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Freshman Theology

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1. The vine and branches
Power
Theme: physical healing - miracle: rescued the official's son from death - shows god power over death
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
Acts of the Apostles

2. Jesus' ressurection
Gods plan to save us from sin
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
The evangelists
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3. Miracles are shown in John's gospel as...
Messiah/Christ: anointed one and king - Lord: title of respect for someone superior - Holy one: another phrase to say god - Son of man: heavenly figure nearly alike to god - etc
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
John
Signs/works

4. Symbol of Luke
Divine truths
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
Winged Ox
Complete imperfection = Satan

5. Matthew mark luke and john are also known as
Alpha & omega
The evangelists
Perfection and imperfection
The glorious transformation of Jesus that manifested his divine identity for Peter & James & and John on a high mountain & probably Mount Tabor. The event & reported in all three Synoptic Gospels & also involved the appearance of both Moses and Elija

6. Symbol of Luke
The evangelists
Apocalypse;
With the woman at the well
Winged Ox

7. 4th rich soil
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
Divine truths
21
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of who he is

8. author of revelations
Revelations
For a priest
St. john the evangelist
Theme: foundation of god and faith - Foundation of rock: believing in god leads to eternal happiness - foundation of sand: leads to ruins - supreme witnesses to Jesus

9. Messianic secret

10. hristology: Fulfilling the OT prophecies
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus
Prophets made predictions about the messiah
Determined the 27 books of the New Testament

11. Yeast

12. Feeding of the 5000
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist
Messiah/Christ: anointed one and king - Lord: title of respect for someone superior - Holy one: another phrase to say god - Son of man: heavenly figure nearly alike to god - etc
Missions to spread the word of god

13. Temptation in the desert

14. 2nd seed grows but is scorched
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
Parables
Chose to follow Jesus
A marriage

15. Jesus the teacher
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
Winged Ox
Chose to follow Jesus
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven

16. St. Jerome's translation
Fishers of men
From greek to latin
New garden of Eden
Theme: everyone is worthy of our love - enemy of the man nurses him back to health; break through prejudices and imitate god's love even with our enemies

17. Miracles are shown in John's gospel as...
Famine
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
Signs/works
Stoned to death

18. Praying in the garden
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin
The evangelists
Agony in the garden; sweating blood

19. Public Ministry of Jesus
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
Messiah/Christ: anointed one and king - Lord: title of respect for someone superior - Holy one: another phrase to say god - Son of man: heavenly figure nearly alike to god - etc
13
Jesus taught to crowds all over israel; sermon on the mount; The three year period during which Jesus gathered a community of disciples around him and preached the word of God. began with His baptism

20. why miracles?

21. Feeding of the 5000
Study of Jesus and who he is
Power
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist
Baptism and Eucharist: pierced in the side and water and blood flowed out

22. Christology
Study of Jesus and who he is
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
The beginning history of the church
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven

23. Which books in the NT are the Law books?
For a king
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
Gospels

24. horn
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Power
The beginning history of the church

25. Apostle
John
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Power

26. Mustard seed
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Stephen
Letters written to early churches and disciples
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant

27. Mary's Annunciation
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
Choked because of material goods and world anxiety
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper
Palms: to welcome great conquerors - foreshadowed by Solomon

28. What is a miracle?
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
Acts of power that reveal the kingdom of heaven and who Jesus is
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus
Foreshadowing his death

29. to believe in miracles is to have
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven
Separating the light from the dark

30. Symbol of John
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Jesus taught to crowds all over israel; sermon on the mount; The three year period during which Jesus gathered a community of disciples around him and preached the word of God. began with His baptism
Rising Eagle
Good news

31. 12 tribes of Israel
Matthew & mark & and luke
Winged Lion
Mary and other women
12 apostles

32. Presentation at the temple
The presentation of Jesus by Mary and Joseph in the Temple which took 40 days after his birth in which He was recognized as the long awaited Messiah by Simeon and Anna
Choked because of material goods and world anxiety
Complete imperfection = Satan
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic

33. Who is the author of the acts of the apostles?
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin
Fishers of men
St. Luke
The evangelists

34. Jesus Lost in the Temple

35. The gospels as the 'New Law'
Foundation of the church
Theme: everyone is worthy of our love - enemy of the man nurses him back to health; break through prejudices and imitate god's love even with our enemies
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper
David is to the Ark of the Covenant as Mary is to Jesus; 'David was leaping and dancing before the lord' -> 'The babe in my womb leaped for joy'

36. Roles of the apostles
Different types of seeds. seeds represent people. theme: how Jesus' message is received
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
Theme: physical healing - miracle: rescued the official's son from death - shows god power over death
The evangelists

37. Walking on water
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
Power
Complete imperfection = Satan
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...

38. meaning of Christology in synoptic gospels
Acts of the Apostles
Revelations
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Jesus when into the desert with no water or food for 30 days When Jesus was temped by Satan to (1) Use his powers for himself when tempted to turn stone into bread & (2) Challenged by Satan to jump off the temple to test God's power & and (3) Offe

39. The Last supper
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Spread the word of god & be a witness of god
Christology from above: history of the eternal world in human nature living with man; show DIVINITY/ son of god
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood

40. How many Epistles?
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
21
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine

41. Where was Jesus' baptism? Why?
The replacement of Judas
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Baptism and Eucharist: pierced in the side and water and blood flowed out
Gods plan to save us from sin

42. Workers in the Vineyard
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
Divine truths
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven

43. green horse
Power
Christology from above: history of the eternal world in human nature living with man; show DIVINITY/ son of god
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood
Death

44. 666
Parables
Fulfilled by Jesus & the new covenant
Complete imperfection = Satan
Agony in the garden; sweating blood

45. eyes
St. Luke
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
Knowledge

46. How did Stephen die?
Missions to spread the word of god
Foundation of the church
Stoned to death
Accused of blasphemy & false prophet; Peter's denial three times

47. How are the books in the NT organized?
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
Power
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss

48. The incarnation
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
After Jesus' crucifixion He was in the grave for 3 days and then he resurrected and then He was on earth for 40 days and He was appearing to his disciples then after the 40 days he went up to heaven and his disciples saw him.
St. john the evangelist

49. Who is the first Christian martyr?
Stephen
For a priest
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
Matthew & mark & and luke

50. Sacraments of the cross
Power
Power
Baptism and Eucharist: pierced in the side and water and blood flowed out
Gods plan to save us from sin