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Freshman Theology

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1. Weeds among the wheat

2. Covenants of Noah Abraham Moses and David
Separating the light from the dark
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us
Perfection and imperfection
Fulfilled by Jesus & the new covenant

3. Who is the first Christian martyr?
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
21
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus
Stephen

4. Jesus' ascension

5. When Jesus appeared after his death to the apostles & what did he tell them to be?
Fishers of men
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
Stephen
Mary and other women

6. Mary's Annunciation
Gospels
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
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
St. john the evangelist

7. the ultimate victory of ____ over ____
New garden of Eden
12 apostles
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
God over evil

8. How many epistles did paul write?
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss
Spread the word of god & be a witness of god
13

9. horn
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Power
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of who he is
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins

10. Official's son

11. 2nd seed grows but is scorched
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
Those who never accepted Jesus
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
Accepted but fell away because of persecution

12. The Paschal Lamb
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
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
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus

13. Jesus vs Satan
Lost for 3 days; Showing Jesus as master of scripture; was teaching the teachers; 'In my father's house' = revelation of who he is
The acts of the apostles
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.
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it

14. Revelations was written where?
Acts of the Apostles
Island of patmos
Power
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world

15. Various titles of Jesus
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
Theme: raising from the dead - god's power over death - Jesus weeped
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant

16. Strong foundation
St. john the evangelist
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
Accused of blasphemy & false prophet; Peter's denial three times
Divine truths

17. 2nd seed grows but is scorched
Death
All powerful/all knowing
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
For a king

18. Flee to egypt
Gospels
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
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
Righteous & obedient & faithful man

19. Mustard seed
Famine
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: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Jesus

20. Mary's Annunciation
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
The senses of heaven; liturgy
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
Separating the light from the dark

21. Who is the first Christian martyr?
Alpha & omega
Stephen
Spread the word of god & be a witness of god
Theme: nature - miracle: fed 5000+ people with two loaves of bread and one fish - bread of life; foreshadows eucharist

22. Gospel of the Holy spirit
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
The acts of the apostles
The Suffering Servant
Jesus rubbing off on the apostles - Peter cures a crippled man - Peter and John arrested by the Sanhedrin

23. Purposes of Parables
St. Luke
Power
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
To conceal - because of the bitterness of peoples hearts - to separate - the truth seekers from the truth deniers - to reveal

24. Who is the author of revelations?
From greek to latin
John
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
For a priest

25. Matthias
The replacement of Judas
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
With the woman at the well
Foreshadowing his death

26. Jesus' ascension

27. Rich man

28. Rich man

29. synoptic gospels
St. john the evangelist
Matthew & mark & and luke
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
Those who never accepted Jesus

30. Where was Jesus' baptism? Why?
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
Separating the light from the dark
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

31. The good Samaritan

32. Christology
Study of Jesus and who he is
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
Choked because of material goods and world anxiety
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven

33. Yeast

34. Significance of Mary in Revelations
27
The woman clothed in the sun
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus
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

35. Who were the first witnesses of the resurrected christ?
The replacement of Judas
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.
Mary and other women
Epistles

36. A New Covenant: fulfilling the OT
God becomes a human being; humble birth; son of god
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
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper

37. The gospels as the 'New Law'
Messengers of God
Stoned to death
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
Foundation of the church

38. Apostles go on...
Missions to spread the word of god
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
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
God over evil

39. Lazarus

40. meaning of Christology in synoptic gospels
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
Power
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness

41. Return to nazareth
New garden of Eden
The Jordan river; baptized to fulfill righteousness
Rising Eagle
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically

42. 4th rich soil
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
12 apostles
The acts of the apostles
Divine man or angel

43. Jesus vs Satan
21
Palms: to welcome great conquerors - foreshadowed by Solomon
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning

44. Judas' betrayal
Sold Jesus to the officials; betrayed Jesus with a kiss
Prophets made predictions about the messiah
Power
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning

45. Joseph
Righteous & obedient & faithful man
27
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
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'

46. Walking on water
13
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us
Theme: nature - miracle: Jesus walks on water...
The replacement of Judas

47. Temptation in the desert

48. Palm Sunday
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.
Stephen
A marriage
Palms: to welcome great conquerors - foreshadowed by Solomon

49. horn
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
Pastoral & liturgical & and prophetic
Power
With the woman at the well

50. What is a miracle?
Separating the light from the dark
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
Winged Ox
Acts of power that reveal the kingdom of heaven and who Jesus is