CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
What is the Church's position on the death penalty today? Always ok? Sometimes ok? Never ok? Depends on the circumstances? Up to the civil authorities?
The death penalty is never ok
Which two kings ruled over a united Israel's "Golden Age"?
King David and King Solomon
He wrote about the Suffering Servant
Isaiah
Which gospel is believed to have been written last?
The Gospel according to John
Christ was prophesied to come from whose line of descendants?
King David
What method of execution does Leviticus specify for a habitually disobedient child?
Stoning
In which Kingdom did Jesus spend most of his life and ministry? Northern or Southern?
The Northern Kingdom
Who prophesied about the New Covenant?
Jeremiah
Which gospel is believed to have been written first?
The Gospel according to Mark
If a gospel's namesake didn't actually write that gospel down, who most likely did?
His students. Or the community to which he preached.
In a case of adultery with one married person and one unmarried person, who got the death penalty in ancient times?
Both of them!
What empire sacked the Northern, but not the Southern, Kingdom of Israel?
The Assyrians
Collectively, the prophets' message was about what two things?
Repentance and Hope
Jesus was born about how many years after the fall of the Southern Kingdom of Israel (also known as Judah).
About 500 years
Which of the gospel evangelists were also apostles?
Matthew and John
Which Pope adopted the Church's current position on the death penalty?
Pope Francis (in 2017-18).
The period immediately following the fall of the Southern Kingdom is known as what?
"The Babylonian Captivity"
If Jesus embodied the New Covenant, who embodied the corresponding Old Covenant?
Moses
What does the abbreviation "A.D." stand for, and what does it literally translate to in English?
"Anno Domini", which means "the year of our Lord."
Babylon is most closely associated with this modern country.
Iraq
Which Pope adopted the position that the death penalty should be used rarely and only when necessary?
Pope John Paul II
In what year did the Southern Kingdom of Israel fall?
586 or 587 B.C.
Which of the prophets that we studied was the earliest in time?
Matthew most likely preached in what city?
Jerusalem
What country today borders most of Israel to the east?
Jordan