Christianity Midterm pt 3

Question 1

Sacrament

Answer 1

• Rituals of the church that are taken to be visible signs of invisible grace
• Number varies according to denomination–Baptism and Eucharist included by Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants

Question 2

Septuagint

Answer 2

• Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures (Torah)

- Greek for “seventy”

Question 3

Sola Scriptura

Answer 3

-Protestant christian doctrine that the Bible is the supreme authority in all matters of doctrine and practice

Question 4

Supersessionism

Answer 4

• Traditional Christian belief that Christianity is the fulfillment of Biblical Judaism
• Therefore, Jews who deny Jesus as the Jewish Messiah fall short of their calling as God’s chosen people

Question 5

The Fall

Answer 5

• The disobedience of Adam and Eve and their consequent loss of God’s grace and the peace and happiness of the Garden of Eden
• When they ate the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil
• God punished them by driving them out of the garden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness, pain, and eventual death

Question 6

Transubstantiation

Answer 6

• Teaching that during the Mass, at Communion, the elements of the Eucharist, bread and wine, are transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ
• They are no longer bread and wine but only attain their appearance of bread and wine

Question 7

Trinity

Answer 7

Christian doctrine that claims that while there is only one God, he has revealed himself as triune; one God in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Question 8

Virtue

Answer 8

Morally good or valued act/trait

Question 9

Vice

Answer 9

A sinful or immoral act/trait

Question 10

Works of Mercy

Answer 10

• Actions and practices, which, Christianity in general, expects all believers to perform
• Commonly attributed to the Roman Catholic Church as an act of both penance and charity