Christ Mission

What is the Catholic Church according to the catechism 752?

name given to the convocation of the people God has called together from all ends of the Earth

What are the 3 inseperable identities of the Catholic Church?

1) the people God gathers around the world

2) particular and local

3) liturgical and eucharistic assembly

How to remember the 3 insperable identities

goes from most to least general

what are the four reasons for the incarnation?

1) to save us by reconciliation with God

2) we might know God’s love

3) be a model of holiness for us

4) make us partakers in divine holiness

How to remember the incarnation?

created, captured, rescue, response

Who was David?

ancestor of Jesus

Where was David from?

Bethlahem

What is the numerical eqivalent of David for the Hebrews?

14

What does “Christ” mean?

anointed one

what does “Jesus” mean?

God saves

what does Messiah mean?

anointed one

What is a disciple?

anyone who believes in or follows Jesus

What is a disciple?

sent out specifically by Jesus to accomplish something

What is the significance of the number 3?

most of that quantity

What is the significance of the number 7?

a covenent between God and man

What is the significance of the number 10?

signifies authority

What were there 10 of?

healings performed by Jesus

What is the significance of the number 12?

God’s chosen people (Israel)

What is the significance of the number 14?

numerical value of David

What is the al bayit?

the prime minister

What is the Eben Shetiyah?

the foundation stone of a temple

What bible verse was the suffering servent from?

Isaih 52-53

What was the verse of the suffering servant go like

was periced for our sins, bore punishment that makes use whole, by his wounds we were healed

What was roman crucifixtion

extremely brutal and painful- they knew how to torture and inflict lots of pain

What was the transfiguration?

when Jesus reveals his divine self to three disciples on the mountain top

What are the 4 main arguments for the resurection?

1- empty tomb

2- Jesus rose

3- apperations

4- women

How does the Great Commision go?

“go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”

How is the church a sheepfold?

• jesus is the shepherd, gate, and doorway

• we are the sheep

• the church is a place of sanctuary

What are at least two reasons Sean Forrest gives for why the Catholic Church is the true church?

What are two reasons the catacism of the Catholic Church gives for why the Church is the true church?

1) founded by the words and actions of Christ

2) prefigured by the incarnation

3) prepared for in the old covenent

Why does Matthew use geaniology at the beginning of his Gospel?

he is adressing the Jewish people

What message is he trying to send about Jesus? (3 evidence)

• jesus is a new super king (3 davids)

• Jesus’s prime identity is David (king) not Abraham

• focusing of king david’s title of KING

Who is David and why is he important?

he was the second king of israel and was a ancestor of Jesus

How does Jesus show himself as the King and Messiah in the annunciation?

gabriel announces he will be a king

How does Jesus show himself as the King and Messiah in the nativity?

he is laid in a manger symbolizing how he is the bread of life

How does Jesus show himself as the King and Messiah in the baptism?

he opens the heavens and the holy spirit descends down on him

How does Jesus show himself as the King and Messiah in the temptation in the desert?

• he overcomes the temptation showing his dominion over sin and evil

• declares war against the devil in a kinglike way

what is jesus’s first words of his public ministry

repent for the kingdom or heaven in at hand

Why does Jesus teach on the mountain

to be closer to heaven to be a new moses and show his divine authority

why does christ heal people and what is the deeper meaning

he feels compassion for them and their willingness to follow him AND he does this to demonstrate his authority

what qualities did the poeple jesus heal posess

sheep without a shepherd and a willigness to follow him

why does jesus share his authority with the apostles

so they can cure the sick too and find a way to save more lost sheep

what is the role of an apostle

to be sent out for a specific role made by jesus

what new name does simon get

peter

what does peter mean

rock

what does the new name signify for simons role in the church

he is a solid foundation for the church

first leader (pope) and al bayit

what is the al bayit’s role in the kingdom

second in command and the overseerer of the kingdom

what is the symbol of an al bayit

the key

why is the eben shetiyah signigicant in light of simons name

he is the center of the new church

what happened at the transfiguration?

went to a high mountian and revealed his divine glory

What message is Jesus sending in being Transfigured?

• fufill old testement

• divine glory and resurection

• showing his authority

Why is it significant that jesus rode iinto jersalem on the back of a donkey?

jesus is the long awaited messiah and king

why did jesus cleanse the temple

to bring respect to gods temple and to make it a place or worship not of extortion and greed

Who do the jewish leaders expect the messiah to be at war with

political and religious enemies

why did the jewish officials want to kill jesus?

he condemned their hypocricy

was the resurrection real?

yes, jesus was buried and comfirmed an empty tomb, it was an unlikely lie if it was false, and the disciples were good people and wouldn’t lie

what are the last words jesus speaks to the apostles

gives them authority and to go make everyone disciiples

what mission does jesus give his apostels before his ascension

go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen