Who is Jesus? - Test 1 Material

Who had a marriage covenant with God?

Adam and Eve

Who made the family covenant with God?

Noah

Who made the tribal covenant with God?

Abraham

Who made the covenant with twelve tribes and God?

Moses

Who made the kingdom covenant with God?

David

Who made the worldly covenant with God?

Jesus

T or F: The post Maccabean-Revolt kingdom was smaller than the original divided.

False

How long was the Holy Land conquered for?

400 years

Which was NOT a country the Jews made a treaty with?
A.) Sparta
B.) India
C.) Rome

B.) India

After the Maccabean revolt, all of the ___________ _____________ was removed from the country.

Pagan influence

Everyone who wanted to live in Israel must be ___________.

Circumcized

What was the goal of making all of Israel's inhabitants be circumcised?

To make the country Jewish quickly.

T or F: It was beginning to look like the Old Testament prophecies were coming true.

True

The Pharisees wanted to keep themselves and everyone else ___.

Pure

Which isn't something the Pharisees wanted to keep themselves free from?
A.) Idolatry
B.) Gentile culture
C.) Holocausts

C.) Holocausts

Name a sect of faithful Jews who believed in spirits, angels, and life after death.

Pharisees

What did the Pharisees say you couldn't do on the Sabbath?

-Cook
-Walk long distances

T or F: The Pharisees were fine with God's laws, but they had no problem breaking the social laws when it suited their purpose.

False

Which group during the time of Jesus wanted the Jews to cooperate with the Gentiles?

Sadducees

Sadducees rejected all of the Old Testament books except..?

The Torah

T or F: Sadducees believe in angels, spirits, and life after death.

False

There was division in the country of Israel from ___ B.C. to ___ B.C.

125 B.C. - 63 B.C.

What year did Rome conquer Israel?

63 B.C.

The ______ kings had to answer to Rome.
A.) Pilot
B.) Puppet
C.) True

B.) Puppet

What year does Herod convince Rome to make him governor?

40 B.C.

T or F: Pontius Pilot and King Herod had the same job.

True

Why was Herod called "the Great"?

-He had many large building projects
-Bloody tyrant

T or F: Herod rebuilt the temple

True

T or F: Herod never committed murder.

False (murdered his own son)

These people were descendents of Jews and Assyrians
A.) Galileans
B.) Sadducees
C.) Pharisees
D.) Samaritans

D.) Samaritans

T or F: Samaritans worshiped God and some pagan gods.

True

What group(s) in Jesus's time only accepted the Torah?
A.) Pharisees
B.) Sadducees
C.) Samaritans
D.) B & C

D.) B & C

T or F: Jews and Samaritans were okay with each other.

False

Galilee consisted of descendants of what two tribes?

Zebulan and Naphtali

T or F: Galileans were also deported during the Assyrian/Babylonian Exile.

False

Galileans were primarily...
A.) Well educated
B.) Wealthy
C.) Peasants
D.) Sheep

C.) Peasants

Gentiles who worshipped God were called what?

Proselytes at the Gate

What pertains to things that have been revealed to us by God?

Revelation

T or F: God only reveals Himself through angels.

False

Give some forms of Natural Revelation

-Creation
-Philosophy
-Reason

T or F: We could learn things revealed to us by Divine Revelation on our own.

False

What two things make up the Deposit of Faith?

Sacred Scripture & Sacred Tradition

T or F: Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition are without error.

True

What is the inspired record of God's revelation in human history?

Sacred Scripture

Communio

From the Latin for "mutual participation" or
"oneness together." Its origin is in the shared divine life of the Blessed Trinity, and it is used to describe the bond of communication with Jesus and all baptized, faithful Christians in the Church

Creed

A declaration of the essential beliefs in the Church. The three major creeds in Christian history are the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, and the Athanasian Creed.

Liturgy

From the Greek meaning "public service" liturgy is the worship rendered the Father by the Mystical Body of Christ, which makes sacramentally present the effects of Christ's death and Resurrection, by which He accomplished salvation.

Magisterium

The name given to the universal teaching authority of the pope and the bishops in communion with him, which guides the members of the Church without error in matters of faith and morals, through the interpretation of Sacred Scripture and Tradition.

Liturgy of the Hours

Also called the "Divine Office" the Liturgy of the Hours is the official daily prayer of the Church. It is compromised of seven "hours" of periods of prayer, celebrated throughout the day. The Liturgy of the Hours is prayed daily by all Catholic priests, those in religious communities, and some consecrated lay persons. The laity is also encouraged to pray the hours.

Transcendent

Existing beyond or apart from the limitations of human experience or the material universe.

What is the living transmission of the message of God in the Church?

Sacred Tradition

T or F: Sacred Tradition contains things said by Jesus that were written down in the Bible

False

T or F: The Church gave Sacred Tradition to the apostles, who gave them to us, and we give them to others.

False

Faith

Theological virtue by which we come to know God; belief in a higher power

Faith in God is a response to His ______________.

Self-revelation

"By faith, man completely submits his ________ and ____ to the Lord."

Intellect, will

T or F: In reason, we believe and trust what God has revealed over other things.

False (in faith)

Sacred Scripture calls us to give what to God?

Obedience of faith

T or F: The Father is greater than the Son and Holy Spirit.

False

Faith in Divine Revelation leads us to...

A relationship with God

What should we try to live our lives based upon?

Jesus' teachings

What does God give us to help with our faith?

The Church

T or F: The rosary is the only acceptable form of prayer.

False

We have Mass so we can come together and worship as a _________

community

T or F: We should not pray by ourselves.

False

T or F: Praying at home on Sunday cannot take the place of Mass.

True

Typology

The study of types; also known as allegory, or allegorical.

Type

A person, place, institution, or event in the Old Testament that prefigures the person or work of Christ.

The New Testament lies ______ in the Old and the Old Testament is ______ in the New."
A.) perfect, cleansed
B.) unveiled, hidden
D.) hidden, unveiled

D.) hidden, unveiled

Moses is a type of Jesus because...

-Both were supposed to be murdered by great kings as children
-Both called by God to lead the People out of slavery and into new life
-Moses had the Passover lamb and Jesus is the Passover lamb
-Moses leads the People through the Red Sea and into the wilderness, and Jesus does the same with the waters of Baptism
-Manna from Heaven to feed them; Jesus's flesh to feed us
-Both give us a law (Moses: 10 Commandments on Sinai, Jesus: Sermon on the Mount [New Law])
-40 days/nights both spend before beginning their ministry (Moses w/ the Commandments, Jesus with the Wedding Feast)
-Moses comes down from Sinai and gives curses but Jesus comes from the mountain with blessings
-God wants to kill the Israelites but Moses prays for mercy - Jesus does the same with his persecutors
-Moses gives Aaron a ritual bath and Jesus gives the Apostles one also (bathing of the feet)

Who was the first person to relate the connection between Adam and Christ?

St. Paul

"For by one man's _________, many were made sinners, so by one man's __________, many were made righteous" (St. Paul in his letter to the Romans)

disobedience, obedience

Typology of Adam and Christ

-First men, father of all natural/supernatural men
-Both taken from virgins (Adam, the earth, Jesus, Mary)
-A woman is created from both of them while they sleep (Eve, the Church)
-One lost God's friendship and doomed all men by disobedience, Jesus won God's friendship and saved all men by obedience
-Both made their climax choices in a garden (Eden, Gethsemane)
-Climax choices made through the prompting of a woman (Eve, Mary [Wedding at Canaan])
-Partnership between man and woman defeated/were defeated by the Devil (Adam and Eve, Jesus and Mary)

Abraham/Isaac & God/Jesus Typology

-Both are beloved sons
-Both only sons
-Both miracle children
-Both fulfill part of God's covenant w/ Abraham
-Willing sacrifices
-Carry the wood for their sacrifices
-They were each the lamb for the sacrifice that God provided
-The fathers (Abraham, God) did not withhold their only sons
-Isaac's sacrifice saved nobody but Jesus's saved everyone
-The fathers believe their sons will be brought back from the dead (God did actually bring back Jesus).
-Both sacrifices were supposed to occur on a mountain (Moriah, Calvary [which might have been the same mountain])

Isaac is a type of...

Jesus

Moses is a type of...

Jesus

Adam is a type of...

Jesus

David is a type of...

Jesus

Eve is a type of...

Mary

The Flood is a type of...

Baptism

Parting of the Red Sea is a type of...

Baptism

The Passover lamb is a type of...

Jesus/Eucharist

Manna is a type of...

Jesus/Eucharist

The Old Testament prime minister is a type of...

St. Peter/Pope

The Burning Bush is a type of...

Mary

T or F: When we see Christ and others prefigured in the Old Testament it helps us accept God's plan.

True

If we believe God & His revelation, it should lead us into what?

A religious belief in God.

Religion

A system of beliefs and practices followed by those committed to a higher power.

In the Catholic faith, what are we committed to?

The Trinity

All religion is ______.

flawed

T or F: Because it is flawed, all religion is bad.

False

T or F: Religion and faith are the same.

False

Religion contains practices and beliefs through which we respond to _____.

Faith

The fulness of God's revelation is reflected in what?

The teachings of the Church

The fulness of Divine Revelation was entrusted to whom?

The Apostles

T or F: No information necessary for salvation was left out.

True

Which person of the Trinity founded the Church?

Jesus Christ

T or F: Jesus is the Body of the Church

False

Christ is the head of the what?

The Church

We in the Church make up what?

His Body