Theology Ch.2

True or False? St. Athanasius said that humans need God's grace for the forgiveness of their sins and for the healing of their relationship with God.

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God blessed his family, promising to give them the land of Canaan and make them a blessing to the nations

Abraham

Literally, "ten words," it describes the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses on Sinai.

Decalogue

This prophet's vision saw that the people would return to the Promised Land

Ezekiel

The prophet __________ brought hope to the Jewish people by predicting a time when God would __________ Israel and the people would return to the ____________________. The Book of __________ predicted much about the Messiah which applied to Jesus. It includes the ____________________ that describes "the servant" whom God will use to usher in a glorious __________.

Ezekiel, restore, promised land, Isaiah, Servant Songs, future

True or False? Catholic teaching holds that Original Sin so radically destroyed human freedom that it was impossible for humans to overcome it.

False

True or False? Devils and demons are names for angels and humans who reject God radically and choose evil.

False

True or False? Early Christian writers identified the woman mentioned in the Protoevangelium as Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.

False

True or False? Identifying persons, events, or things in the Old Testament that prefigure and serve as a prototype of the fulfillment of God's plan in the Person of Christ, is known as eschatology.

False

True or False? Jesus interpreted the messianic way to Salvation as a path of earthly glory and domination, not a path of suffering and service.

False

True or False? Life-threatening and life-reducing aspects of human existence are not due to Original Sin, including physical, emotional, and spiritual illnesses, injustices of all types, and natural disasters.

False

True or False? Original Sin is "committed" by human beings rather than "contracted."

False

True or False? Satan is equal to God in power.

False

True or False? The Decalogue summarizes the Law of Abraham and expresses what humans know in their hearts, and deduce by reason, to be right or wrong.

False

True or False? The story of the flood is a typology of Christ's saving us from sins in the water of Baptism.

False

Thinking about evil requires thinking about _______________. Humans have the ability to freely __________God's love and to enter into _____________with him and one another, but also to ________ God. There is no evil in God, but he _____________ the reality of sin and evil. If there were no _______________ and opportunity to choose, you would be like a _______________ or action figure that God manipulated.

Free will, receive, communion, refuse, allowed, freedom, puppet

What caused the destruction of the kingdom of Israel 722 BC? The kingdom of Judah in 587 BC?

The Northern Kingdom chose idolatry, and they fell to the Assyrians in 722 BC, the Southern Kingdom of Judah also fell to idolatry and was conquered by the Babylonians in 587 BC.

What does most of the Old Testament chronicle?

The OT is mostly an account if Israel's struggle with temptations to stray from the covenant

What lesson does the Book of Genesis teach repeatedly?

The sin of "going it alone"

A temple that the Babylonians constructed to worship their god, Marduk

Ziggurat

The killing of a sibling

fratricide

The __________ period of Israel's monarchy was during the reign of King __________. He made ______________ its capital and brought peace, culture, and _______________ to the land. ____________, his son, succeeded David as king and was known for his _______________ and the building of the __________ in Jerusalem which became the center of worship and _______________ for the Chosen People.

Golden, David, Jerusalem, prosperity, Solomon, wisdom, temple, pilgrimage

The message of the prophets: The Law would be written on their ____ rather than tablets of stone

Hearts

To impose Greek culture on God s Chosen People

Hellenize

____ the Great, the great builder, was appointed by the Romans to govern Palestine

Herod

A name for Jesus Christ who through his obedience in life and death makes amends for the disobedience of the first Adam

New Adam

The northern kingdom of Israel fell to this rival power in 722 BC

Assyrians

The southern kingdom of Judah was overrun by this rival power in 587 BC

Babylonians

The great flood prefigures Christ's saving us from our sins in this sacrament

Baptism

Explain why God permits Satan to injure people physically and spiritually.

Because it is the price for making free and intelligent people

How would the Chosen People be a beacon of God's Revelation to the whole world?

By worshipping the Lord alone as the one, true God and by living a life confirmed to the Law

God banished him from the land and condemned him to a life of wandering

Cain

What three stories immediately follow the story of the Fall of Man in Genesis 3, which illustrate how rapidly sin spread after the first transgression?

Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, The Tower of Babel

What does Christ 'passion reveal about the Father?

Christ's passion reveals the depth of the Father's love and desire to save all people from being overcome by evil, sin, and death

Early Christian writers who defended the core teachings of the faith

Church Fathers

Humanity experiences three important ________________ as a result of Adam and Eve's sin. We have lost original __________, now experiencing fear of God rather than beloved _______________. The loss of original __________, has brought disharmony with ourselves, between man and woman, and with God's ____________. Finally, we are subject to _______________, suffering and the dominion of __________.

Consequences, holiness, friend, sin, justice, ignorance, death

The expulsion from paradise reflects the tragic __________________ of Adam and Eve's disobedience: loss of _________________ with God, within themselves, with each __________, and with all of creation. They ________ everything that derived from the intimacy they shared with God: their _____________ in paradise, original ____________, original holiness, and original _________________.

Consequences, intimacy, other, lost, place, sin, justice

A binding and solemn agreement between God and human beings in which each side is held to a particular course of action

Covenant

This king of Persia permitted the Jews held captive in Babylon to return home in 538 BC

Cyrus

Through a covenant with him, God announced that the Messiah and Savior would come from his dynasty

David

Protoevangelium

I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and hers. He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.

Despite the ____ of the people and even of kings like David, God always remained faithful to his promises

Infidelities

This prophet predicted much about the Messiah

Isaiah

What does it mean to say that Adam and Eve enjoyed the greatest human paradise possible?

It means that they did not suffer, they would not die, and work was creative and not a burden

The capital of David's kingdom

Jerusalem

The fulfillment of the promise of redemption

Jesus

Tribal chieftains

Judges

"Oh happy fault that earned so great, so glorious a Redeemer!"

Messiah

God's "anointed one"

Messiah

The reign of King David was a golden period in Israel's ____

Monarchy

God made a covenant with him on Mount Sinai, in which God selected Israel as his Chosen People

Moses

The Old Testament covenants foretold a _____________ that would be written on the __________ of humankind. Jesus Christ was the _______________ of his promise God made with the people of ancient __________. His first covenant was with Noah, then with ____________, Moses, and finally with David. It was the latter in which he announced that the _____________ and Savior would come from David's ________________.

New Covenant, hearts, person, Israel, Abraham, Messiah, Dynasty

"A righteous man and blameless in his generation" who God chose in the story of the great flood

Noah

Who are some Gentiles that God honored in the Old Testament?

Noah, Daniel, Job, Ruth, Melchizedek

The sin by which the first human beings disobeyed the commandment of God, choosing to follow their own will rather than God's will

Original Sin

The heretical belief that people, because of their natural powers of free will, can lead morally good lives without God's help

Pelagianism

What was Pelagianism? Why is it a heresy?

Pelagianism is the heretical belief that people, because of free will can lead morally good lives without God's help. It was a heresay because it is contradicting Adam and Eve by saying they only set a bad example for humans

Prior to the birth of Christ, __________ rule gave way to the Greeks, then to the Seleucid dynasty, and finally to the __________. The Jews fought efforts to ______________ them and faithful Jews kept their religion alive through __________ worship and by meeting in _______________. Disagreement among Jewish leaders and __________ divided Judaism into different sects, including the ______________, Sadducees, Essenes, and _______________.

Persian, Hellenize, temple, Synagogues, Pharisees, Zealots

The "first Gospel"

Protoevangelium

The ____________________ is God's immediate plan of salvation. It __________ the future Messiah and Redeemer who will __________ with evil and emerge victorious. The Church understands this to be the _______________ of Jesus Christ, the _______________. His obedience made up in a superabundant way for Adam's ____________________.

Protoevangelium, predicts, battle, announcement, New Adam, disobedience

Symbol of God's covenant with Noah, an everlasting covenant between God and humanity

Rainbow

In 63 BC, they imposed their rule on Israel

Romans

The last judge and prophet

Samuel

A fallen angel or devil

Satan

Adam and Eve placed their trust in __________ when he suggested that God was __________ to them. He assured them, "You certainly will not _____! God knows well that when you eat of it your ________ will be opened and you will be like ________, who know good and evil." Consequently, they rejected a _________________________ life and chose a self-centered life.

Satan, lying, die, mind, God, God-centered

Samuel appointed him as Israel's First king

Saul

He supervised the building of the Temple in Jerusalem

Solomon

Jewish prayer houses

Synagogues

Solomon's building projects severely _________ the people, and his many foreign __________ led him to worship their _________. After his death, the kingdom divided into the northern kingdom of __________ - consisting of ten tribes - and the southern kingdom of __________ - consisting of the tribes of _____________and Judah with Jerusalem as its _____________.

Taxed, wives, idols, Israel, Judah, Benjamin, Capital

What did Isaiah's prophecies remind the Israelites?

That God called them to draw other nations to the worship of the one, true God

According to the prophet Jeremiah, how would the new covenant be different from the old covenant?

The NC would be written on their Hearts

What are the two sacred parts of biblical covenants? What condition did God establish with Abraham?

The Promise God made, and the conditions God asked the person or group entering into the covenant to fulfill. Abraham and all of his descendants were to be circumcised

What does Isaiah 60: 1-5 reveal about God's plan for Salvation?

The belief that God's salvation is meant for all people and not just for the Chosen People

What messages did the prophets proclaim to the people?

To worship the One True God in fidelity and truth, warn the people to repent for their sins, to live according to the Law, and to look out for the poor and powerless

True or False? Adam and Eve's personal sin affected human nature, which has been passed down through the generations.

True

True or False? Both humans and angels can choose to move toward God or away from him.

True

True or False? By restricting the one tree in the garden, God made Adam free to love God or reject God.

True

True or False? God sent prophets to both the north and the south to remind people of his covenant with them.

True

True or False? The Old Testament speaks about Christ in an anticipatory manner.

True

True or False? The author of the Genesis accounts stressed both God's judgment on sinners but also his mercy.

True

True or False? The key promise of God's covenant with David led the Israelites to believe in the Messiah, one who would come and save them from their enemies.

True

True or False? While the Jews were suffering the consequences of many years of infidelity and sin in Babylon, God sent prophets to give them hope about their future.

True

A method of biblical interpretation in which persons, events, places, or things in the Old Testament are seen to prefigure ones found in the New Testament.

Typology