THE HOLY TRINITY
What is the Nature of God in the Holy Trinity?
What is the Divine nature?
What are 3 characteristics of Adam & Eve's relationship prior to their fall from grace?
What are the characteristics of being honest, trusting, loving, full & sincere gift of self.... etc.
Who founded the Catholic Church?
Who is Jesus Christ?
What is danger, darkness, unknown, rest, recouperation, end of work, the ending of something etc.
What is Heresy?
What is that which goes against the teachings of the Catholic church. (must be professed by someone who is baptized.)
What are omniscient, omnipresent, omnibenevolent, omnipotent, coeternal, infinite, perfect. etc.
How does Adam & Eve's relationship change after their fall from grace?
What are evil and disorder enter their relationship and warp their desires resulting in betrayal, anger, selfishness, defensiveness, rejection, and incomplete gift of self.
What is 'the Church'?
Who are the 'faithful' and 'the governing body'?
Name 3 things, discussed in class, that water can symbolize when represented in scripture.
What is unpredictability, chaos, change, rebirth, renewal of heart & or life, cleaning, destruction, a great force, etc.
What is the point of Church Councils?
What is to determine what is Truth and combat heresies that have come up.
What is the Hypostatic Union?
What is the unity of the Human and Divine nature in the person of Jesus Christ? (fully God & fully man)
What is the gift of self?
What is giving the gift of oneself freely, totally, and sincerely to another.
What does it mean for the Church to be Catholic?
What is the universal church for all people in all times?
In the story of the Israelites and the Red Sea, name 3 things that the Sea represent for the Israelites?
What are cleansing from tyranny (Pharoah), rebirth into a new life with God, and experiencing the order within chaos.
Why is the following a Heresy? “Jesus had a human soul and a mind, that were inhabited by God’s divinity.”
What is the word inhabited carries the connotation that Jesus was animated or puppeted by God, which He Himself was fully Divine and fully human.
What role does each person of the Trinity play in salvation history?
God the Father --> Creator & reveals himself to Moses in the Old Testament
God the Son --> Incarnation of God, reveals the Father to us, & restores our relationship with God.
God the Spirit --> Guards & guides the church for the rest of time until the end of the age.
What does Paul talk about in Galatians 5:19-24?
What are the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit?
Who guides and guards the Church throughout time and human history?
Who is the Holy Spirit?
In the story of the Israelites and the Red Sea, name 3 things that the Sea represent for the Egyptians?
What is, the chaos and uncertainty in life, the solidifying of their will (closed off to new possibilities), and ultimately their destruction.
Why is the following a Heresy?“The 1 divine God chooses to act in 3 different modes. First as creative Father, then as redeeming Son, and subsequently as a sanctifying Spirit.”
What is an offense against the most Holy Trinity, as He is 3 distinct persons with 1 divine nature, NOT 3 different modes.
Other than the Father, Son, & Spirit, what is 1 analogy for understanding the relationship between the 3 persons of the most Holy Trinity?
What is a 3 leaf clover? What is a mind, a thought, and the expression of that word?
How does the Spirit of God animate our relationships today?
What is, through our choices and cooperation with the good of His law and will in our lives. (fruit of the Spirit, healthy relationships etc.)
What does Jesus say when he appoints Peter as the first Pope?
What is symbolized in this Scripture? (explain) "Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him."
What is their boat, which symbolizes the previous way they were able to safely encounter the sea and get across it; This means they are entrusting Jesus to carry them safely through new and chaotic situations.
What is their father, which symbolizes their formator and family; This means they are grown and ready to take on the new adventure of life with Jesus and leave the old and or childish aspects of life behind!
Why is the following a Heresy? “Christ has 2 natures, which are distinct & separate from one another, therefore Mary is the mother of Jesus the man, but not of God the Son.”
What is an offense against Jesus Christ, as He is both fully God and fully Man and His 2 natures CANNOT be separated at any moment (because He's perfect) therefore Mary IS the mother of God the Son & Jesus the man.