TAGS III

What is the Paschal Mystery?

The passion, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ.

Why did Jesus come into the world?

To save us from sin and death.

What is original holiness? What are the effects of original holiness?

It is the state of a perfect, intimate, and right relationship with God

What are the effects of original holiness?

1. Superior Knowledge

2. Immortality

3. Self Control

What is sanctifying grace?

The gift of God of a new life, that is, a sharing in his own divine life.

Why did God make human beings?

God made humans to know him, to love him, and serve him in this life so we can be with him in the next.

Describe in detail the original sin.

Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden. They already had the greatest gift: that they were made in his image.

What are the 3 effects of the Original Sin? List and define each of them.

1. Ignorance

2. Concupiscence

3. Mortality

Ignorance

The inability to know God easily or well and an unawareness of Gods presence

Concupiscence

A stronh inclination to sin

Mortality

The reality of pain, suffering, and death

What does it mean that human beings are born in Original Sin and do not have sanctifying grace?

That we lack the grace that Adam and Eve had before the Fall. We must recieve Baptism to free us from the effects of Original Sin.

Protoevangelium

First Gospel, Genesis 3:15, savior announcement. Sin broke the world but God was going to fix it.

What does it mean that the "wage of sin is death"

Someone or something must die to "pay the price" and "bridge the gap" created by sin.

Define Sacrifice?

The offering of a visible object.

How does sacrifice take place?

The object is effected by a transformation or destruction.

Why offer sacrifice?

To acknowledge the greatness of God.

Which book of the Bible describes the Sacrifice of Abraham?

Genesis

What is the sacrifice of Abraham?

Abraham was to sacrifice his son, Issac.

How does the sacrifice of Abraham take place?

Abraham was to kill Issac atop Mount Moriah, ultimately it was stoped by God. Instead, Abraham and Issac sacrificed a ram.

Why did the Sacrifice of Abraham take place?

To test Abraham's faith and obedieince to God by sacrificing his son.

Which book of the Bible describes the Passover?

Exodus

What is the Passover sacrifice?

The Israelites are to sacrifice a lamb for each house.

How does the Passover sacrifice take place.

After killing the lamb and roasting it, its blood was to be spread on the doorpost of every Israelite home. The angel of death would "Passover" and spare their first born son.

Why does the Passover sacrifice take place?

To free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and to allow them to return to the promised land.

What are the connections between the Passover and the paschal mystery?

The Lamb of Passover and Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. Both are sacrificed.