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"