Paschal Mystery Unit 7 Flashcards

Resurrection

• Jesus’s literal rising from the dead, his sacrifice and role is realized

• he’s not crazy or a liar

Risen Life

• humanity’s perfect state

• same qualities of a person but we are outside of space and time

Easter Morning

• Mary Magdalene and some others go to Jesus’s tomb but the stone covering it has been removed

• they tell the disciples

• Peter and John come look

• after that, the disciples and Mary start seeing Jesus because he appears to them

Apostle

• a witness to the resurrection sent by Christ to proclaim the Good News of salvation

  • Apostles recognize that Jesus and the Risen Christ is one and the same individual

  • Apostles receive an order from God to proclaim the Kerygma

Kergyma

that which is proclaimed in the context of Christ

Road to Emmaus

• Jesus walks with two disciples who feel betrayed by him dying

• he explains Scripture to them as they walk away from Jerusalem

  • they’re walking away from the Church but it’s Christ’s duty and ours to walk with others and show them the Kingdom

• when Jesus breaks the bread he reveals himself

  • his sacrifice revealed him to those who were blind

• the disciples run back to Jerusalem and proclaim what they’ve heard

  • our duty is to be with the Church and proclaim the Good News

Mary at the Tomb

• Mary Magdalene asks two angels at the tomb where Jesus is

• she turns around and sees Christ as a gardener

• she only recognizes him after he calls her name

• she embraces him but he asks her to let go because he hasn’t ascended yet

• she reports this to the disciples

Appearance to the Disciples

• Jesus appears to the disciples and says, “Peace be with you.”

• breathes on them and says to, “receive the Holy Spirit, whose sins you forgive are forgiven, whose sins you retain are retained”

  • they are now Apostles and can forgive sins

Tiberius

• six disciples go fishing with Peter

• they don’t catch anything until Jesus appears and tells them to cast their nets on the right side of the ship

• they catch 153 fish (represents the 153 nations of the world at the time who they must go to and “catch” into the Kingdom)

• after Jesus makes breakfast and they eat it, Jesus asks Peter three times if he loves him

  • then he asks Peter three times to feed his lambs

  • this counters Peters threefold denial

Apologetic

• a reasoned defense of a statement believed to be true

• Church has apologetics that can defend the Catholic belief in the reality of the Resurrection

Theories and Apologetics

• Fraud Theory

  • the followers of Jesus made up some or the entire story for personal gain

  • rebuttal: the disciples gained nothing for their efforts other than persecution and death

• Mistaken Theory

  • Apostles were hallucinating or confused

  • rebuttal: no evidence is offered to suggest the cause of the hallucinations; if it was a mistake, why not produce the dead body of Jesus to correct the mistake?

Theories and Apologetics 2

• Hypothetical Theory

  • Apostles constructed a non-historic symbolic story based on a fictional resurrection

  • rebuttal: they were probably illiterate; the proclamation started right away and has never stopped; usually a false story about a famous person starts long after all witnesses are gone.

• Intimidation Theory

  • Apostles claimed they saw the Risen Christ out of fear

  • rebuttal: no one with political power would have benefited from the claim

Fallacy, Sophistry

• argument with faults

• sophistry is constructing fallacious arguments

Fallacies of Relevance

a fallacy of relevance is when information that isn’t relevant to the topic is introduced or when parts of the story are taken out of context for an argument

Fallacies of Reason

a fallacy of reason happens when what you base your argument on doesn’t support what you conclude

Property

a condition of something that is always true (i.e., birds always have feathers—the feather is a property of the bird)

Fallacies of Ambiguity

fallacies of ambiguity happen when you use words in a way that isn’t clear

Eschatology

• the study of the final events in human history

Parousia

• the second coming of Jesus in the role of the Son of Man

Apostolic Eschatology

• Apostolic Eschatology refers to the three views concerning the end time present in the Christian movement since the apostolic age

• Imminent: Parousia soon

  • Imminent in the sense that for each of us the Parousia begins when we die

• Delayed: Parousia will occur after some mission has been fulfilled

  • Delayed in the sense that we will leave others behind when we die

• Realized: The Son of Man has already come in power

  • Realized in the sense that God has given us the power to respond today

Apocalyptic

• symbolic writing style that offers hope and encouragement to persecuted Christians

• Apocalyptic Writings address the question: How can we be the Chosen people of God if our lives are filled with suffering and victimization?

Son of Man

• a “First Man” a divine-human being who ushers in a new age of humanity

Messiah

the Hebrew term meaning the anointed one

Jesus

God saves

Christ

Greek for anointed one

Son of David

heir to the throne of King David—mark of authenticity

Son of God

the Second Person of the Holy Trinity

Son of Man

Eschatological figure who ushers in human happiness

Suffering Servant

Isaiah’s description of how salvation will be accomplished

Lord

proper way of addressing God indicating submission to His will

Lamb of God

sacrifice that restores humanity to God

Redeemer - Savior

Jesus place in salvation history