advent xmas theology
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twixchik21 on December 3, 2011
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theology advent/christmas test 12/6/11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 St. Nicholas | patron of kids |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe | big Hispanic holiday |
| Peter, James, and John | people Jesus always takes with Him |
| John | beloved apostle at the foot of the cross |
| Holy Innocents | Herod kills baby boys of Bethlahem pray for an end to abortion and child abuse |
| World Peace | pray for world peace through the intersessions of Mary |
| Elizabeth of Ann Seton | patron of Catholic Schools date of baptism of Jesus |
| new age | What does the Jordan River that Jesus was baptized in symbolize? |
| Jerusalem | Where was the Jewish temple located? |
| Solomon | Who built the Jewish temple? |
| synagogue | What is the main place of Jewish worship? |
| Anna and Simeon | Who do the Holy Family meet on the Presentation in the Temple? |
| baptism | What is the Catholic equivalent to the Presentation in the Temple? |
| "Your heart will be pierced with a sword" | What does Anna tell Mary in the temple about baby Jesus? |
| "He will be like and hated by many people" | What did Simeon tell Joseph in the temple about baby Jesus |
| John of the Cross | The Dark Night of the Soul |
| John of the Cross' friend | Therese of Avila's friend |
| Epiphany a.k.a. | Little Christmas a.k.a. |
| outsiders that are different and us | What do the Three Wise Men represent? |
| names for the Three Wise Men | 3 Kings, astrologists, magi, foreigners from Asia, Gentile |
| Epiphany | when the Three Wise Men came to see Jesus |
| wreathe | circle of life we come from God, and we return to God |
| candles | 4 weeks of holy Advent season |
| evergreens | God's everlasting love |
| candy canes | shepherds cane first to be told about Jesus Jesus= Good Shepherd |
| star | guided Wise Men life is a journey and we grow in wisdom |
| Christmas Lights | Jesus= Light of the World |
| Christmas tree | evergreen symbol of everlasting life |
| Christmas carols | song of the angels |
| holly and berries | crown of Jesus Jesus' suffering and death (Paschal Mystery) |
| animals | restores right relationships with creation (Genesis) |
| giving gifts | Jesus is God's gift to humanity Jesus restores right relationships Incarnation St. Nick |
| Bethlehem | Where was Jesus born? |
| Nazareth | where Jesus grows up |
| Jerusalem | Jesus dies just outside this city |
| Mary | mothers, wonderful woman of faith, role model of faith, willing to live with mystery |
| Joseph | Jesus' "step-father", carpenter, God speaks to him in his dreams, from the House of David |
| Gabriel | angel, appears to Mary and Zachariah in the temple |
| Elizabeth | cousin of Mary, mother of John the Baptist, wise older woman that Mary turns to for guidance |
| Zachariah | married to Elizabeth, father of John the Baptist, temple priest with no faith, can't talk for nine months |
| John the Baptist | son of Elizabeth and Zachariah, "cousin" of Jesus, occupation is baptizer in the Jordan River, prophet the bridges the Old and New Testaments, prepares the way for Jesus, calls Jesus Lamb of God, very weird |
| Herod | Roman official, kills the boys of Bethlehem |
| Pontius Pilate | Roman, condemned Jesus to death |
| Caesar Augustus | Roman emperor who called for a census (for taxes) (bad for Mary and Joseph because they had to go to their original tribe in Bethlehem (like going back to Italy) |
| David | second king, military king of Israel, wrote psalms, one who unites the 12 tribes into the nation of Israel (capital is in Jerusalem) |
| Isaiah | prophet, God will send a savior born in Bethlehem related to David and wrapped in swaddling clothes |
| Shepherds | only found in Luke's gospel, represent the poor and homeless who hear the good news first that God loves them |
| angels | messengers of God, sing to tell everyone that Jesus was born evangelist- gospel writer |
| prophet | spokesperson Solomon built temple in Jerusalem |
| kings | all rich 3 gifts- royalty gold- represented royalty frankincense- smoke rising=prayers rising myrrh- oil used to anoint in preparation for burial; death kings only in Matthew's gospel |
| Stable | manger-barn b/c no hospitality or "room" barn =lack of hospitality or welcome was their own family shutting them out |
| Holy Family | Jesus, Mary and Joseph |
| Stephen | patron of deacons first martyr |
| Swaddling clothes | handy-me-downs or rags |
| Matthew (MT) and Luke (LK) | only gospels with infancy stories |
| John | only say Jesus is divine, word that became human about birth |
| Mark | who says nothing about the infancy narrative in his gospel? |
| Christos | savior |
| Emmanuel | God is with us |
| 3 gifts | royalty |
| gold | represented royalty |
| frankincense | smoke rising=prayers rising |
| myrrh | oil used to anoint in preparation for burial; death |
| only in Matthew's gospel | What is the only gospel the 3 wise men are mentioned in? |
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