Solcher Chapter 4

Question 0

suffering servant

Answer 0

in fulfillment of Isaiah 52, Christ, the Suffering Servant, suffered and died on the Cross to gain redemption of mankind

Question 1

kenosis

Answer 1

greek for “emptying” it refers to Christ having emptied himself becomng man and taking on human nature

Question 2

temptations in the desert

Answer 2

satan tempting Christ in the desert at his weakest point

Question 3

passion

Answer 3

the suffering and death of Christ

Question 4

Agony in the garden

Answer 4

the mental, moral and physical agony suffered by christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Question 5

last supper

Answer 5

the passover meal Christ and his apostles celebrated before his arrest

Question 6

transfiguration

Answer 6

the divine glory of Christ was manifested to Sts. Peter, James, John on Mt. Tabor

Question 7

crucifixion

Answer 7

a form of execution in which the prisoner is nailed to a cross and left to die

Question 8

resurrection

Answer 8

the bodily rising of christ from the dead, as he foretold, on the 3rd day after his death on the cross and burial in the tomb

Question 9

stations of the cross

Answer 9

the pious practice of mediation upon christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. this may be done either by walking the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem or passing from 1 image to the next depicting Christ’s sufferings in the church

Question 10

ascension

Answer 10

40 days into resurrection, the entry of Christ’s humanity into divine glory

Question 11

descent of the Holy Spirit

Answer 11

50 days after passover, the apostles, the blessed Virgin Mary, and other disciples were gathered in the upper room during the jewish feast at Pentacost