| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What message did St. Angela recieve that prompted her to found an order of religious women? | a message from her sister, Giana Maria, saying that she was in heaven and that Angela was going to start a company of women |
| How were Ursulines different from other religious orders of the time? | they had outside jobs, could live at home, and focused on educating young women |
| How is St. Angela a role model for young women today? | strong and courageous and did what she thought was right |
| monotheistic | belief in one god |
| polytheistic | Belief in many gods |
| deism | God built the universe and let it run. Clockmaker theory. |
| agnostic | one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven |
| atheist | someone who does not believe in God |
| transcendent | going beyond the limits of ordinary |
| immanent | God's trait of being present in his creation |
| What are the five intellectual proofs for God's existence | the unmoved mover, first cause, everything comes from something, supreme model, and grand designer |
| What are 2 or 3 heartfelt proofs for God's existence | love and experience of beauty and truth |
| What are some names of God found through Scripture? | Creator, Yahweh, Abba |
| incarnation | Jesus assumed a human nature and became man |
| gospels | four books in the New Testament that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings |
| enagelists | gospel writers |
| parables | simple stories that contain the message or truth |
| parousia | The second coming of Christ when the Lord will judge the living and the dead |
| paschal mystery | Christ's work of redemption through His Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension |
| What is the incarnation? What are four reasons it occured? | Jesus becoming man. to save us from sin, so we may know God's love, to be our model of holiness, and to make us sharers in his divine nature |
| What do we learn from different names of Jesus? | Christ=anointed one. Son of God=Jesus is the natural Son of God. Lord=proclaims his divinity |
| What are some major events of Jesus' early life and public life? | baptism-birth-epiphany-transfiguration-temptation in the desert |
| Three stages of the formation of the New Testament. | Historical jews. oral tradition. New Testament writings. |
| What are four types of miracles Jesus performed, and why? | healing, raising from the dead, nature, and exorcisms. to show he was truly God. |
| What were Jesus' main messages about the kingdom of God? | God is loving, God is merciful, God's kingdom is here, Jesus is present in the church, and to accept Jesus is to accept the cross |
| Why was Jesus put to death? | to redeem our souls (redemption) |
| What impact does his ressurection have on us and our faith? | salvation for mankind; no longer fear death |
| What are Jesus' two natures? Can they ever be seperated? | human and divine. no. |
| Who is the Holy Spirit? | third member of the trinity |
| ruah | Hebrew word which means "breath, life, wind, air" |
| What are the seven gifts of the holy spirit? | wisdom, understanding, knowledge, right judgement, courage, reverance, and wonder and awe |
| What effect did the Holy Spirit have on the apostles at Pentecost? | went out and preached the word of God |
| What is the central mystery of our faith? | trinity |
| Analogies of the Trinity. | clover. sun. |
| What are the roles of the three persons of the Trinity? | Father=creator; Son=savior; Holy Spirit=sanctifier |
| the roots of the mass are in what Jewish feast? | ? |
| How does today's mass look similar to the early Christian gatherings of liturgy? | ? |
| How are people called to participate in Mass? | sing and pray |
| What do different postures mean? | standing=respect; kneeling=penance; sitting=meditation |
| How is mass universal? | same scripture is read on each day |
| What is the order of the major parts of the mass? | Introductory rites, liturgy of the word, liturgy of the eucharist, concluding rite |
| what are the different liturgical seasons and what are their colors? | advent=purple; christmas=white; ordinary time=green; lent=purple; triduum=red; easter=gold/white |
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