Chapter 2: Incarnation Flashcards
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What is the incarnation?
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When god took on human form to become jesus
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What does the incarnation show about God?
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- shows how much he loves the human race
- helps Christian’s to value God’s love
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How is the incarnation announced in Luke/ in Mathew?
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- LUKE - focuses on Mary’s account, Angel Gabriel tells Mary she’ll conceive and give birth through the power of the Holy Spirit, Mary has a choice (free will), Jesus is fully human and fully god
- MATHEW - focuses on Josephs part, Joseph planned to break up with Mary since she was pregnant before they were married, angel visited him telling him it was conceived by the Holy Spirit, “God is with us’, Jesus is the son of god
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What are the similarities from Luke and Mathew?
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- Mary was a virgin
- God worked through human beings to bring about his plan for humanity
- Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
- Jesus was the son of god
- the angle Gabriel announces Jesus’ birth
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What is the word of god?
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- another name for the Son of god
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Explain this: ‘in the beginning was the Word’
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- the word of god is eternal
- the word of gos has always existed
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Explain this: ‘the Word was God’.
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- the word of god is God
- the word of God is God’s expression
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Explain this: ‘the Word was with God’
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- the word of god is also distinct from God
- whilst the word and God are united and coexist there is also dinstiction between them
- idea of god being three persons
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How was Jesus the word of God? John
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- Jesus was the son of god, the word took on human nature to live on earth as Jesus - “THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND LIVED AMOMNG US” John
- Jesus is God’s free gift to the human race and is an expression of God’s love for humans - “FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH” John
- the word came to earth to guis people closer to god and to teach them how to share in his love
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How was Jesus the Son of Man?
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- he lived a complete human life with human experiences
- he used ‘son of man’ to often describe himself
-> this can be used as a general title anyone can refer to themselves as OR as a title for someone who has been given power and authority by god
-> he used this phrase when talking about his crucifixion - if Jesus was not fully human he would not have been bothered by the suffering of his crucifixion
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How was Jesus ‘Son of God’?
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- when arrested, he was asked “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” And he responded “I am”
- Jesus acknowledged he was the son of god
- “you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power”
-> he used this phrase to emphasise his humanity but also his divinity (his share in God’s power - God has no beginning nor end, this means Jesus couldn’t become God after his death, so the resurrection proves that Jesus always was God but limited himself to human condition
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What are the main symbols of the Christian faith?
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- Itchus
- Alpha and omega
- Chi-Rho
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What does the Itchthus symbolise?
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- acronym that makes up: Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour
- used in early days of Christianity as a deceleration of faith
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What does Alpha and Omega symbolise?
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- that God and Jesus are involved in everything beginning to end
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What does the Chi-Rho symbolise?
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- a reminder of the death of Jesus
- reminds Christian’s that Jesus was sent by god to save humanity through his death
- its a monogram formed from the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ
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What are some reasons against Religios art?
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- REASON: it isn’t possible to portray God accurately EXPLANATION: an infinite God cannot be accurately represented using finite human means
- REASON: art can mislead people about what God is like EXPLANATION: because art cannot portray God accurately, it can gib people the wrong ides about what god is like
- REASON: praying in front of an image or a statue ,any mislead people EXPLANATION: when people pray in front of an image/statue, others may get the impression the statue/image is being praised as God
- REASON: it is against the second commandment EXPLANATION: some people belive the second commandment forbids people to make statues or paintings of god “you shall not make for yourself an idol”
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What does the church teach about how art can help people?
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- inspire people
- give people something to focus on as they pray
- help people to learn about aspects of God’s work
- have a positive role in religious life
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What are reasons for religious art?
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- REASON: Jesus was fully human EXPLANATION: Jesus was a man with human qualities, any work of art that captures these qualities have value
- REASON: Jesus was fully God EXPLANATION: god revealed himself on earth as human form, so it’s acceptable to depict him in that form
- REASON: Jesus died to save all of humanity EXPLANATION: this shows Jesus can be depicted as any ethnicity, because all people in the world were affected by his death and resurrection
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What are three different known statues of Jesus?
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- Christ the Redeemer
- Sacred heart statue
- the Crucifx
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What is the crucifix a reminder of?
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- the crucifixion Jesus
- Gods act of love in freeing people from the power of sin and death
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What is Christ the Redeemer?
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- a statue of Jesus with outstretched arms, which represent his obedience to God the father and all people
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What is the sacred heart statue a reminder of?
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- the total love that Jesus has for all people
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What are some features of the sacred Heart?
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- flames coming from heart (burning love)
- a crown of thorns surrounding heart (represent crown placed on Jesus when crucified)
- a hole in the heart
- holes in hand from being nailed to cross
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Christinas belive Jesus ‘fulfilled’ the law, what does this mean?
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- he generally followed the law
- he developed the law to make it more perfect
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What did Jesus teach about what the most important thing to follow was?
- the beatitudes
- focus on peoples attitudes, if people start with the right attitudes they will o the right thing
- the Old Testament, law mainly focused on what people should or shouldn’t do, not there attitudes
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What’s the Sermon on the Mount?
- a collection of sayings spoken by Jesus that emphasises his moral teachings, including the beatitudes
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What are the beatitudes?
- a series of statement which Jesus blessed certain attitudes or approaches to living
E.g ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy’
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What’s is the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats about?
- a story which Jesus tells his followers that in serving and caring for other people, they are serving God
- it shows how Christian’s should respond to those in need
- by showing love and kindness to others, Christians will be judged favourably by god
- ‘I was hungry and you gave me food’
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What side will the sheep’s and the Goats go to?
- goat - left hand side, separated from god
- sheep - right hand side with god
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What did St irenaeus show about the incarnation?
- how it was important for bringing God and humans closer to each other
- Jesus is the meeting point between god and humanity
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Which of St Irenaeus’ writings did he express this? (how it was important for bringing God and humans closer to each other, Jesus is the meeting point between god and humanity)
Adversus haereses
‘The glory of god is a human being, fully alive’
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In the incarnation, how did Jesus help humans?
Jesus helped humans to come to know god
- which allowed them to become more ‘fully alive’ and reveal gods glory
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What are the two heresies about Jesus as fully human and fully god?
- Jesus wasn’t God, he was just a good person
- Jesus was god I disguise and just appeared to be human
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Dei Verbum 4 teaches that god is revealed and speaks through who?
- God is revealed and spreaks through Jesus, this is possible because jsus is the son of god
- “the word made flesh, was sent as ‘a man to men’.” -> son of god became human to live among other humans
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What does Verbum Domini 12 teach about god becoming flesh?
- “The eternal word became…small enough to fit into a manger” -> god limited himself to human form
- Through the very human act of dying, Jesus gave himself into God’s hands, led to resurrection
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The love that unites the three persons of the trinity is…
Grace
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What is grace?
The free gift of god’s love to all people
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What does grace do? How does grace help believers?
- gives believers the strength to do what god wants
- helps people to become aware of god wants for them
- calls them into a deeper relationship with god
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What is a sacrament?
- An outward sign of inward grace
- a sign of gods love
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What is the sacramental nature of reality?
- the whole of reality can be seen as a sacrament
- the world and everything in it is a sign of God’s love
- God’s presence and love can be seen throughout the world
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How did the incarnation affect catholics view of the God?
- before, god was seen as distant
- Jesus was the ultimate gift from god to show his love
- Jesus helped to bring god’s love and presence into the world
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What are the seven different sacraments?
- baptism
- confirmation
- Eucharist
- marriage
- ordination
- reconciliation
- sacrament of the sick
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Most of the sacraments have the effect of what?
- strengthening people’s faith and love with god
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What catholic teaching states life begins at the moment of conception?
- Luke 1
