ccf term exams

St. Augustine

My heart is restless, O Lord, until it rest in Thee.

Old Testament

God’s covenants with Israel.

New Testament

God’s definitive covenant with all people mediated by His incarnate Son, Jesus Christ.

Gospel

God’s definitive covenant with all people mediated by His incarnate Son, Jesus Christ.

Gospel

Authored by the Evangelists

Evangelists

“euangelion” means “announcement of the Good News”.

Synoptic Gospel

Greek word “Syn” and “Optic” which means “to see together”.

Synoptic Gospel

Matthew, Mark, Luke

Acts of the Apostles

early spread of the Good News to the world and the formation of the early Church

Letters of St. Paul

addressed to the early Christian communities and to the individuals leaders of these communities.

Universal / Pastoral Letters

concerned with how Christians should apply Jesus’ teachings, His Good News of Salvation, to their daily live

Universal / Pastoral Letters

1. James 2. 1 & 2 Peter 3. 1, 2, & 3 John 4. Jude

Revelation

Also called “Apocalypse” – the only prophetic book in the New Testament

Revelation

highly symbolic and visionary accounts of the decisive struggle of Christ and His followers against Satan and his forces

Herod the Great

Jesus was born between 6 B.C. and 4 B.C. during the reign of _____

Public Ministry

• Jesus proclaimed with unique authority
• He performed miracles and chose twelve apostles.

Holy Spirit

Jesus promised them that He would send His _____ to enlighten and empower them as they spread the Good News throughout the world.

Jesus’ Resurrection and the descent of the Holy Spirit

After _______, the apostles fulfilled Jesus’ command to preach the Good News.

The great Evangelization

the teaching and missionary activities of the apostles.

Kerygma

original proclamation of the apostles.

Oral Tradition

– the spread of the Good News by word of mouth.

Gospels

The _____ are faith testimonies to the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus written by believers to guide fellow believers and inspire new ones.

Faith testimonies

The Gospels are ______ to the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus written by believers to guide fellow believers and inspire new ones.

Gospels

____ are arranged by the authors according to their own particular sources and purpose

Biblical Inspiration

refers to the Holy Spirit’s divine activity of superintending (overseeing and directing) the authors of the Bible that allowed them to use their own personalities and writing styles to communicate and compile without error God’s revelation to humankind.

Gospel

refers to the four written versions of the Good News of Jesus, namely those of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Palestine During Jesus’ Time

Under Roman rule

Heavy taxation

____ from both the Romans and the local Jewish leaders

Palestine During Jesus’ Time

The rich and the powerful Jews made with the Romans for their own benefit.

synagogue 

Jesus upheld the _____ and the temple as special places of worship

Synagogue

The heart of Jewish life was weekly Sabbath service

Synagogue

Housed the sacred scrolls

Synagogue

Every town, village, and city had at least one ____, which was meeting place for prayer, and even legal decision making

Temple

Located in the holy city of Jerusalem.

Temple

Pilgrimages to the ____ of Jerusalem every year to celebrate their feasts and offer their sacrifices

Temple

Sacrificial offering is the heart of temple worship

Temple

Many believers also brought private offerings.

Temple

was always busy and crowded with people.

Our Father

He modified the traditional Jewish prayer when He taught His disciples to address God as “____.”

Father, into your hands I commend my spirit

Jesus’ life ended in prayer “_____”

SHEMA

Listen

Sabbath

the seventh day of the week, set aside by the Jews for rest and worship

Jesus taught on the Sabbath

Jesus corrected the legalistic attitude that focused on the Sabbath as an obligations.

Man

The Sabbath was made for ___, not man for the Sabbath

Feast of Passover

celebrated the Jews’ miraculous liberation from Egypt and marked the beginning of the Jewish religious year.

Torah

the “Law”, made up of the first five books of the Old Testament

Why did Jesus tell the story of the Good Samaritan?

To teach not the definition of neighbor, but how to be or act as neighbor. 

Why did they ignore the wounded man?

Because of the Law

Pharisees

They were an influential lay movement that stressed strict observance of God’s law.

Pharisees

“the separate ones” pertaining to their being different from all who cared little for the law

Pharisees

“the holy ones of Israel”

Pharisees

chasidim, which means loyal to God, or loved of God

Sadducees

Descendant of Zadok, the high priest during the time of King David.

Sadducees

“chief priests, elders, and scribes” or “the leaders of the people.”

Sadducees

They only accept the teaching from the five original books of the Old Testament.

Sadducees

They rejected the teaching of the Jewish religion about the resurrection of the dead and the existence of angels

Tax collectors

also called Publicans

Zealots

zeal for the Torah and for God’s direct sovereignty and kingship.

Zealots

They planned an armed overthrow of the Romans.

Zealots

expected that the Messiah would be a Davidic type of military leader

Samaritans

half-Jews and were considered impure by the Jews because they had intermarried with pagans. 

Samaritans

Instead of placing temple worship as the highest priority, Jesus put responding to the needs of others, even of one’s enemies, as the top priority.

Levites

Descendants of Levi

Levites

Set apart for the secondary duties of the sanctuary service, as assistants to the priests.

Priests

instructed the people in the religious ceremonial laws and pronounced blessings upon them.

Priests

tasked to discover, diagnose, and cure certain diseases such as leprosy.

High Priest

highest titular head of the Jewish community.

High Priest

He had both religious and political powers

High Priest

He was the only one who could enter the “Holy of Holies”

High Priest

Presiding officer of the Sanhedrin, the highest Jewish governing body in Palestine. 

Poor and outcasts

For the Pharisees – “rabble of society”

Poor and outcasts

For Jesus – “the little ones” or “the lost sheep of Israel”.

Pharisees

• They were an influential lay movement that stressed strict observance of God’s law. 

• “the separate ones” pertaining to their being different from all who cared little for the law.

• “the holy ones of Israel”

• also known as chasidim, which means loyal to God, or loved of God

• They give very detailed restrictions of the people

• Jesus rebuked them in giving more importance to the letter of the added rules and regulations than to the spirit of God’s law.

Sadducees

• Descendant of Zadok, the high priest during the time of King David. 

• referred to in the Gospels as the “chief priests, elders, and scribes” or “the leaders of the people.”

• They only accept the teaching from the five original books of the Old Testament.

• They rejected the teaching of the Jewish religion about the resurrection of the dead and the existence of angels.

Tax Collectors

• also called Publicans

• commonly abused their power by bribing and imposing excessive tax rates on the people to enrich themselves.

Zealots

• zeal for the Torah and for God’s direct sovereignty and kingship.

• They planned an armed overthrow of the Romans.

• expected that the Messiah would be a Davidic type of military leader who would lead the revolt and restore Israel’s power.