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Freshman Theology

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Official's son

2. Apostle
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
Famine

3. New Jerusalem
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
Fishers of men
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
New garden of Eden

4. red horse
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
For a king
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper
Power

5. Public Ministry of Jesus
Perfection and imperfection
The beginning history of the church
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
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6. The New Ark of the Covenant

7. Gospel of the Holy spirit
Epistles
Fulfilled by Jesus & the new covenant
Gods plan to save us from sin
The acts of the apostles

8. Isaiah 53
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
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'
Stephen
The Suffering Servant

9. Symbol of Luke
Winged Ox
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Winged Lion
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life

10. Themes of the parables

11. Messianic secret

12. Frankensense
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
For a priest
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
Fishers of men

13. How many Epistles?
John the Baptist; Established the sacrament of baptism; dove descended on him
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Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss
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

14. Revelations
Divine truths
St. john the evangelist
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
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature

15. 666
Stoned to death
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
Missions to spread the word of god
Complete imperfection = Satan

16. Hebrew word for gospels?
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
Island of patmos
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Good news

17. The incarnation
Island of patmos
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
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god

18. The Paschal Lamb
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Fishers of men
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.
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus

19. Greek word for revelations
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
To conceal - because of the bitterness of peoples hearts - to separate - the truth seekers from the truth deniers - to reveal
Study of Jesus and who he is
Apocalypse;

20. Who is the first Christian martyr?
Stephen
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
'Jesus wept'
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine

21. Jesus' ascension

22. Jesus the teacher
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
For a priest
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
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

23. Symbol of Matthew
Divine man or angel
St. Luke
Power
The senses of heaven; liturgy

24. How did Stephen die?
Signs/works
Foundation of the church
Stoned to death
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world

25. Which Gospels have the Nativity story?
Matthew and Luke
Theme: physical healing - miracle: rescued the official's son from death - shows god power over death
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
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

26. Disciple
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
Chose to follow Jesus
Theme: physical healing - miracle: rescued the official's son from death - shows god power over death
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family

27. Which books in the NT are the Wisdom books?
Epistles
Power
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 - sower = Jesus; field = world; good seeds = children of god; weeds = children of Satan; harvest = end of the world - points to Jesus' second coming

28. author of revelations
Chose to follow Jesus
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
Power
St. john the evangelist

29. Mustard seed
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
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
Chose to follow Jesus

30. Epiphany
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity
The evangelists
Paul and other apostles
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31. Which books of the NT are the Prophecy books?
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
To conceal - because of the bitterness of peoples hearts - to separate - the truth seekers from the truth deniers - to reveal
Revelations
New garden of Eden

32. Council of Trent 367 AD
Determined the 27 books of the New Testament
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin
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Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically

33. Parable
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Perfection and imperfection
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
John the Baptist; Established the sacrament of baptism; dove descended on him

34. Fulfilling prophecy
Famine
Gods plan to save us from sin
Knowledge
Separating the light from the dark

35. The good Samaritan

36. Who were the first witnesses of the resurrected christ?
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
A marriage
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
Mary and other women

37. white horse
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Power
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

38. Feeding of the 5000
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: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist
Study of Jesus and who he is

39. green horse
Death
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
All powerful/all knowing
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins

40. The good Samaritan

41. Symbol of Matthew
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
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Divine man or angel

42. Jesus' ressurection
Gods plan to save us from sin
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
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
A marriage

43. author of revelations
St. john the evangelist
Gods plan to save us from sin
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

44. 666
Complete imperfection = Satan
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
Good news
God over evil

45. Myrrh
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Foreshadowing his death
Alpha & omega
Power

46. 7 and 6
Study of Jesus and who he is
Winged Ox
Acts of power that reveal the kingdom of heaven and who Jesus is
Perfection and imperfection

47. eath on a cross

48. Roles of the apostles
From greek to latin
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
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

49. The mass in revelation
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Matthew & mark & and luke
Perfection and imperfection

50. black horse
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
Missions to spread the word of god
Famine
John