Meeting jesus in the sacraments chapter 3 test
What rights come from membership in the Catholic Church?
(a) the right to receive the other sacraments; (b) the right to be nourished with the Word of God; (c) the right to take part in and be sustained "by the others spiritual helps of the Church"
True or False? Adults initiated at the Easter Vigil usually proceed directly with the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
.False. Adults initiated at the Easter Vigil usually pr oceed directly wit the celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation and the reception of First Communion
Which of the four stages of the catechumenate is being described below? A two to three year time of study in which catechumens met to receive instruction in the Gospels and Church teaching.
Catechumenate
Our immersion in the water signifies his ____________. Our rising from the water signifies his ____________________.
Death; Resurrection
What happens during the essential rite of Baptism?
During the essential rite of Baptism the celebrant immerses (or pours) each candidate in the blessed water three times and says, "N., I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
At the Rite of _______________, the catechumens sit together in church for the Liturgy of the ____________. After the ________________ the elected catechumens sign their names in the _____________ of the Elect, showing they wish to receive the Sacraments of __________________ at the Easter Vigil.
Election; Word; homily; Book; Initiation
What are some of the reminders the Church provides as reminders of our baptism
Examples include: Churches have founts near the entr ances to bless ourselves with holy water while making the Sign of the Cross, the reading of the creation account at the Easter Vigil, the blessing of the baptismal water at Baptism, the renewal of the baptismal promises at the Easter Vigil
What is a common example of how many teens today live without hope?
Examples include: the number of teenagers who attempt and commit suicide, the third leading cause of death among teens.
True or False? After the Fall of humankind, God abandoned the human race.
False. After the Fall of humankind, God did not abandon the human race.
True or False? From the day of Easter, Baptism has been the way to membership in the Church.
False. From the day of Pentecost Baptism has been the way to membership in the Church.
True or False? People began emphasizing the importance of baptizing adults because of disease and illness.
False. People began emphasizing the important of baptizing infants because of disease and illness.
True or False? Because of Baptism, not even sin can prevent a baptized person from gaining the rewards of Salvation.
False. Sin can prevent a baptized person from gaining the rewards of Salvation.
True or False? The Catholic Church does not recognize the baptisms of other mainline Christian denominations.
False. The Catholic Church does recognize the baptisms of other mainline Christian denominations.
True or False? The triple immersion in water is a sign of the royal priesthood of the baptized and their enrollment in the fellowship of the people of God.
False. The anointing with chrism is a sign of the royal priesthood of the baptized and their enrollment in the fellowship of the people of God.
True or False? We all share in Original Sin because it is a sin that each of us committed personally.
False. We all share in Original Sin but it is not a sin that each of us committed personally.
True or False? While God has bound salvation to the Sacrament of Baptism, the Church is not bound by his sacraments.
False. While God has bound salvation to the Sacrament of Baptism, he himself is not bound by his sacraments.
The word baptism comes from the ______________ word baptizein which means to plunge or _______________.
Greek; immerse
What is the virtue of hope? What is the foundation of hope?
Hope is the virtue by which we desire happiness and the Kingdom of God. This is a desire written on our hearts. Hope is the virtue in which we place our trust in Christ and his promises. The foundation of our hope is the Paschal Mystery of Jesus.
The priest asks ________________ and authoritatively in the name of __________________that each person be protected against the power of Satan and the ____________ of sin.
Jesus Christ; lure
In what two ways did Jesus teach the primacy of baptism?
Jesus taught the primacy of Baptism at the beginning of his ministry by his own baptism, and at the end of his ministry when he commissioned the Apostles to "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
What does Jesus' baptism with water prefigure?
Jesus' baptism with water prefigures his baptism in blood at his Death on the cross.
Jesus too was baptized by John even though ____________ was without _________.
Jesus; sin
____________ the Baptist preached ___________________ from sin and urged people to become baptized as a way of showing their commitment to God's __________________.
John; repentance; covenant;
Which of the four stages of the catechumenate is being described below? The neophytes immersed themselves in the mysteries of Christ, the Church, and the sacraments.
Mystagogia
Also, just as God saved ____________ and his family from the waters of _______________, so God saves us in the waters of _________________.
Noah; death; Baptism
What is Original Sin?
Original Sin is the sin by which the first humans dis obeyed God's commands, choosing to follow their own will rather than God's will.
As a result of _______________ Sin humankind was deprived of spiritual _____________ over the body, and tensions _________________ between men and women, causing their relationship to be marked by __________________ and self-assertion.
Original; control; increased; concupiscence
11. St. Peter's words on the day of ________________ were: "_______________ and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of ________________ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the ___________ of the holy Spirit."
Pentecost; Repent; Jesus Christ; gift
On Pentecost ____________ declared that __________ one should be baptized and in the Acts of the Apostles it mentions that entire _________________ were offered Baptism and converted to ___________________.
Peter; every; households; Christianity
The inquirers find a good member of the Christian community to sponsor them.
Precatechumenate
What three things does sanctifying grace provide?
Sanctifying grace: (a) enables us to believe in God, hope in him, and love him through the theological virtues; (b) gives us the power to live and act under the Holy Spirit and through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit; (c) allows us to grow in goodness through the moral virtues
The ______________ readings from the sacrament reinforce the idea that Baptism ______________ us in the likeness of the Blessed ________________.
Scripture; forms; Trinity
What is the Protoevanglium?
The Protoevangelium is the first announcement of the Messiah and Redeemer and of his ultimate victory over sin and death
What is the RCIA?
The Second Vatican Council restored the practice of the adult catechumenate, called the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA).
What is Baptism of desire?
The belief that catechumens who die a natural death prior tobeing baptized are also assured of the Salvation they were not able to receive through the sacrament because of their desire to receive it. The Church also holds that those who never heard the Gospel, lived a life according to God's will the best they could, and would have been baptized if they had known the necessity can also be saved through the Baptism of desire.
What is Baptism of blood?
The belief that those who suffer death for their faith prior to being baptized with water are baptized by their death with Christ.
What are the cardinal virtues?
The cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance
What is the catechumenate?
The catechumenate is the process for Baptism and the other Sacraments of Initiation.
What are the eight essential elements of the Sacrament of Baptism?
The eight essential element of Baptism are: (a) sign of the cross; (b) the Word of God; (c) Exorcisms and Profession of Faith; (d) Blessing of the water; (e) Essential rite of Baptism; (f) Anointing with Sacred Chrism; (g) Receiving or clothing in a white garment; (h) Receiving of a lit candle
What are the four stages of the catechumenate?
The four stages of the catechumenate are: (a) precatechumen ate; (b) catechumenate; (c) purification, enlightenment, or illumination; (d) Mystagogia
What two realities are signified by the sign of the cross?
The priest or deacon imprints a cross on the forehead of the catechumen as a sign that he or she belongs to Christ. This sign also reminds the person of the grace of Christ won for us by his Death on the cross.
What does the white robe and lit candle represent?
The white robe signifies that the person is now free from the darkness of sin and has "put on Christ." The lit candle symbolizes that Christ has enlighten the person and that neophytes also have the responsibility to bring the light of Christ to today's world.
What do the nine Scripture readings proclaimed at the Easter Vigil recall for us?
These readings recall for us how everything in the past either prefigured or prepared people for the coming of Jesus.
What two realities are signified by the immersion in water of the baptized?
This action symbolizes both death to the old way of si n as well as a new birth in the Holy Spirit.
True or False? Infant Baptisms have taken place sin the earliest days of the Church.
True
_____________ has been a source of life since the beginning of the _____________.
Water; world;
The Baptism of _______________ normally takes place during the _________________ while the Baptism of infants is typically celebrated during a ___________________ to highlight the connection with both the _________________ and other members of the _________________.
adults; Easter Vigil; Sunday Mass; Eucharist; Church
Faith is the virtue by which we _______________ in God, all he has said and all the ________________ teaches.
believe; Church;
The plunging of the catechumens into water represents being ______________ with Christ; when they emerge they ________________ with Christ as a "________________________."
buried; rise up; new creature
Jesus made ______________, or love, the __________ Commandment. Love is the ______________ of all virtues. Charity ________________ our ability to love others and raises it to the supernatural __________________ of divine love.
charity; New; greatest; perfects; perfection
Presumably ________________ lived in these households.
children
In Baptism, God ____________ us as his own and makes his ______________ in us.
claims; dwelling;
God made a ________________ with the Israelites and ________________ to be with them always.
covenant; promised
In Baptism we express our own ___________ that Jesus is the _____________ who saved us from sin and brings us ______________.
faith; Messiah; new life;
Through Baptism we are ______________ from sin and _____________ as sons of God and become _________________ of Christ and his Church.
freed; reborn; members
The _______________ Mass includes ________________ that may be said for such a child.
funeral; prayers
The _____________ conferred at Baptism give us the strength to undertake the rewarding ________________ that will bring us peace, joy, and _____________________.
graces; journey; eternal life
Virtues acquired by _____________ efforts are known as moral virtues.
human
While we are all subject to concupiscence—the _______________ to sin—and ignorance, suffering, and _______________, the Sacrament of Baptism _______________ Original Sin and turns us back to _______________, albeit with a _______________ that is inclined to evil.
inclination; death; erases; God; nature
One reason for the ________________ in infant Baptisms in the ___________ century was due to a clearer understanding of the doctrine of ___________________.
increase; fourth; Original Sin
The practice of ______________ Baptism shows that Salvation is a pure ____________ of Christ's grace that extends even to _________________ and does not presuppose anything a human must do to ________________ it.
infant; gift; children; deserve;
The Church taught that all humans ______________ the sin of Adam and Eve.
inherited
The separate rite for the ________________ of children is called the ____________ of Baptism of Children (RBC).
initiation; Rite
As in the early Church, the __________________ process for adults includes several ______________ that highlight the connection with faith that is ___________________. In the Rite of ____________________ into the Order of _________________, which takes place at a Sunday liturgy, the inquirers are asked a series of ________________ by the priest.
initiation; stages; developing; Acceptance; Catechumens; questions
Baptism signifies _______________ from sin and from the one who brings about sin, _____________.
liberation; Satan; publically;
The Church entrusts to God's _______________ those children who have ____________ without Baptism, knowing that God desires all people to be _______________.
mercy; died; saved;
Baptism makes each of us a "___________________," one who can share _____________ life. Our fundamental _______________ is changed as we become members of Christ and _______________ with him.
new creature; divine; identity; coheirs
The Baptismal liturgy reminds us that water is a rich symbol of ________________.
new life
In Baptism we say "_______" to the popularity of sinful ______________ and affirm life by responding "_______" when asked if we believe in God.
no; culture; yes
In the waters of Baptism we also recall God's saving _____________ to rescue Moses and the Israelites from _______________ and their miraculous crossing of the ______________.
plan; slavery; Red Sea;
Which of the four stages of the catechumenate is being described below? A period in which the "inquirers" heard the Good News that Jesus is the Messiah and wanted to learn more.
precatechumenate
A period that coincided with Lent in which the catechumens entered their names in the Book of the Elect.
purification
The Elect underwent scrutinies which were prayer services that asked God to help them examine their lives for sin and strengthen the resolve of the elect to choose good and live for Christ.
purification
Faith brings us into personal _________________ with Jesus Christ and helps us believe in his ________________ of salvation. It begins our life in ___________ with the Blessed Trinity.
relationship; Gospel; union
The __________________ grace of Baptism has the power to cleanse us from our sins and to grow in ______________ and goodness.
sanctifying; holiness;
These rites ask God to give wisdom and ________________.
strength
Throughout the ____________ period, the catechumens may take part in various Church ____________ such as exorcisms and the ________________ with the Oil of Catechumens.
study; rituals; anointing
Baptism makes us children of God and ______________ of the Holy Spirit.
temples
What reminds us of the uniqueness of each person and of new life in Christ?
the while garment
The ____________________ virtues are the foundation of a Christian's ________________ and they are not gained by our own ________________. Rather, they are infused into our ____________ to make us capable of choosing goodness over ________, right over wrong, and of meriting ________________________.
theological; moral life; efforts; souls; sin; eternal life
True or False? Baptism absolves both Original Sin and personal sin.
true
True or False? Baptism forgives both Original Sin and personal sins.
true
True or False? Because Adam's sin permanently wounded our human nature, it is transmitted to all generations - we are born into their condition.
true
True or False? Jesus said Baptism is necessary for Salvation.
true
True or False? Membership in the Catholic Church means that Catholics are to obey and submit to Church leaders regarding faith and morals.
true
True or False? The Church doesn't know any other way to ensure entry to eternal life.
true
True or False? The Eastern Churches confer all three Sacraments of Initiation in infancy.
true
The goal of the ________________ life is to become like __________ and putting them into practice is an effective way to avoid ___________________ and sinfulness.
virtuous; God; poor choices