Religion Final Exam Review

Covenant

a solemn agreement of love between God and his people

atheist

someone who does not believe in God

Deposit of Faith

two modes of transmission: Scripture and Tradition

Divine Revelation

God’s free gift of self communication

Dogma

central truth of faith/Catholics MUST believe

Virtue

moral excellence and righteousness

Magisterium

the official teaching authority of the Church

Sacred Scripture

written record of Revelation

Faith

positive response to God’s Revelation

St. Peter

1st among the Apostles

Creed

a statement of Belief

Canon

official list of books in the Bible

Agnostic

someone who is unsure about their belief in God

Yahweh

I am Who Am

Immanence

teaching that God is in the world and close to his creatures

theological virtues

fatih, hope, love (charity), and are considered essential in Christian and Catholic life

Omnipotence

all powerful/quality of God

Faith

results in religion

Our community of Faith

The Catholic church

Literal translation of revelation

“unveiling”

Are Religion and Faith the same?

Religion and Faith are not the same

God is both…

transcendent and immanent

We find God in…

all creation

Salvation History

the record of God’s caring activity

martyr

Greek work for “witness”

Evangelists

four authors of the gospels

Each person of the holy Trinity…

Fully god the old testament tells us about the God the father

The first five books of the Bible are called…

the torah and pentateuch

Synoptic

“seeing together”

Divine Revelation is…

super natural

Annunciation

the announcement from the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that God chose her to be the Mother of Jesus

Incarnation

God taking on human form through the birth of Jesus

Jesus (name definition)

“Yahweh is salvation”

Shema

most important prayer in Judaism (the Lord is our God alone)

Three temptations

to turn stone into bread, jump off the temple, bow down to satan

Each of Jesus’ three temptations in the desert were temptations to…

sin against the shema

Matthew’s genealogy…

emphasized Jesus as a descendent of Abraham and David

Luke’s genealogy…

emphasized the divinity of Jesus

Matthew’s Gospel…

includes the story of Magi

Jesus took on the “suffering servant” identity to reveal…

that redepemtion could come through suffering

How many books are in the New Testament?

27 books

For the New testament, the church encouraged…

the written new testament

Jesus’ teachings were prophesized…

in the old testament before written about in the gospels

Where can we encounter Jesus?

through personal prayer, new testament writing, and the sacraments

Jesus experienced…

love, temptation, rejection, suffering, joy, anger, and ultimately death

The holy trinity was revealed at both…

Jesus’ baptism and the transfiguration

John the baptist was surpised by Jesus’ baptism, why?

He knew that Jesus had no need for forgiveness of sins

Catholic (definition)

“Universal”

Faith and Science don’t always

contradict each other

Marks of the Church are…

one, holy, catholic, and apostolic

Catholic Beliefs are…

reflecte in our creeds

Jesus commissioned his followers to baptize in the…

“Name of the Father, the son, and the holy spirit”

Nativity

birth of Jesus

Mystery

a truth about God beyond human comprehension or God’s saving plan revealed gradually in our history or to the events of Christs life

Kingdom of God

God’s rule on Earth

Docetism

1st century heresy that said Jesus “only seemed” human

Presentation in the Temple

ritual under the law of Moses/40 days after childbirth

Epiphany

celebration of the manifestation of God into human form

transfiguration

glorious transformation of Jesus that manifested his divinity

Paschal Mystery

redemptive passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus

Paradox

a figure of speech that seems contradictory but actually contains hidden truth

incarnation

teaching that God became flesh through the birth of Jesus

Blasphemy

statement showing disrespect for God’s name and/or sacred truths

resurrection

rising of Jesus from the dead on the 3rd day after his death on the cross

synoptic

word meaning “to see together”

Gnosticism

heresy stating that jesus shared secret information with a few people

criticism

an analytical evaluation and scholarly study of a document

Apocryphal Gospels

writings about Jesus that do not meet Church approval for inclusion in the new testament

Didache

word that means “teaching” and describes the oral teaching to those who had already accepted/believed in Jesus

Liturgy

the public and communal worship of the Church

Kerygma

a form of preaching used in the early church that presumed an audience of unbelievers

anno domini

latin phrase for “in the year of our Lord”

Omnipotent

all powerful

Jesus’ mission was…

salvation

After the resurrection…

the apostles had a better understanding of Jesus as God’s father

The “I am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John use…

the same image that God the father used in the old testament

Jesus spoke…

aramaic

The revelation of…

the holy trinity took a long time

the hebrew word “ruah” means…

breathe/wind and refers to the holy spirit

Jesus was both…

fully human and divine