SJJ - Sophomore Theology 2.3
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TheologyTitan on March 1, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Scourging at the Pillar | Jesus was whipped before being crucified. |
| Agony in the Garden | The mental, moral, and physical agony suffered by Christ where He prayed that the Father's will be done. |
| Descent of the Holy Spirit | Fifty days after Passover, gathered in the Upper Room for Pentecost and received the Advocate whom Jesus had promised. |
| Gethsemane | The garden on the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed and was arrested. |
| Institution of the Eucharist | Jesus gave Himself to us in an everlasting sign of His covenant, transforming Himself into the Bread of Life. |
| Carrying of the Cross | Jesus was forced to bear the instrument of His own torture toward Calvary. |
| Sermon on the Mount | Jesus explained in detail how His followers should live the Christian life. |
| Temptations in the Desert | Christ fasted and prayed in the wilderness after being baptized during which time Satan challenged His commitment to God's plan. |
| Baptism in the Jordan | John the Baptist ceremonially washed Jesus. It was a demonstration of His acceptance of His mission. |
| Stations of the Cross | The pious practice of meditation upon Christ's Passion, Death, and Resurrection. |
| Mt. Tabor | The location of the Transfiguration. |
| Suffering Servant | A prophetic title for Christ from Isaiah 53. |
| Transfiguration | The divine glory of Christ was manifested to the closest apostles. |
| Calvary | Latin for "Place of the Skull"; the hill where Jesus was crucified. |
| Resurrection | The bodily rising of Christ from the dead. |
| Galilee | The region over which King Herod was Roman tetrarch. |
| Kenosis | Greek for "emptying"; Christ emptied Himself first of His divinity (through the Incarnation) and then of His entire life (on the Cross). |
| in persona Christi | A Latin phrase which denotes the reality that members of the ordained priesthood act in Christ's stead when ministering the Sacraments. |
| Golgatha | Hebrew for "Place of the Skull"; the hill where Jesus was crucified. |
| Last Supper | The Passover meal celebrated the night before Jesus' arrest. |
| Wedding Feast at Cana | Event during which Jesus did His first public miracle, thus beginning His public ministry. |
| Ascension | Forty days after His Resurrection, the entry of Christ's human form into divine glory. |
| Crowning With Thorns | The soldiers mocked Jesus for saying that He was a king. |
| Crucifixion | A form of execution in which the prisoner is nailed or otherwise affixed to a cross and left to die of asphyxiation. |
| Passion | The suffering of Christ leading up to His death. |
| New Adam | A title for Christ signifying that He had been obedient and trusting of God's will where the original Adam had not. |
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