MASOSA Year 10 Question Bank 2025 Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for MASOSA Year 10 Question Bank 2025.

Canon

A rule of faith, a cane, a straight rod, a measuring rod, a norm or a law

Dead Sea Scrolls/Qumran Scrolls

Oldest existing copies of the Hebrew Bible that are not fragments, discovered in the caves of Qumran at Jerusalem in 1947.

Apostolic Origin

Criterion for books to be considered New Testament canonical texts with origins from the apostles.

Ecclesiastical acceptance

Criterion for books to be considered New Testament canonical texts with acceptance from the Church.

Conformity with the rule of faith

Criterion for books to be considered New Testament canonical texts according to the rule of faith.

Use in Christian Liturgy

Criterion for books to be considered New Testament canonical texts used in Christian Liturgy.

Antioch

The city in which the Syrian Orthodox Church was founded.

St. Peter

The founder of the Syrian Orthodox Church.

Madbaha

The place in the Syrian Orthodox Church that symbolises the 'Holy of Holies' in the Jerusalem Temple.

Thuyobo

The Syriac word for preparatory prayer in the Syrian Orthodox Church liturgy.

Tablaitho

Symbolises Jesus’ cross in the Syrian Orthodox Church.

Nebiim

The Hebrew word for 'prophets'.

Pentateuch

The first five books of the Old Testament, written by Moses

Ketuvim

Name the third section of the Hebrew Bible.

Semeion

The Greek word which means ‘signifying and indicating something beyond itself’

Logos

Jesus as the Word who was with God in the beginning and was God.

St. Luke

The author of the Acts of the Apostles.

St. Stephen

The first Christian martyr mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles.

Catholic

Universal / General

Revelare

What is the Latin verb from which the word ‘revelation’ originated?

Apopkalypsis

What is the meaning of the Greek word ‘apokalypsis’?

Knuma

The Syriac term used to denote the three personalities of the Holy Trinity.

Edict of Milan

The declaration which proclaimed complete religious freedom for Christians.

Christotokos

What was the term used by Nestorius to define St. Mary?

Theotokos

What is the traditional title given to St. Mary by the Holy Church?

Miaphysitism

What is the term used to denote the Christological teaching of our Church?

God-bearer

Saint Ignatius of Antioch title.

St. Aphrem

Who is known as the 'Harp of the Holy Spirit'?

Kutino

What is the Syriac name of the white robe worn by those who serve in the holy altar which represents the luminous white robes of angels?

M'sone

What is the Syriac name of the ceremonial shoes worn by priests?

Tablaitho

What is called the temporary altar?

Shushefo

symbolises the stone rolled over the Tomb of Christ