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Chapter 2 & 3 Flashcards

0
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What is a matter of faith?

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That Jesus is God in the flesh

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What is faith?

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Faith is a supernatural power and a gift

It is believing and trusting when you do not understand

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What is faith in Jesus based on?

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Scripture and tradition

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How does god form a single deposit of faith?

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Scripture and tradition

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What is scripture?

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The word of god, the written testimony of the faith of the early church

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What is tradition and what does it include?

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The truths handed down by the church from generation to generation, from the time of the apostles.
Includes: teachings, liturgy, writings, and the lives of Christians.

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What are the special means Jesus has given to us to keep in touch?

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Sacraments

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What do we receive when we celebrate the sacraments?

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The grace of the Holy Spirit

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What does the Holy Spirit do for us?

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Keeps us in a close relationship with Jesus

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9
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What is a true friend?

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A gift from god

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What is the greatest love a person can have for a friend?

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To lay down your life for them

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If we are Jesus’ friends and do what he commands, namely…?

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“Love one anther as I have loved you”

Keep the commandments

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When we act as Jesus’ friends, we can count on his father because…?

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God will give to us in Jesus’ name

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When were all of the New Testament books written by?

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A.D. 125

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What do the New Testament books testify?

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Life, death, and resurrection of Jesus

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What does A.D. mean?

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Anno domini-

In the year of our lord

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What does B.C. mean?

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Before Christ

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17
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What does gospel mean?

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Good news

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What are the gospels?

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Four accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus

Documents of faith

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What did each gospel writer do?

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Chose incidents and shared what he wrote to present what he considered was most important to know about Jesus.

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What do the gospels proclaim?

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Jesus is the messiah, the son of god, who revealed the father’s love for us and saved us.

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Who are the evangelists?

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Matthew, mark, and Luke

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What does evangelists mean?

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Proclaimers of the good news

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What does synoptic mean?

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Same view

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Whose gospels are synoptic?

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Matthew, mark, and Luke

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What is john’s gospel feature and what is it like?

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Poetic, long speeches, discourses, and religious poems

Harder to understand

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What does discourses mean?

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Long speeches

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27
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How did the writers of the Gospels understand Jesus better than the people who knew him when he was living on earth?

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The help of the Holy Spirit

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28
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Who is the author of the Bible

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God

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29
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Who inspired all the books in the Bible?

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God

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What is inspiration?

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The action of god that moves people to communicate what god wants made known, using their own background, culture, language, and style.

31
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What makes the Gospels the word of God?

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Inspiration

32
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How did the Gospels help us know him personally?

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They are his all-powerful, living word

33
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How are the Gospels honored at mass?

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The priest or deacon are the only people to read the Gospel
he kisses the book/page at the end
We respond,”praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ”
we also stand in sign of reference
Incense can be swung around the book on special occasions

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Who tells the story of the early church and in what book?

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Luke

Acts of the apostles

35
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Who did Paul start out to be?

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A persecutor of Christians

36
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What is Paul after he was converter?

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Greatest missionary

37
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What comes after the acts of the apostles?

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Letters of epistles

38
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What was written before the gospels?

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Letters

39
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What do those letters tell us?

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The issues the early church had to face as the people explored what it meant to be a Christian in the roman world

40
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What is the last book of the Bible?

A

Revelation

41
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Why is the book of Revelation strange and difficult to understand?

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Uses strange symbols unfamiliar to us

42
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When was the book of Revelation written?

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Time of persecution

43
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Name five ways Jesus was human

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Born
Died
Slept
Ate
Felt disappointment
44
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What are the number of books in the New Testament?

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27

45
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What is the number of books in the Old Testament?

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39

46
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Name the order of the New Testament books

A

Gospels
acts of the apostles
letters or epistles
book of Revelation

47
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How many books are in the Gospel

A

4

48
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How many books are in the acts of the apostles

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1

49
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How many books are in the letters or epistles

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21

50
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How many books are in the book of Revelation

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1

51
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Which was the first gospel to be written

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Mark

52
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Who was Mark

A

Companion of Peter

53
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Who was Matthew

A

An apostle

54
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Who was Luke

A

A Greek Dr.
Gentile
companion of Paul

55
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Who is John

A

Apostle

56
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What was the symbol of Mark

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A lion

John’s voice in the wilderness

57
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What was the symbol of Matthew

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A man

the human ancestery of Christ

58
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What was the symbol of Luke

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An oz

Zechariah offering sacrifice

59
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What was the symbol of John

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An eagle

the divine word, thoughts soared above earth

60
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What was Mark’s main audience

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Persecuted Christians

61
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What was Matthews main audience

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Jewish converts

62
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What was Luke’s Main audience

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Gentile non-Jewish Christians

63
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What was John’s main audience

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Christians defending their faith

64
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Where are the characteristics of Marks Gospel

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Short and fast-moving

65
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What is the characteristics of Matthew’s Gospel

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Quotations from Hebrew Scriptures five sermons

66
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What are the characteristics of Luke’s gospel

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Infancy stories warm human portraits

67
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What is the characteristics of John’s Gospel

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Poetic symbols reflective discourses

68
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What is Mark’s portrait of Jesus

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Man of action man of suffering

69
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What is Mathews portrait of Jesus

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Teacher

New Moses

70
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What is Luke’s portrait of Jesus

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Savior and friend of all sinners the poor, women, and Samaritans

71
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What was John’s portrait of Jesus

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Son of God giver of life

72
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What is faith?

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A gift from God to believe and trust when we do not understand

73
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How does God reveals himself

A

In Scripture and tradition

74
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What is the Gospel

A

The good news that Jesus is life death and resurrection has freed us from the power of sin and death

75
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What is inspiration

A

The action of God to direct people to write what he wants made known through their own language and style

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