Religion Chapter 6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 genealogy | a record or history of the ancestors or descendants of a person, a people, or a nation |
| Torah | the entire body of Jewish literature, teaching, and law |
| Aramaic | a western Semitic language commonly spoken in Palestine, Syria, an Mesopotamia from the third century before Christ until AD 650. It was later replaced by Arabic |
| Miracle | a deed or an event that cannot be explained by ordinary human intervention of known natural forces |
| Son of Man | a title Jesus used to refer to himself. It emphasizes both Jesus's humanity and divinity. Its origins are in Daniel 7:13:"I saw...one like a son of man coming on the clouds of heaven." |
| Who did Matthew write for? | Jewish- Christian audience |
| What did Matthew show that Jesus was a part of? | the Chosen people |
| Who did Matthew trace the lineage back to? | Abraham |
| What did Matthew call Jesus Christ? | the son of David and the son of Abraham |
| What does the word son mean? | descendant |
| What did Matthew make clear about Jesus? | he was a legal heir to the throne of King David |
| What was God supposed to fulfill through Jesus? | the promises he made to the Chosen People |
| T/F Matthew's genealogy is particularly interesting because it includes five women - an inclusion that violated the usual pattern of Jewish genealogies. | True |
| Why did Matthew include these women in his genealogy? | Perhaps he did so to show that God is a God of surprises. God's action in Salvation History does not always coincide with preconceptions people have about how we should act. |
| Who did Luke write for? | Gentile- Christians |
| Who did Luke begin his genealogy with and where did he go from that? | Jesus and moved backwards |
| Who did Luke trace his lineage back to? | Adam |
| What does Luke call Jesus? | the son of Adam and the Son of God |
| What were the 2 theological points that Luke made? | 1- stressed that Jesus is indeed human, a descendant of the first humans 2- Jesus was in fact the Son of God |
| What is Jesus to every human being? | brother |
| Who did Jesus come to redeem? | all people |
| What fact does Luke's Gospel make clear about Jesus? | he is the Universal Savior |
| Where did Luke insert the genealogical background of Jesus? | right after his baptism |
| T/F Luke was making it clear that Jesus is the Son of God and a human being with a family tree. | True |
| T/F genealogies are meant to be comprehensive, tracing every ancestors of Jesus all the way back to the first human being, rather they are condensed short summaries | F - they are not meant to be comprehensive but they are condensed short summaries |
| What would the shortening of the genealogies aid? | memorization |
| How was the Good News passed on after the Death and Resurrection of Jesus? | from believer to believer only through oral recitation |
| T/F Joseph was the foster father of Jesus but not the biological father of Jesus. | True |
| Why was Jesus a legal heir? | because he was born into Joseph's family |
| What was Jesus known as before Joseph died? | carpenter's son and son of Joseph, from Nazareth |
| T/F It is likely that Joseph died before Jesus began his public ministry. | True |
| After Joseph died, what was Jesus known as? | the carpenter and son of Mary |
| How did Jesus earn a living and who taught him? | carpentry and Joseph |
| How did Jesus possibly meet his disciples? | building boats because 7 of them were fishermen |
| T/F One of the most warm invitations that Jesus extended to his followers involved a yoke. | true |
| Who was born into a pagan household in Poitiers, France in 315 AD? | St. Hilary |
| Where did St. Hilary's search lead him? | the Christian Bible and the verse Exodus 3:14 "I am who am" |
| What did Hilary later discover about the Gospel of John? | another clear insight upon reading the words in the prologue: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." |
| T/F Hilary was married and had a daughter. | True |
| What was most of Hilary's life devoted to along with St. Athanasius? | dispelling the heretical belief of Arianism |
| What did Arius accept? | Jesus was the Son of God, but he claimed that he Son was created by God and thus was not equal to God; he denied the divinity of Jesus |
| When was Hilary proclaimed a Doctor of the Church and what is he known as? | 1851; Doctor of Christ's divinity |
| T/F Luke's Gospel also make it clear that Mary and Joseph raised Jesus in the Jewish faith and tradition. | True |
| What is Jesus' name also mean? | Yeshua |
| T/F Because they offered doves rather than a yearling lamb, its clear that Mary and Joseph were not wealthy. | True |
| When Philip declared that Jesus of Nazareth was the Promised One, what did Nathaniel question? | "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" |
| T/F Around the age of 5 or 6 Jesus would have begun to learn the written Torah and to read and write in general. | true |
| What is Jesus' primary language? | Aramaic |
| There were a number of Greek-speaking Gentiles who lived where? | Galilee; Sepphoris |
| What did the schooling that Jesus received have tremendous emphasis on? | memorization |
| T/F This helps to explain why the disciples of Jesus were able to repeat his teachings accurately for several decades before the Gospels were written. | True |
| What did Jesus challenge Satan with in the desert? | passages from the Old Testament |
| T/F All human beings have a human nature. | True |
| What are the 2 qualities that we posses being human? | a human body and an immortal soul |
| T/F to be human means having human body and an immortal soul. | True |
| T/F Jesus had both a human body and a glorified body. | True |
| When did Jesus have a glorified body? | after his Resurrection |
| What are the two powers the human soul has? | intellect and free will |
| What do our intellects enables us to do? | reason, learn, and grow in knowledge and to process and reflect upon our emotions |
| What do our free wills enable us to do? | to choose between good and evil; to choose the good of others; to act out of love |
| Temptation | the inducement to sin that comes through some sort of persuasion or the promise of a good pleasure; not a sin itself |
| What does Jesus' experience of temptation make him? | an understanding Savior |
| Who was Jesus tempted by? | Satan and Peter |
| T/F - Jesus' human soul was endowed with true human knowledge that as such could not in itself be unlimited. | True |
| In Jesus' human knowledge who did he have immediate knowledge of? | the Father and the secret thoughts of people |
| T/F - He had a fullness of understanding of the eternal plan of Salvation that he came to reveal. | true |
| What is an example of Jesus weeping? | He cried at the death of Lazarus |
| What is an example of Jesus being joyful? | He was happy at dinner feasts, especially the Wedding at Cana |
| What is an example of Jesus being angry? | he never harmed anyone; he reprimanded Peter for suggesting he should not go the way of the cross |
| Anger | an emotion or passion |
| What is an example of Jesus needing time alone but also enjoyed human companionship? | He invited 3 of the Apostles to witness him raising a girl from the dead, his Transfiguration, and to pray with him |
| What is an example of Jesus being troubled, distressed, and sorrowful? | the Last Supper |
| What is an example of Jesus showing compassion? | He took pity on many people, as evidenced by the many cures he performed |
| What do many stories that Jesus told reveal? | a person that loved nature and was close to it |
| What did some religious authorities see Jesus as? Why/ What did they do? | a threat; taught under his own authority; criticized him openly |
| What do the Gospels and other books of the Old Testament clearly teach? | the divinity of Christ |
| T/F Jesus fulfilled all the Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah. | true |
| What does the fulfillment of the prophecies about Jesus strongly support? | his divine credentials |
| What does Jesus emphasize when he calls himself the Son of Man? | he is human like us but also divine and sent by God |
| What does the title "Son of Man" reveal about Jesus? | His humanity and the divinity |
| What was Isaiah's message when he wrote the Forth Suffering Servant Song? | Redemption comes through suffering |
| T/F Jesus suggested that God's people would reject the Messiah and that God would take his message to the Gentiles. | True |
| What did people think the Messiah would look like? | a flashy, forceful military leader |
| Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of God is?" what did they respond? | John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah or other prophets |
| What did the answers that the diciples gave to Jesus about the Son of Man reveal? | the tremendous impact Jesus was making |
| Who did Jesus give a new name? What did it mean? | Simon to Peter; rock |
| How did Jesus show his divinity? | through what he did |
| What is the greatest miracle? | Resurrection |
| Why do some people not believe in miracles? | they deny that God can intervene in the natural world |
| What did some people say they power in Jesus' miracles was coming from? | Satan |
| What was the reason for the miracles? | to help us conclude that Jesus is the Son of God |
| T/F Jesus demonstrated his divine nature by forgiving sins. | true |
| T/F the healing of the paralytic and forgiving his sins at the same time was a dramatic example of Christ's power to heal a person, body and soul | true |
| Why did Jewish authorities sentence Jesus? What was Jesus guilty of committing? | he was claiming what no ordinary man could claim to be; blasphemy |
| Jesus never said the Jewish authorities were wrong to charge him with blasphemy, Why? | Jesus himself said that he was the Son of god |
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