Exam 3 Worship and Ritual Christianity Flashcards
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How is prayer performed and who is the model?
Jesus is the model with various times, places, and postures.
How is fasting performed and who is modeled?
Jesus and the Apostles as the example. Enhances prayer and penance on certain days.
How many Sacraments are there?
7, influenced by Jewish ritual.
What are the most discussed sacraments?
Baptism and Eucharist/Mass
What is the significance of baptism?
Contact with water that is key for salvation, replaced jewish circumcision.
What is the significance of Eucharist/Mass?
Commemoration of the last supper that replaced passover in Jewish. tradition.
What is the transubstantiation?
Bread and wine is truly the body and blood of Christ and creates communion with him.
How does orthodox and catholic eucharist and mass differ?
-Orthodox altar covered by screens
-vernacular language in orthodox and latin in catholic
-distribution of wine and bread
-catholics sit, stand, and kneel
-established in the 12th century in the west and 16th in the east
What are all seven sacraments?
What are the Christian holidays?
Easter
Christmas
Commemoration of Saints
Significance and ritual of Easter?
Celebration of the resurrection of Christ on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25.
Prepared by prayer and fasting. Immediately followed by holy week.
What is lent?
40 day period prior to easter that follows 2-3 days of fasting.
Significance and ritual of Christmas?
Celebration of the birth of Christ. Celebrated by most orthodox on January 6th, as they follow the Julian calendar. Prepared for by Advent (4 sundays before christmas).
What are pilgrimages grounded in?
Incarnate divinity in bodies.
What did the Santiago de Compostela house?
The Tomb of Apostle James
What is the reason for pilgrimage to Rome?
Tomb of Apostle Peter and thousands of martyrs.
What is the reason for pilgrimage to Jerusalem?
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Where might a small scale pilgrimage take place?
Around a church.
What two sacraments were retained during the protestant reformation?
1) Baptism
2) Eucharist
What did Calvin and Zwingli say about the Eucharist?
it is entirely metaphorical.
What was the spiritualist approach?
Rituals are not required.
What were two results of the protestant reformation on Christian Worship and Ritual?
1) Scripture reading and interpretation becomes key
2) elimination of latin
What was the Syllabus of Errors and what was it in response to?
Promotion of catholic autobiographies, biographies, and spiritual manuals in response to private bible study among protestants.
What was the liturgical movement?
A promotion and revival of catholicism; local language allowed following the second Vatican council
