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Freshman Theology

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1. Who were the first witnesses of the resurrected christ?
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
The acts of the apostles
Mary and other women

2. 12 tribes of Israel
Letters written to early churches and disciples
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Good news
12 apostles

3. The good Samaritan

4. Symbol of Matthew
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
Stoned to death
Rising Eagle
Divine man or angel

5. History of the early church
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
Accused of blasphemy & false prophet; Peter's denial three times

6. Isaiah 53
For a priest
The Suffering Servant
Fishers of men
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it

7. Sacraments of the cross
All powerful/all knowing
Baptism and Eucharist: pierced in the side and water and blood flowed out
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...

8. Sacraments of the cross
Death
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Baptism and Eucharist: pierced in the side and water and blood flowed out
Matthew and Luke

9. Transfiguration
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
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
Death

10. Themes of Jesus' teachings
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
For a priest
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Herod ordered that all male children of the age of 2 or younger must be killed because He was afraid that one of them was going to take his spot as king; massacre of the holy innocents; joseph was told to flee in a dream

11. The good Samaritan

12. The vine and branches
John
Famine
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
St. Luke

13. Christ and the church
12 apostles
A marriage
Acts of power that reveal the kingdom of heaven and who Jesus is
Acts of the Apostles

14. Disciple
Chose to follow Jesus
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Matthew & mark & and luke
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood

15. How many Epistles?
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
21
Good news

16. The incarnation
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
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
With the woman at the well
Island of patmos

17. What are the letters NOT written by paul called?
Messengers of God
Catholic letters
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
God over evil

18. Purposes of Parables
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus
To conceal - because of the bitterness of peoples hearts - to separate - the truth seekers from the truth deniers - to reveal
Alpha & omega
'Jesus wept'

19. Jesus' ressurection
The replacement of Judas
Good news
Gods plan to save us from sin
The woman clothed in the sun

20. Jesus vs Satan
St. john the evangelist
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
Power
Herod ordered that all male children of the age of 2 or younger must be killed because He was afraid that one of them was going to take his spot as king; massacre of the holy innocents; joseph was told to flee in a dream

21. Frankensense
For a priest
Foundation of the church
The woman clothed in the sun
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it

22. A New Covenant: fulfilling the OT
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
Jesus
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

23. green horse
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
Accused of blasphemy & false prophet; Peter's denial three times
Death
New garden of Eden

24. Symbol of Mark
Winged Lion
For a priest
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
The replacement of Judas

25. Gold
For a priest
For a king
Stephen
Alpha & omega

26. 7 and 6
Perfection and imperfection
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life

27. Apostles go on...
Theme: physical healing - miracle: rescued the official's son from death - shows god power over death
Rising Eagle
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
Missions to spread the word of god

28. Fulfilling prophecy
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'
Alpha & omega
Rising Eagle
Separating the light from the dark

29. The incarnation
A marriage
Acts of power that reveal the kingdom of heaven and who Jesus is
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
Winged Lion

30. Gospel of the Holy spirit
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
The acts of the apostles
John
Study of Jesus and who he is

31. why miracles?

32. Flee to egypt
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
Herod ordered that all male children of the age of 2 or younger must be killed because He was afraid that one of them was going to take his spot as king; massacre of the holy innocents; joseph was told to flee in a dream
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
John

33. How did Stephen die?
'Jesus wept'
1. Kingdom of heaven: main point of Jesus' ministry 2. Character of the kingdom/heaven - ex. mustard seed 3. king/father in heaven: ex. prodigal son 4. people: ex. good Samaritan
Stoned to death
1. Kingdom of heaven: main point of Jesus' ministry 2. Character of the kingdom/heaven - ex. mustard seed 3. king/father in heaven: ex. prodigal son 4. people: ex. good Samaritan

34. Acts of the apostles is about...
Acts of power that reveal the kingdom of heaven and who Jesus is
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin
The beginning history of the church
Missions to spread the word of god

35. Significance of Mary in Revelations
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood
Matthew & mark & and luke
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
The woman clothed in the sun

36. Temptation in the desert

37. Who is the first Christian martyr?
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Stephen
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
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning

38. Jesus vs Satan
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
Accused of blasphemy & false prophet; Peter's denial three times
To conceal - because of the bitterness of peoples hearts - to separate - the truth seekers from the truth deniers - to reveal

39. 7 and 6
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.
Theme: raising from the dead - god's power over death - Jesus weeped
Perfection and imperfection
Power

40. Weeds among the wheat

41. Parable
Power
Good news
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'
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning

42. themes of the miracles
Herod ordered that all male children of the age of 2 or younger must be killed because He was afraid that one of them was going to take his spot as king; massacre of the holy innocents; joseph was told to flee in a dream
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us
Power
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead

43. Fulfilling prophecy
Separating the light from the dark
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
Spread the word of god & be a witness of god
Missions to spread the word of god

44. eyes
Knowledge
Prophets made predictions about the messiah
Rising Eagle
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine

45. Jesus Lost in the Temple

46. Praying in the garden
Death
Perfection and imperfection
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
Gospels

47. synoptic gospels
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Letters written to early churches and disciples
Matthew & mark & and luke
John the Baptist; Established the sacrament of baptism; dove descended on him

48. Joseph
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
Perfection and imperfection
Death
Matthew and Luke

49. The lamb having 7 eyes and ears as
All powerful/all knowing
Paul and other apostles
Good news
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven

50. Jesus the teacher
1. Kingdom of heaven: main point of Jesus' ministry 2. Character of the kingdom/heaven - ex. mustard seed 3. king/father in heaven: ex. prodigal son 4. people: ex. good Samaritan
The replacement of Judas
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
For a king