Freshman Theology

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1. Who are the authors of the gospels?
Epistles
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
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.
Missions to spread the word of god


2. Acts of the apostles is about...
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
The beginning history of the church
Complete imperfection = Satan
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist


3. Where was Jesus' baptism? Why?
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
Separating the light from the dark
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness


4. The Evangelists are represented by winged creatures because they are...
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss
Messengers of God
Separating the light from the dark
The senses of heaven; liturgy


5. 4th rich soil
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
Theme: raising from the dead - god's power over death - Jesus weeped
Famine
The Suffering Servant


6. A New Covenant: fulfilling the OT
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper
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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


7. Which books in the NT are the Wisdom books?
Signs/works
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Apocalypse;
Epistles


8. New Jerusalem
New garden of Eden
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Island of patmos
The evangelists


9. to believe in miracles is to have
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
Complete imperfection = Satan
Divine man or angel
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life


10. Messianic secret

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11. 1st seed eaten by birds
Those who never accepted Jesus
Separating the light from the dark
Epistles
The Suffering Servant


12. white horse
Power
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
With the woman at the well
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life


13. New Jerusalem
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
12 apostles
New garden of Eden


14. Joseph
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
John
Signs/works
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven


15. hristology: Fulfilling the OT prophecies
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
Prophets made predictions about the messiah
Matthew & mark & and luke
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god


16. Themes of Jesus' teachings
Revelations
Alpha & omega
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
Righteous & obedient & faithful man


17. Workers in the Vineyard
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
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Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God


18. Sower and the Seed

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19. Fulfilling prophecy
From greek to latin
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper
Separating the light from the dark
To conceal - because of the bitterness of peoples hearts - to separate - the truth seekers from the truth deniers - to reveal


20. Symbol of Luke
A marriage
Winged Ox
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
Choked because of material goods and world anxiety


21. meaning of Christology in john's gospel
Theme: raising from the dead - god's power over death - Jesus weeped
Christology from above: history of the eternal world in human nature living with man; show DIVINITY/ son of god
New garden of Eden
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist


22. Mustard seed
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Power
Choked because of material goods and world anxiety
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic


23. Disciple
Epistles
Chose to follow Jesus
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
Gods plan to save us from sin


24. Roles of the apostles
Catholic letters
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
God over evil
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic


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

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26. 2nd seed grows but is scorched
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
For a king
Good news
Matthew & mark & and luke


27. How many books are in the NT?
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Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
With the woman at the well
Mary and other women


28. Prodigal son

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29. A New Covenant: fulfilling the OT
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
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


30. Parable
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
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'
Complete imperfection = Satan


31. Apostle
With the woman at the well
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin
Theme: raising from the dead - god's power over death - Jesus weeped


32. Gold
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
For a king
God over evil
Signs/works


33. to believe in miracles is to have
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
For a king
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life


34. The good Samaritan

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35. Matthias
The replacement of Judas
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
Signs/works
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


36. Authors of the epistles
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
Gods plan to save us from sin
Paul and other apostles
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37. The incarnation
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
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
Fishers of men


38. St. Jerome's translation
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Baptism and Eucharist: pierced in the side and water and blood flowed out
From greek to latin
John


39. Revelations
Divine truths
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness


40. The lamb having 7 eyes and ears as
All powerful/all knowing
Signs/works
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
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning


41. Covenants of Noah Abraham Moses and David
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
St. john the evangelist
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
Fulfilled by Jesus & the new covenant


42. Miracles are shown in John's gospel as...
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
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
Signs/works
Power


43. Feeding of the 5000
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist
Mary and other women
New garden of Eden


44. Miracles are shown in the synoptic gospels as...
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Power
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins


45. eyes
St. Luke
Knowledge
Separating the light from the dark
Agony in the garden; sweating blood


46. Apostles go on...
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
Missions to spread the word of god
Signs/works
With the woman at the well


47. Yeast

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48. hristology: Fulfilling the OT prophecies
Good news
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss
Messengers of God
Prophets made predictions about the messiah


49. Wedding at cana
The evangelists
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
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
From greek to latin


50. How many books are in the NT?
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
21
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Letters written to early churches and disciples