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Freshman Theology

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1. Official's son

2. Joseph
Perfection and imperfection
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
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

3. What is a miracle?
Catholic letters
Acts of power that reveal the kingdom of heaven and who Jesus is
Good news
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin

4. Palm Sunday
Palms: to welcome great conquerors - foreshadowed by Solomon
Fishers of men
Jesus
A marriage

5. Praying in the garden
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of who he is
27
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world

6. Strong foundation
Island of patmos
Theme: kingdom of heaven - sower = Jesus; field = world; good seeds = children of god; weeds = children of Satan; harvest = end of the world - points to Jesus' second coming
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
Determined the 27 books of the New Testament

7. Symbol of John
Gods plan to save us from sin
To conceal - because of the bitterness of peoples hearts - to separate - the truth seekers from the truth deniers - to reveal
Rising Eagle
Accused of blasphemy & false prophet; Peter's denial three times

8. How did Stephen die?
Stoned to death
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
The evangelists
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation

9. Council of Trent 367 AD
Determined the 27 books of the New Testament
Jesus
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist
Power

10. Who is the author of the acts of the apostles?
13
St. Luke
God over evil
Rising Eagle

11. The lamb having 7 eyes and ears as
Winged Ox
Divine man or angel
The evangelists
All powerful/all knowing

12. Mustard seed
Mary and other women
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
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
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant

13. When Jesus appeared after his death to the apostles & what did he tell them to be?
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
Fishers of men
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
Alpha & omega

14. Return to nazareth
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
From greek to latin
The senses of heaven; liturgy

15. The Lamb
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
Jesus
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist
Power

16. black horse
Fishers of men
Famine
Acts of the Apostles
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss

17. Jesus' ressurection
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
Gods plan to save us from sin
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

18. When Jesus appeared after his death to the apostles & what did he tell them to be?
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood
Fishers of men

19. 3rd seed choked
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
Choked because of material goods and world anxiety
Power
Parables

20. eath on a cross

21. the ultimate victory of ____ over ____
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of who he is
Spread the word of god & be a witness 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
God over evil

22. Sower and the Seed

23. Acts of the apostles is about...
Winged Ox
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
The beginning history of the church
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us

24. Epiphany
John
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it

25. Greek word for revelations
Missions to spread the word of god
Jesus
Apocalypse;
Revelations

26. Strong foundation
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
Determined the 27 books of the New Testament
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
Separating the light from the dark

27. eyes
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
For a priest
Knowledge
Rising Eagle

28. Gold
12 apostles
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
The replacement of Judas
For a king

29. Messianic secret

30. Which books in the NT are the History books?
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
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
St. john the evangelist
Acts of the Apostles

31. Disciple
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
The acts of the apostles
Chose to follow Jesus
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy

32. St. Jerome's translation
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
From greek to latin
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
Gospels

33. The incarnation
27
Power
Epistles
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god

34. Jesus is the ___ and ____
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Perfection and imperfection
Alpha & omega

35. Which Gospels have the Nativity story?
God over evil
Stephen
Matthew and Luke
Apocalypse;

36. white horse
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
Power
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
All powerful/all knowing

37. How many epistles did paul write?
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
13
Power
From greek to latin

38. What does the shortest verse in the bible say?

39. Praying in the garden
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
Those who never accepted Jesus
Jesus
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John

40. Christology
Different types of seeds. seeds represent people. theme: how Jesus' message is received
Complete imperfection = Satan
Study of Jesus and who he is
All powerful/all knowing

41. 4th rich soil
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation

42. New Jerusalem
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
Apocalypse;
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
New garden of Eden

43. The Evangelists are represented by winged creatures because they are...
Jesus
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
Christology from above: history of the eternal world in human nature living with man; show DIVINITY/ son of god
Messengers of God

44. Yeast

45. Return to nazareth
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
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
Prophets made predictions about the messiah

46. themes of the miracles
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
Power
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven

47. Who is the first Christian martyr?
Stephen
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
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine

48. 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
John the Baptist; Established the sacrament of baptism; dove descended on him
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Complete imperfection = Satan

49. How many total epistles were written?
21
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven
Missions to spread the word of god

50. A New Covenant: fulfilling the OT
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
Perfection and imperfection
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper