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Freshman Theology

Subject : humanities

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The vine and branches
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
Letters written to early churches and disciples

2. white horse
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of who he is
Accused of blasphemy & false prophet; Peter's denial three times
Death
Power

3. Flee to egypt
Matthew & mark & and luke
Island of patmos
Study of Jesus and who he is
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

4. New Jerusalem
New garden of Eden
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
Letters written to early churches and disciples
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature

5. Mary's Annunciation
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
Letters written to early churches and disciples
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood

6. Where was Jesus' baptism? Why?
Apocalypse;
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Jesus

7. green horse
Death
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Alpha & omega

8. Palm Sunday
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss
Palms: to welcome great conquerors - foreshadowed by Solomon
Stephen

9. Why parables?
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Power
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven
Catholic letters

10. Lazarus

11. Return to nazareth
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
All powerful/all knowing
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

12. author of revelations
Theme: love of neighbor - during Lazarus' life He was a beggar and the rich man neglected him; after their death Lazarus was happy in heaven and the rich man was in hell & begging for Lazarus' mercy - love for the poor
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
St. john the evangelist

13. Matthias
Prophets made predictions about the messiah
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
The replacement of Judas

14. The mass in revelation
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
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world

15. Council of Trent 367 AD
Apocalypse;
Determined the 27 books of the New Testament
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Gospels

16. Revelations
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
27
Christology from above: history of the eternal world in human nature living with man; show DIVINITY/ son of god
Divine truths

17. How many total epistles were written?
The Suffering Servant
Death
21
Divine man or angel

18. How are the books in the NT organized?
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
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
St. john the evangelist
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy

19. Apostles go on...
Missions to spread the word of god
Power
New garden of Eden
The woman clothed in the sun

20. Symbol of Mark
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
The evangelists
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Winged Lion

21. Gospel of the Holy spirit
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
New garden of Eden
Determined the 27 books of the New Testament
The acts of the apostles

22. Jesus Lost in the Temple

23. Trial of Jesus

24. Hebrew word for gospels?
Fulfilled by Jesus & the new covenant
Good news
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life
27

25. Messianic secret

26. 12 tribes of Israel
Matthew and Luke
12 apostles
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning

27. Return to nazareth
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
Catholic letters
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Alpha & omega

28. Frankensense
The acts of the apostles
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
For a priest
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

29. History of the early church
All powerful/all knowing
Power
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature

30. Acts of the apostles is about...
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
All powerful/all knowing
The beginning history of the church
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins

31. Jesus is the ___ and ____
John the Baptist; Established the sacrament of baptism; dove descended on him
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper
Alpha & omega
Power

32. Epiphany
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Stephen
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity
Acts of the Apostles

33. Jesus is the ___ and ____
Divine man or angel
Alpha & omega
The beginning history of the church
Power

34. black horse
Famine
Power
Theme: physical healing - miracle: rescued the official's son from death - shows god power over death
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

35. Gold
Foreshadowing his death
Power
For a king
Catholic letters

36. Symbol of Luke
12 apostles
Catholic letters
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss
Winged Ox

37. Who is the author of revelations?
John
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
From greek to latin
Divine man or angel

38. Prodigal son

39. How are the books in the NT organized?
Perfection and imperfection
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of who he is
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us

40. How many books are in the NT?
27
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus
Palms: to welcome great conquerors - foreshadowed by Solomon
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin

41. why miracles?

42. Jesus vs Satan
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
Mary and other women
Missions to spread the word of god

43. The magnificat

44. Jesus vs Satan
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
Those who never accepted Jesus
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity
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

45. Prodigal son

46. Matthew mark luke and john are also known as
The evangelists
Fulfilled by Jesus & the new covenant
Jesus
Divine man or angel

47. The good Samaritan

48. conditions to be an apostle
The Suffering Servant
Perfection and imperfection
Revelations
Spread the word of god & be a witness of god

49. Christology
Study of Jesus and who he is
Parables
Revelations
Power

50. Why parables?
Divine truths
Palms: to welcome great conquerors - foreshadowed by Solomon
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven