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Freshman Theology

Subject : humanities

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1. 666
Complete imperfection = Satan
Separating the light from the dark
Stoned to death
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

2. synoptic gospels
Chose to follow Jesus
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us
Matthew & mark & and luke

3. Hebrew word for gospels?
Theme: raising from the dead - god's power over death - Jesus weeped
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
Good news
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god

4. Where was Jesus' baptism? Why?
Palms: to welcome great conquerors - foreshadowed by Solomon
The beginning history of the church
Stoned to death
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness

5. to believe in miracles is to have
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
Island of patmos
Power
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life

6. Who is the author of the acts of the apostles?
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
Apocalypse;
St. Luke
Foreshadowing his death

7. white horse
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
Power
Apocalypse;
Prophets made predictions about the messiah

8. Jesus the teacher
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
St. john the evangelist
God over evil

9. Matthew mark luke and john are also known as
The woman clothed in the sun
The evangelists
Apocalypse;
All powerful/all knowing

10. Apostles go on...
Missions to spread the word of god
The Suffering Servant
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
Gospels

11. Apostle
Matthew and Luke
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
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic

12. Greek word for revelations
Famine
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
Apocalypse;
Gospels

13. Which books in the NT are the Law books?
12 apostles
Gospels
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'
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant

14. Jesus Lost in the Temple

15. Who is the first Christian martyr?
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
The woman clothed in the sun
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

16. Yeast

17. Who are the authors of the gospels?
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of 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
From greek to latin

18. eyes
The woman clothed in the sun
Knowledge
A marriage
Chose to follow Jesus

19. Walking on water
Island of patmos
Jesus
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...

20. why miracles?

21. The gospels as the 'New Law'
Letters written to early churches and disciples
Theme: physical healing - miracle: rescued the official's son from death - shows god power over death
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
Foundation of the church

22. The magnificat

23. Presentation at the temple
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
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
Catholic letters
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood

24. Return to nazareth
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
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: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret

25. Why parables?
The beginning history of the church
Matthew & mark & and luke
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven
Righteous & obedient & faithful man

26. to believe in miracles is to have
Winged Lion
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us
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
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life

27. How many total epistles were written?
Missions to spread the word of god
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
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity
21

28. How many Epistles?
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood
Knowledge
21
27

29. The New Ark of the Covenant

30. red horse
21
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
Power

31. The mass in revelation
Stoned to death
Fishers of men
The senses of heaven; liturgy
'Jesus wept'

32. Isaiah 53
The Suffering Servant
Matthew and Luke
Fishers of men
Accepted but fell away because of persecution

33. 4th rich soil
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
The replacement of Judas
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine

34. Feeding of the 5000
Matthew & mark & and luke
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Messengers of God
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist

35. Who is the author of revelations?
John
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
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
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead

36. 1st seed eaten by birds
Those who never accepted Jesus
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
New garden of Eden
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it

37. When Jesus appeared after his death to the apostles & what did he tell them to be?
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
Complete imperfection = Satan
Fishers of men
Parables

38. Greek word for revelations
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Matthew and Luke
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
Apocalypse;

39. Rich man

40. Temptation in the desert

41. Jesus vs Satan
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
Foreshadowing his death
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
The beginning history of the church

42. Strong foundation
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
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
Separating the light from the dark
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

43. Jesus' ascension

44. horn
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of who he is
Power
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
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity

45. Myrrh
The visit from the three wise men at the nativity
Matthew & mark & and luke
Foreshadowing his death
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood

46. Temptation in the desert

47. Frankensense
Fulfilled by Jesus & the new covenant
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
Stoned to death
For a priest

48. The vine and branches
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
Accused of blasphemy & false prophet; Peter's denial three times
12 apostles

49. Authors of the epistles
Paul and other apostles
Death
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Matthew & mark & and luke

50. Jesus' ascension