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Freshman Theology

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1. Jesus speaking in...
Jesus' suffering: his immense love for humanity - took on our guilt and sins
Rising Eagle
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
Parables

2. 4th rich soil
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
John the Baptist; Established the sacrament of baptism; dove descended on him
Power
12 apostles

3. Flee to egypt
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
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
Catholic letters
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John

4. The New Ark of the Covenant

5. Workers in the Vineyard
An earthly story with a heavenly meaning
Matthew and Luke
Catholic letters
Theme: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven

6. New Jerusalem
New garden of Eden
Matthew & mark & and luke
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood

7. Purposes of Parables
To conceal - because of the bitterness of peoples hearts - to separate - the truth seekers from the truth deniers - to reveal
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.
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life
Baptism and Eucharist: pierced in the side and water and blood flowed out

8. The vine and branches
New garden of Eden
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life
Mark's gospel - messiah & the Christ anointed one of god - wanted to keep his identity a secret
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit

9. Temptation in the desert

10. Hebrew word for gospels?
Gods plan to save us from sin
Good news
Faith in Jesus to gain eternal life
Paul and other apostles

11. synoptic gospels
21
Matthew & mark & and luke
'Jesus wept'
Foundation of the church

12. 666
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
St. Luke
Complete imperfection = Satan
Gospels

13. Matthias
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Mary's prayer to god at the annunciation
The replacement of Judas
Stoned to death

14. Fulfilling prophecy
Stoned to death
Famine
Death
Separating the light from the dark

15. themes of the miracles
'Jesus wept'
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead
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

16. Strong foundation
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
John
Gospels
Gods plan to save us from sin

17. Flee to egypt
The Suffering Servant
Alpha & omega
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
Letters written to early churches and disciples

18. Prodigal son

19. Temptation in the desert

20. Which books of the NT are the Prophecy books?
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit
For a priest
Revelations
Rabbi; spoke with authority to forgive sins; lived his teachings; words of eternal life

21. The Evangelists are represented by winged creatures because they are...
Stoned to death
Messengers of God
Island of patmos
With the woman at the well

22. Apostle
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word of God
Separating the light from the dark
Paul and other apostles
Jesus as the new adam; Jerusalem as the new garden of eden; established at the last supper

23. 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
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
Satan tried to tempt the lord but Jesus overcame it
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically

24. Mary's Annunciation
Angel Gabriel; vocation of divine motherhood
From greek to latin
New garden of Eden
Perfection and imperfection

25. Who were the first witnesses of the resurrected christ?
Knowledge
Fishers of men
St. Luke
Mary and other women

26. the ultimate victory of ____ over ____
Commissioned by Jesus to spread the word 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
God over evil
Signs/works

27. black horse
Famine
Power
Theme: kingdom of heaven - the seed starts small but becomes a huge plant
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us

28. Revelations was written where?
To help the people understand His teachings/ reveal the truth of heaven
Island of patmos
Power
1. Physical healing 2. Nature miracles 3. exorcisms 4. raising of the dead

29. Jesus' ressurection
Gods plan to save us from sin
Choked because of material goods and world anxiety
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
13

30. Yeast

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

32. The Paschal Lamb
Gospels
21
The sacrificial lamb; unblemished -> Jesus
21

33. Presentation at the temple
Acts of the Apostles
Theme: mysterious growth of heaven - miraculous growth of dough to loaf of bread; god's grace growing in us
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: kingdom of heaven - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven

34. Wedding at cana
The woman clothed in the sun
Fishers of men
Theme: nature - miracle: turned water into wine
Theme: physical healing - miracle: rescued the official's son from death - shows god power over death

35. Lazarus

36. Disciple
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
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 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
Chose to follow Jesus

37. When Jesus appeared after his death to the apostles & what did he tell them to be?
Paul and other apostles
Fishers of men
Stoned to death
21

38. Jesus speaking in...
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 new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood
For a priest
Parables

39. How many Epistles?
For a king
Jesus
Letters written to early churches and disciples
21

40. Sower and the Seed

41. The gospels as the 'New Law'
All powerful/all knowing
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world
Foundation of the church
The Beatitudes; marriage and divorce; kingdom of heaven; watchfulness; bread of life; words of eternal life; light of the world

42. horn
Complete imperfection = Satan
For a priest
Power
Theme: raising from the dead - god's power over death - Jesus weeped

43. Gospel of the Holy spirit
To reveal god's power & Jesus' true identity & his purpose & heavenly glory & and his relationship with god
Theme: God's love and forgiveness - betrays father & comes home to become a servant but is forgiven and accepted back into the family
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
The acts of the apostles

44. Myrrh
Parables
Paul and other apostles
For a king
Foreshadowing his death

45. Which books in the NT are the Wisdom books?
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
Accepted but fell away because of persecution
The new Passover; celebrating the first mass - Jesus is the bread and blood
Epistles

46. Council of Trent 367 AD
Determined the 27 books of the New Testament
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 - those who respond to the call of god will be rewarded in heaven
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.

47. How are the books in the NT organized?
Agony in the garden; sweating blood
Christology from below: stories of his life from birth to ascension; show HUMANITY/ power over nature
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy
Accept and respond to the word; produce fruit

48. Strong foundation
Stoned to death
Theme: faith - Jesus is the vine and we are the branches; if we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit
Gods plan to save us from sin
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

49. Which books in the NT are the Law books?
27
21
Gospels
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

50. Who are the authors of the gospels?
Perfection and imperfection
Jesus grew up in a normal environment to grow strong intellectually and physically
Matthew & Mark & Luke & and John
Like the OT: Law & History & Wisdom & Prophecy