Religion Semester One Final

Question 1

Creation

Answer 1

We are all called to praise God
Creation is evidence of the power of God
Creation was made by the three persons of the trinity (holy spirit, son, father)
An example that we should not only believe the things we see but also things (such as creation) that we didn’t see happen
Well, the creation stories are figurative, we read them for the message and not the literal interpretation
Earthy realm vs heavenly realm
Humans (both genders) are created in God’s image and our soul ties us to God. We must serve and love God
God is love and all God created is good
Review both creation stories and stuff

Question 2

Dignity of Creation/ People

Answer 2

FINISH

Question 3

Original Sin/The Fall

Answer 3

Adam and Eve realize they are naked after eating the forbidden fruit. This symbolizes guilt and shame. They are also ashamed for God to see them. Then they blame each other (this symbolizes that they lost their original holiness and justice). This story shows that only God knows true good from evil and we are not God. Consequences : original sin, women have to give birth to children, people have to do labor in order to survive, loss of original holiness and justice

Question 4

Covenants

Answer 4

Finish

Question 5

Reasons for the incarnation

Answer 5

To reconcile is t\with God through the forgiveness of sins
Expiation
That we might know the depth of God’s love
Because of The Fall, humans did not understand God’s unconditional love for us
To be our model of holiness
Jesus Christ is perfect holiness. He is a role model for us and how to be holy
To make us partakers of the Divine Nature
Christ wants us to share in His divinity . Brings us into a deeper relationship
To destroy the power of the devil
Humanity alone cannot overcome satan but w/ God jesus can.
Jesus resisted temptations against satan in the deserts. God wins through Jeusus passion, death, and resurrection. Now we have salvation if we choose it.
also jesus is the only mediator between us and God

Question 6

Life and teaching of Christ

Answer 6

forshadowed in old testament
louminous mysteries
jesus’s poverty
teachings
jesus born into poverty to show ALL can be with God and that welth can sometimes brign you away from Him
jesus goes beyond old law and tell peeps not just to do the old law but live it or something

Question 7

Passion def

Answer 7

The suffering of Jesus during his final days in this life: his agony in the garden at gethsemane, his trial, and crucifixion

Question 8

main events of the passion

Answer 8

Jesus enters Jerusalem

• the last supper
• garden of gethsemane
• trial before Sanhedrin
• trial before Pilate
• The scourging
• crucifixion
• Jesus’s death

Question 9

Jesus enters Jerusalem

Answer 9

Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish faith

• crowds welcomed him as a king (leaders wanted to kill him starting around this time)
• he went to the temple and people were selling things and using it as a marketplace. He told them how awful this was and turned over their tables. This is when more people really start to want to kill him Gospels of Mark and luke say that this was when people started wanting to kill him

Question 10

The last supper

Answer 10

Thursday evening

• Passover celebration w/apostles
• Jesus washes apostles feet. This shows that leadership is service and shows an example of how things shall be when he leaves.
• Jesus says he is the paschal lamb—> Eucharist

Question 11

Garden of Gethsemane

Answer 11

Thursday night

• goes with apostles to garden to pray (he is fearful but knows what he has to do)
• meanwhile, Judas is leading Jewish leaders to arrest Jesus (turns him in with a kiss)
• Adam disobeyed God in a garden and Jesus obeys Him (also in a garden )

Question 12

Trial before sanhedrin

Answer 12

questioned Jesus

• they were determined to show that he was guilty. This was very hard for them.
• trail was done privately because they didn’t want a bunch of riots
• say Jesus is guilty of blasphemy
• (Jewish leaders are not allowed to condemn him because they are under Roman leaders)

Question 13

Trial before Pilate

Answer 13

Friday

• Pilate don’t care about Jewish religious laws so they accused him of treason (says he is putting himself in place of a king) instead
• some gospels say Pilate did not actually think Jesus was guilty
• Jesus knows he will be found guilty

Question 14

The scourging

Answer 14

scourged and humiliated

• Roman executions were meant to scare people so they follow the law
• crowned with thorns and clothed in purple cloak (to mock that he claimed to be a king)
• scourged with a whip with bone and metal in it (this tore his skin and this itself could have killed him)

Question 15

Crucifixion

Answer 15

Friday

• carries cross on bloody back
• carries the weight of OUR sins
• golgotha
• stripped of his clothes to humiliate him
• nailed to cross
• fulfills MANY Old Testament prophecies

Question 16

Jesus’ death

Answer 16

Friday

• Jesus had been on the cross for about 6 hours before he died (or less) because he had already lost so much blood from the scourging
• eclipse, earthquake , curtain temple splits (see other slide for more about this)
• body placed in a tomb guarded by soldiers

Question 17

Curtain in temple splits

Answer 17

Only high priests were allowed to go behind the curtain. The split symbolizes how ALL people can have a relationship with God.

Question 18

how gospel accounts are different for the resurrection

Answer 18

Each gospel account is a bit different but they all say that Jesus is no longer in the tomb and the angels tell women that Jesus is alice. Esus then reveals himself to Mary Magdalene (in Matthew the other mary is there as well) and then later reveals himself to disciples.

Question 19

Evidence for the resurrection

Answer 19

Many writings about the resurrection
Early christians knew Jesus rose from the dead (which makes it less likely to have been made up)
Jesus’ body was not taken by disciples because many of them died in their belief in him
Jesus appeared to over 500 followers

Question 20

Truths that the resurrection brings us

Answer 20

Christ’s resurrection guarantees our resurrection
Jesus is the son of God
All Jesus’ teachings are true
Resurrection opens the way to new life (eternal life)

Question 21

Ascension

Answer 21

Jesus stayed on earth for 40 days after his resurrection.
Taught disciples how to understand his life, death. And resurrection through scripture.
Told disciples to go and spread the good news.
Ascension gets written about in the bible but it is impossible for us to comprehend what it was like
Jesus open doors into the heavens for us

Question 22

Christ’s descent into Hell

Answer 22

Jesus’ death was like a human death (full experience)
Jesus descended into Hell to free the souls who died before him
Righteous go to heaven
Unrighteous go to hell
hell= absence of God
Christ now power over earth, Heaven and Hell

Question 23

Righteous-

Answer 23

to be sinless without fault

Question 24

Significance of the ascension

Answer 24

Reveals christs glory
Ascension ( son of God comes from heaven to earth) and incarnation (son of God leaves earth to go to Heaven) are symmetric
Jesus has authority over Heaven, Hell, and Earth
We have the chance to spend all eternity w/ God in Heaven
Jesus can be closer to us now that he has left earth
When Jesus was on earth he had more limits because he was in human form. Now we can be closer to him because there aren’t limits on his side.

Question 25

Holiness

Answer 25

To be set apart for God’s service, to live a morally good life. To be a person of prayer, and to reveal God’s love to the world through acts of loving service.

Question 26

3 of the dimensions of holiness

Answer 26

Revealing God’s love and shares in God’s own life.
Ex: all creation is holy because we are all unique and created in God’s image. We spread God’s word in our own unique ways.
Has been consecrated to God. We are holy because we have been consecrated to God through baptism
When something is “clean”. We must have clean hearts and consciences.

Question 27

aids to holiness

Answer 27

Aids to holiness
We do not need to be perfect at everything, but we must learn how to say no to bad things even when others are succumbing to them
God provides us with gifts to guide us to holiness. Some of these are:
Intellect and free will
Intellect helps us see the natural order God has created. Helps us make good moral choices
Free will - helps us act on the good choices sometimes even when we are under pressure
Grace -
God’s loving presence in our lives that helps us respond to him and His call and live as Hid sons and daughters. Restores our original justice, original holiness and our living communion with the holy trinity ( was lost through sin). —> so then God is our Father and Jesus our Brother and Holy Spirit lives within us.

Question 28

Sharing in Christ’s ministries

Answer 28

love your neighbor as yourself 
community service
speak out against evil 
pray daily
go to mass
help others even when its hard
make sacrifices 
try best to help others

Question 29

Suffering

Answer 29

suffering is because of original sin
leads us to salvation
god transforms our suffering
we must succumb to suffering and not try to avoid it

Question 30

Anthropomorphic

Answer 30

attributing human characteristics to something that is not human

Question 31

Jesus’ main titles

Answer 31

Jesus
Means “God saves” (Hebrew). Another form of Jesus is Joshua
Christ
This title is used 400 times in the bible
Christ = Messiah (Hebrew) = anointed one
Peter was the first one to say Jesus was the Messiah
Son of God
We are all children of God but Jeusus has a special relationship w/ Him
This title is commonly used for angels, people of Israel and Israel’s king
Lord
Greek name
Jews used this for God instewar of Yahweh (Yahweh is mostly used in Old testament
See more on page 71

Question 32

Be able to explain the connection between Isiah’s “Suffering Servant” prophecies, the Incarnation and Passion (know a few specifics)

Answer 32

finish