The Word Became Flesh
The Redemptive Nature of Christ's Earthly Life
The Suffering and Death of Jesus
The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus
Redeemed by Christ: Our Eternal Destiny
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The event in which the Archangel Gabriel came to Mary to announce that she had found favor with God and would become the mother of the Messiah.
What is the Annunciation?
100
The rich people of Jesus' time.
What are the elites?
100
The general term means “one who is sent” and can be used in reference to any missionary of the Church during the New Testament period. In reference to the twelve companions chosen by Jesus, also known as “the Twelve," the term refers to those special witnesses of Jesus on whose ministry the early Church was built and whose successors are the bishops.
Who are the Apostles?
100
The passage of Jesus from death to new life "on the third day" after his Crucifixion; the heart of the Paschal Mystery and the basis of our hope in the resurrected from the dead.
What is the Resurrection?
100
A less serious offense against the will of God that diminishes one's personal character and weakens but does not rupture one's relationship with God.
What is a venial sin?
200
A Greek Title meaning "God bearer".
Who is Theotokos?
200
The less-fortunate people of Jesus' time.
What are the non-elites?
200
Speech or actions that show disrespect or irreverence for God; also, claiming to have the powers of Good or to be God.
What is blasphemy?
200
The "going up" into Heaven of the Risen Christ forty days after his Resurrection.
What is the Ascension?
200
An action so contrary to the will of God that it results in complete separation from god and his grace. As a consequence of that separation, the person is condemned to eternal death. For a sin to be a mortal sin, three conditions must be met: the act must involve grace matter, the person must have full knowledge of the evil of the act, and the person must give his or her full consent in committing the act.
What is a mortal sin?
300
The church dogma that Mary was conceived without Original Sin and remained free from sin throughout her entire life.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
300
Also called the Mass or Lord's Supper, and based on a word for "thanksgiving," it is the central Christian liturgical celebration, established by Jesus at the Last Supper. In this, the sacrificial death and Resurrection of Jesus are both remembered and renewed. The term sometimes refers specifically to the consecrated bread and wine that have become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
What is the Eucharist?
300
These were Jewish priests of high rank in the Temple. They had administrative authority and presided over important Temple functions and were probably leaders in the Sanhedrin.
What are chief priests?
300
A statement that seems contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is true.
What is a paradox?
300
The eternal punishment of separation from God, reserved for those who die in mortal sin and are unrepentant, thus freely and consciously rejecting God at the end of their lives.
What is Hell?
400
From the Latin word meaning "to become flesh," referring to the biblical Revelation that Jesus is both true God and true man.
What is the Incarnation?
400
The night the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites marked by the blood of the lamb and spared the firstborn sons from death. It is also the feast that celebrates the deliverance of the Chosen People from bondage in Egypt and the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised land.
What is the Passover?
400
A word used to describe Roman governors. These men had administrative and legal authority over a province or region of the Roman Empire.
What is a procurator?
400
When the opposite ends of an equation or an event balance each other or have similar properties or characteristics.
What is symmetry?
400
A state of eternal life and union with god in which one experiences full happiness and the satisfaction of the deepest human longings.
What is Heaven?
500
The coherence of individual doctrines with the whole of Revelation. In other words, as each doctrine is connected with Revelation, as each doctrine is also connected with all other doctrines.
What is the analogy of faith?
500
The culmination or goal of God's plan of salvation, this is announced by the Gospel and present in Jesus Christ. This is the reign or rule of God over the hearts of people and, as of a new social order based on unconditional love. The fullness of this will not be realized until the end of time. Also called The Reign of God or The Kingdom of Heaven.
What is the Kingdom of God?
500
An assembly of Jewish religious leaders - chief priests, rabbis, scribes, and elders - who functioned as the supreme council and tribunal during the time of Christ.
Who are the Sanhedrin?
500
The study and proper interpretation of Scripture.
What is exegesis?
500
The grace that heals our human nature wounded by sin and restores us to friendship with god by giving us a share in the divine life of the Trinity. It is a supernatural gift of God, infused into our souls by the Holy Spirit, that continues the work of making us holy.
What is sanctifying grace?
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