virgin Mary was with child, St. Joseph considered how he might break off their ____ quietly
firstborn
under the Mosaic Law a family would give a small gift or "ransom" called a kopher for its _____ son to be "redeemed" from his consecration by a Levite priest
apostle
we become an _____ in the divine life through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit
bread, life
when establishing the Eucharist at the Last Supper, Christ fulfilled what he had promised in his "___ of ___" discourse, in which he offered eternal life to those who would eat of his flesh
St. Augustine
wrote a treatise on the Gospel of St. John that included an examination of Christ's significance as the "light of the world"
sacraments
Christ established his church to teach the Gospel, to make disciples of every nation, and to impart the grace of the redemption through the ____ to everyone who answers the call to conversion and repentance
miracles
Christ pointed often to his ____ as cause for belief, even to those who doubted his preaching
gethsemane
Christ suffered mental, moral, and physical agony in this garden, where he prayed after the Last Supper but before his arrest
good thief
Christ's consoling words to this criminal reveal that the gates of heaven were on the verge of being opened at the crucifixion
Mount
in the Sermon on the _____, Christ gave his disciples the Beatitudes, a kind of manual to reach true spiritual greatness
Kenosis
Greek for "self-emptying," a reference to how the Son of God "emptied himself" in order to take on human nature to redeem the world
Goel
Isaiah referred to God frequently as the redeemer -in Hebrew, ____-of his people.
remembrance, representation
____ in the liturgical sense is not a mere mental recollection of a past event but rather a mystical participation in the same event, a "_____" in which the event is "made present" again
Rosary
a devotion in which the faithful recite prescribed prayers while meditating on specific mysteries in the life of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary
crucifixion
a form of execution in which a person is nailed or otherwise affixed to a cross ad left to die, usually of asphyxiation
New Passover
a fulfillment of the Jews' sacrificing a spotless lamb to keep the Angel of Death from coming into their homes; the commemoration of Christ's sacrifice to redeem all people from sin and death
Nicodemus
a member of the Sanhedrin who followed Christ secretly
parable
a narrative or allegory used to illustrate and explain moral or spiritual principles
anointing
a person who is sick or ill receives the Sacrament in which this action is performed upon his or her head and hands with blessed oil
Exorcism
a public and authoritative act of the Church to protect or liberate a person, place, or object from the power of the Devil in the name of Jesus Christ
kingdom
according to the Catechism, the ____ of heaven has come "in the person of Christ and grows mysteriously in the hearts of those incorporated into him, until its full eschatological manifestation
judges, prophets
after God's covenant with Abraham had initiated the formation of a people who were chosen to worship the one true God, the Lord revealed himself and his will through the patriarchs, the ____ and ____ of his chosen people
objective, subjective
although many modern people claim to write _____ history-history that tells "just the facts"-every human account of history is ______
sacrament
an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed through the work of the Holy Spirit
upper room
another name for the Cenacle, where Christ and the Apostles celebrated the Last Supper and where the first Christians gathered before the Pentecost
Simeon, Anna
at the Presentation of the Temple, the holy man _____ and the mystic woman _____ both recognized the baby Jesus as the Messiah
love
by making available abundant _____, Christ's redemption gives everyone the capacity to become like God by participation in the divine life
personal
each divine person of the Blessed Trinity performs the common work of creation according to his unique ____ property
rejection
even the ____ of the Messiah was part of the Father's plan of salvation since his only Son had to suffer at the hands of the very people he came to save before he could rise and liberate the world from sin
false
kenosis describes the perfect union of Christ's divine and human natures in his one divine person
theological
for a person to grow in his or her likeness to Christ, it is essential to practice the _____ virtues of faith, hope, and love
Eucharist
from the Greek for "thanksgiving"; the principal Sacrament of the Church
crucify
"those who plunge themselves into disorders and crimes the Son of God anew in their hearts"
just
Scripture refers to St. Joseph as a "____ man," meaning a holy man who is faithful to God's will
devout
St. Francis de Sales's most famous book, Introduction to the ____ life, is intended to help lay Christians to grow in the life of piety
grace
St. John the Baptist explained that, while his own baptism was with "water for _____," the one who was to come after him would baptize "with the Holy Spirit and with fire"