YSC 2026 College Study

“Search the Scriptures!” Bible verse?

John 5:39

Christ is ““in Whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge

exist” Bible verse?

Colossians 2:3

“If you seek it as silver and search for it as treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and you will find the understanding of God” Bible verse?

Proverbs 2:4

2 ways to interpret scripture

1. The literal meaning

2. The spiritual meaning

Anagogical Intepretation

Interpreting scripture in a way that highlights something about our final destination with Christ

Moral intepretation

Seeing scripture as a call to action on how to act

Literal intepretation

Literal meaning of text and its historical context as well as studying names (etymology)

3 ways to interpret scripture spiritually

1. Typology

2. Morally

3. Anagogical

Typological intepretation

Study of types, an event or person symbolizes something in the future. Antitype is the fulfilment of type

Are types perfect?

No, take what is applicable only

Progression of a type

Historical to Type to Mystery of Christ

Which Saint described the progression of a type?

Saint Cyril

Who invented the way to see types

Jesus Christ

“If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote of Me.” Bible verse?

John 5:46

“No sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah'“ Bible verse?

Matthew 12:38-40

What condition does St Cyril say Adam was like?

A broken vessel that will be repaired in due time

How is Adam a type of Christ?

Adam was the first man of creation from soil, Christ is the first man of a new creation from heaven

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is

a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” Bible verse?

2 Corinthians 5:17

How is Eve a type of St. Mary?

Eve, a virgin, disobeyed God and humanity became slaves of sin due to her, St. Mary also a virgin, obeyed God and humanity was freed from sin due to her

Which Saint compares Eve to Mary?

St. Irenaeus

How is Seth a type of Christ?

Seth was to serve as a replacement of Abel as Christ is to replace Adam

How is Enoch a type of Christ and according to who?

He was a son of Seth and a type of the sacred race in Christ according to St. Cyril

How is Noah a type of Christ and according to who?

According to St. Cyril, As Noah established the ark to save his family Christ established the church to save all of us

What are Noah’s sons a type of and according to who?

St Cyril says: 3 types of Christians

Sem- Perfect

Ham- Fervent

Japheth- Expanded in our hearts

Moses is a type of who and how?

A type of Christ because he mediated between God’s people and God

Joshua is a type how?

A type of Christ because he was appointed to save God’s people, leading them to the promised land and was magnified in the Jordan. Christ leads us to our promised land (heaven) too.

Melchizedek is a type how and according to whom?

According to St. Cyril: He is a type of Christ as he is a priest from a different lineage than Aaron, and gave bread and wine out (a type of the Eucharist). He was a priest and a king. He is a king of justice and peace as Christ is.

How is Christ’s priesthood different from Aaronic?

He is not susceptible to death, he is not a sinner, Christ took an oath, Christ only did one sacrifice, and Christ had no weaknesses

Abraham is a type how and according to whom?

According to St Cyril: Abraham was a friend of God and knew God’s plans and we like Abraham will be called righteous and be God’s friends. Abraham is a type of us.

Isaac is a type how and according to?

Origen: Isaac was the promised son of Abraham and his seed is multiplied to fill Earth, Christ is the promised son and his seed (the Gospel) spreads through the whole Earth)

Jacob is a type how and according to?

Jacob is a type of Christ because he saw Christ face to face, uniting humanity and divinity, according to St. Cyril

Joseph is a type how and according to?

St Cyril: Joseph is a type of Christ since his father loved him and gave him a garment that caused jealousy from others, Christ is loved by his Father and he is clothed in glory by him which creates jealousy in the Pharisees’ hearts.

Ephraim and Manasseh is a type how and according to?

St Cyril: Both are sons of Joseph adopted by Jacob, we are also adopted by God the Father as we are Christ’s. Type of us.

Jonah is a type how and according to?

St. Cyril: Jonah is a type of Christ as he was sent to preach to the nations

Jacob’s Ladder is a type how and according to?

Aphrahat: The ladder lead s to heaven as Christ does, it is also a type of the cross who was raised on a cross like rising a ladder

The Burning Bush is a type how and according to?

St Clement of Alexandria: Light amidst thorns of a bush, Christ also was crowned with a crown of thorns

Gideon’s Fleece is a type how and according to?

St Augustine: Fleece is a type of the Jews, first they were the only ones with God, now all Gentiles have God and they do not as the fleece was the only thing wet and later the only thing dry

Why were types of the incarnation also added to be seen as types of St. Mary and some examples/

A response to the Nestorian heresy in the Council of Ephesus. St Mary is seen as the ladder of Jacob that God descends through, the fleece drenched with heaven, a bush not consumed by the fire of divinity, etc…

The rod of Aaron which blossomed and gave fruit as St. Mary gave forth the fruit of Christ

Types of Palm Sunday

The ark carried on the shoulders of Levites int Jerusalem as Christ enters Jerusalem.

Origen: Solomon entering Jerusalem as a King same as Christ

Types of Cleansing of Temple

Hezekiah cleanses Temple (2 Chronicles 29)

Nehemiah cleanses Temple (Nehemiah 13:4-9)

Judas Maccabeus cleanses Temple (1 Maccabees 4:36)

Betrayal of Christ type and according to who?

St John Chrysostom: Betrayal of Joseph by his brothers and David betrayed by his son Absalom

Types of Eucharist

Melchizedek offering bread and wine

Flesh and blood offered as Passover lamb

Manna given as bread from heaven

Type of Garden of Gethsemane

Adam in paradise had a garden that he was doomed in, Christ in a garden cancelled the doom

Type of Christ’s arrest

Samson being bound by Israelites and Gentiles as Christ was by Jews and Romans

Types of the Cross/Crucifixion

The tree in paradise

Cain killing Abel as Christ is killed by fellow Jews

Isaac carrying the wood of his sacrifice as Christ carried his cross

Ram caught in the horns to save Isaac, Christ also offered to save us

Joseph dying and the Israelites increasing, Christ’s death leads to a growth of Christianity

Job suffers and rejected by his friends: Christ suffers and is despised

Moses hand uplifted in battle in the sin of a cross for victory

The bronze serpent uplifted on a pole for healing so we as humans look up to Christ on the cross to be healed

From Adam’s side Eve is created, from Christ’s side come out the mystery of the blood which keeps us alive

(there are others from page 18-23)

Types of the Resurrection

Noah emerges from side of ark Ark to a new creation as we also enter the church through the sacrament that flowed from Christ’s side

Isaac is sacrificed but lived, Christ is sacrificed but lives

Honey from the mouth of the slain lion, we also gain life from the death of Christ

Samson destroys the gates of the enemy and Christ also rips off the gates of death

Jonah raised after 3 days from the Belly of the Fish

What is the liturgy?

A recognition of God as the lover of mankind

What is the culmination of church worship?

The Eucharist

Euchologion

Book of liturgical prayers

What does Eucharist mean?

Thanksgiving

What is the Church and according to whom?

According to Chrestos Androustos: the Church is Christ with us

What is offered in the Eucharist

In the Eucharistic, the church offers Christ and at the same time offers our life which is crucified with Christ as obedience to him. In the Eucharist we enter the altar at Golgotha with Christ.

Are we in the Euchrarist?

According to St Augustine: There you are upon the Table, there you are in the chalice, yes we are in the Eucharist

How are we united to each other?

Through the Eucharist we become one body of Christ

What is the liturgy a foretaste of?

Heaven

What time is the Euchraist in?

All times, past, present and future apart from time like heaven is

Sabbath meaning?

Rest

Who first observed the Sabbath?

God when making creation and rested on the 7th day and blessed it

Was the Sabbath abolished?

No, the Sabbath is eternal and fulfilled by Christ, in Christ we have our real Sabbath (rest)

What is the feast of joy?

The Sabbath and it is considered a mini Pascha

What is the New Sabbath called?

The Lord’s Day

What does Kyriak mean?

Concerning emperors, day of Kyriake is the day the emperor Christ takes our hearts

8th day end times significance

8th day symbolizes a new creation which we are in Christ, we celebrate liturgy on the 8th day, Christ also rose on the 8th day as 8 people were saved on the dark

What is the true sabbath according to St. Augustine

Not sinning

St Justin says what about the Sabbath and Paganism?

St Justin argues that heathens dedicated the first day to the sun, but Christians have reclaimed this by dedicating it to the true light- Christ

Traditions of the Apostles not in written teachings?

According to St Basil the Great: Christ met his disciples on the first day of every week after resurrection

The apostles assembled on Sunday when Pentecost occurred

What is the New Sabbath and who said it?

Sunday is the New Sabbath according to St Irenaeus

Where is it said Jewish Sabbath is not accepted by God?

Epistle of Barnabas

When was Sunday made a public hoiday in Rome?

321 AD

Didache

A first century text highly quoted by church fathers that speaks on the Eucharist as the mystery of acknowledgment