Theology Final

Is creation good, bad, or neutral?

Good

Is the human body good, bad, or neutral?

Good

What does it mean to say that we are created in the image and likeness of God?

We have a rational soul

What are some of the properties and powers of a rational soul

Intellect or reason, immaterial, immortal, and free will

What makes human life sacred?

We are made in the image and likeness of God

True or False: According to the Old Testament authors, a covenant is like a marriage

True

True or False: The serpent deceived Eve by suggesting that God was a liar and that His command was meant to oppress Adam and Eve

True

True or False: The forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve ate was an apple

False

True or False: According to the Doctrine of Original Sin, original sin is a condition that is transmitted from parents to their offspring, which means that babies are born without sanctifying grace and with a wounded human nature that disposes them to sin

True

True or False: There is no Scriptural evidence for the Doctrine of Original Sin

False

What does the word “protoevangelium” mean?

the first good news

True or False: Immediately after the Fall, God promised to send someone who would crush the head of the serpent but who be wounded in the process

True

Why did sin reenter the world after the Flood?

Concupiscence remained owing to Original Sin

Put the following events in chronological order

• Noah’s ark and the Flood

• The Tower of Babel

• The Fall

• God calls Abraham to move to Canaan

• The Fall

• Noah’s ark and the Flood

• The Tower of Babel

• God calls Abraham to move to Canaan

What was the great sin Abraham committed?

adultery

What is the sign of God’s covenant with Abraham and his descendants?

circumcision

True or False: Isaac was clearly an unwilling sacrifice

False

Trace the path of God’s blessing — that is, who passed it to whom

• Isaac

• Abraham

• Jacob/Israel

• Jacob’s sons

• Abraham

• Isaac

• Jacob/Israel

• Jacob’s sons

How many sons did Jacob/Israel have?

12

Jacob prophesied that a great king would come from whose line?

Judah’s

To whom did the Israelites trace their ancestry?

Abraham

True or False: Pharaoh viewed the Israelites as a blessing to his kingdom

False

How did God first appear to Moses?

In a burning bush whose flames did not consume the bush

What did God reveal to Moses for the time in history?

His name, I AM or YHWH

What was the final plague?

That the sons of Egypt would be killed

True or False: God provided a way of avoiding the final plague, by sacrificing an unblemished lamb, painting its blood on the doorposts and lentil of one’s house, and then eating the lamb in a ritual meal

True

Where did God establish His covenant with Israel?

Mt. Sinai

True or False: God offered Israel a covenant because he wanted to shape them into a holy nation and a kingdom of priests, who would represent God to the rest of the world

True

True or False: Israel remained faithful to the Mosaic covenant

False

The Flood and the Israelites passing through the Red Sea

The Sacraments of Baptism

Manna from Heaven

The Eucharist

Isaac, Joseph, and the Passover lamb

Jesus

The Ark of the Covenant

Mary

True or False: During the period of the judges, when the nation of Israel existed as a federation of tribes in Canaan, Israel experienced a downward spiral to ever greater sin and suffering

True

The last judge; appointed the first kings

Samuel

The first king of Israel; a king “like other nations” had

Saul

The second king of Israel; a king “after God’s own heart”

David

David’s heir and successor

Solomon

True or False: In their original senses, the words “messiah” and “christ” both referred to a person who had been anointed

True

True or False: The kings of Israel were anointed as part of their coronation ceremony

True

Where did David establish the political and religious capital of his kingdom?

Jerusalem/Zion

What were the secondary features of the Davidic covenant?

Queen mother and prime minister, who had the “kings to the kingdom”

What major sin or sins did David commit that broke his covenant relationship with God?

Adultery and murder

Under whose reign did the Davidic kingdom reach its zenith?

Solomon

Who built the first temple?

Solomon

Put the following events in order:

• God makes a covenant with David and his house

• God makes a covenant with Abraham and his descendants

• The Babylonians conquered the southern kingdom of Judah, sacked Jerusalem, tore down the first Temple, and carried off the Jews to Babylon

• God makes a covenant with the nation of Israel through his prophet Moses

• God makes a covenant with Abraham and his descendants

• God makes a covenant with the nation of Israel through his prophet Moses

• God makes a covenant with David and his house

• The Babylonians conquered the southern kingdom of Judah, sacked Jerusalem, tore down the first Temple, and carried off the Jews to Babylon

Who’s the primary author of Sacred Scripture?

God the Holy Spirit

What are the two main parts of the Bible?

Old Testament and New Testament

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the books of the Bible are unified?

• They were all written by one human author

• The primary author of all the books is God the Holy Spirit

• They tell a unified story, namely salvation history

They were all written by one human author

How does the Old Testament promise Christ and his Church?

Prophecies, which Christ later fulfilled, and types or prefigurements, which foreshadow Christ

The Catholic Bible contains how many books?

73

Most Protestant Bible contain how many books?

66

How many books are in the Catholic Old Testament?

46

How many books are in the New Testament?

27

What’s the first book of the Bible?

Genesis

According to tradition, who wrote the first 5 books of the Old Testament?

Moses

Name four of the first five books of the Old Testament.

the Books of the Law, the Pentateuch, Exodus, and Numbers

True or False: Jewish tradition holds that the history books of the Old Testament are the most important books of Scripture

False

True or False: The Minor Prophets are called “minor” because they are less important than the Major Prophets

False

Tells of the creation of the universe, original sin, the fall, Noah’s ark and the flood, Abraham and Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, Moses and the exodus

the law books

Tells the history of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the restoration of Jerusalem

the history books

Gives advice on how to live according to God’s wisdom

Wisdom literature

Warned Israel of their infidelity, consoled Israel in difficult times, foretold Christ

Books of prophecy

law books

Genesis, Exodus

history books

Joshua, Judges

prophetic literature

Isaiah, Jeremiah

Wisdom literature

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Exxlesiates

Answers the questions, “Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?”

Job

Gets its name from the fact that it contains a census of the tribes of Israel

Numbers

Wise sayings, many of which have been attributed to Solomon

Proverbs

Tells some of the clearest prophecies of Christ

Isaiah

What does “AD” mean?

anno domini = in the year of our Lord

What are the law books?

the Gospels

What’s the history book?

Acts of the Apostles

What’s the wisdom literature?

the Epistles

What’s the prophetic literature?

Revelation

What does the word “epistle” mean?

letter

Written by an Apostle and tax collector; presents Jesus as a greater Moses who is leading a greater exodus

Matthew

Written by a disciple of Peter; presents Jesus as the suffering servant promised by the prophet Isaiah

Mark

Written by a disciple of Paul; presents Jesus as a savior for all nations, not just the Jews of Israel; written for gentiles living in Christian communities throughout the Roman Empire

Luke

Written last; more philosophical than the other three; emphasizes that Jesus is God

John

The word “gospel” means?

“good news”

The word “synoptic” means?

“seeing together”

The Synoptic Gospels mean?

the three Gospels that tells the story of Jesus in a similar way

Which of the following is NOT one of the Synoptic Gospels?

John

Who wrote Acts of the Apostles?

Luke

Who wrote most of the epistles and most of the New Testament?

Paul

Name some of the epistle writers

Peter, John, and Paul

True or False: Paul’s epistles are titled after the people or communities to whom they were addressed

True

Who wrote the Books of Revelation?

John

Foretells the Second Coming: encourages Christians who would be persecuted

the Book of Revelation

Offers advice on how to live as a disciple of Christ; develops and corrects theological ideas

the epistles

Tells the history of the Church in the first few years following Christ’s resurrection

Acts of the Apostles

The primary source on the life and teachings of Jesus

the Gospels

The modern Jewish canon of Scripture

Masoretic Text

7 books included in the Septuagint but excluded from most Protestant Bibles

deuterocanonical books

Books that were excluded from the canon

apocrypha

a canon of OT books translated into Greek in the 3rd century BC in Alexandria, Egypt; contains the same set of books as the Catholic OT

Septuagint

In what century did the Catholic Church first affirm the canon of Scripture?

4th century (300s)

When did Martin Luther challenges the canon of Scripture?

16th century (1500s)