Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Sacraments of initiation
Baptism
Confirmation
Eucharist
Unbaptized people who r preparing to receive all of the sacraments of Initiation
Catechumens
Through what are we freed from sin and reborn as sons of god and become members of Christ and his church
Through baptism
To plunge or immerse
Baptism
Baptism comes from the Greek word…
Baptizein
What does the plunging of the catechumens into water represent
Being buried with Christ ;”new creature”
Source of life since the beginning of the world
Water
Reminds us that water is a rich symbol of new life
Baptismal liturgy
God saves us in the
Waters of baptism
Who did god make a covenant with and promised to be with them
The israelites
Preached repentance from sin and urged people to become baptized as a way of showing their commitment to gods covenant
John the Baptist
T or f Jesus was born without sin
True
Who baptized Jesus
John
What two ways did Jesus teach the primacy of baptism
The beginning and end of Christs ministry
What does Jesus’ baptism with water prefigure
His baptism in blood at his death on the cross
Our immersion in the water signifies what
His death
Our rising from the water signifies Jesus’
Resurrection
T or f from the day of Pentecost, baptism has been the way to membership in the church
True
Two or three year period of study about Jesus and the Christian faith
Catechumenate
Four stages of Catechumenate
Precatechumenate, Catechumenate, purification, and mystagogia
Neophytes immersed themselves in the mysteries of Christ, the church, and sacraments,
Mystagogia
A period in which the inquirers heard the good news that Jesus is the messiah and wanted to learn more
Precatechumenate
Period that coincided with lent in which the catechumens entered their names in the book of the elect
Purification
Inquirers find a good member of the Christian community to sponsor them
Precatechumenate