Nicodemus
Abraham
Rehoboam
Talents
Pope Kyrollos IV
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In what part of the day did Nicodemus meet with Jesus? Why?
At night, because he didn’t want to be seen.
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Where was Abraham born?
Ur
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Where did the people go to make him a king?
Shechem
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How much is one talent?
The talent was about 10,000 Denarius, and the Denarius was the wage of a worker for one day.
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Where was Pope Kyrollos IV born?
Ekmeem
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What does Jesus mean by the birth of water and the Spirit?
Baptism
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In which city did Abraham build the first altar? second?
1st-Canaan 2nd-Bethel
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What did the elder advise him to do?
If you’ll be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
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Did the master give his servants equal amount of money? Why?
No, He gave each one according to his own ability, so he gave five talents one servant, to another he gave two talents and to the last he gave one talent.
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What did he enjoy doing at the monastery?
Reading, studying the Bible and explaining the bible to the other monks.
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Who was with Nicodemus when they anointed Jesus’s body at His burial?
Joseph of Arimathea
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How did Abraham solve the conflict between Abraham’s shepherds and Lot’s shepherds?
He told Lot to choose the land that he likes and stay in it, and that he would go to the other side.
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What did his friends tell him?
You should tell them “my father chastised you with whips, but I’ll chastise you with scourges”.
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What did the servants do with their talents?
The first servant worked hard with the five talents he had and made another five talents. Likewise, the servant who had received two talents gained two more. The last servant who received only one talent, he went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.
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As the new Abbot, what did he do?
Set new rules, gave special attention to the education of monks, organized workshops for different religious, historical and poetical topics, made a class for the kids of the villages around the monastery to teach them Arabic and Coptic.
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Does our church baptize babies? When?
Yes it does, boys get baptized when they are 40 days old and the girls when they are 80 days old.
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Why did God want to have His own people?
He wanted a faithful nation that believes in God. God was preparing a nation from which our Lord Jesus would come to save the whole world from their sins.
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Did Rohoboam choose the correct or wrong advice? Why?
He chose the wrong advice, because or as a result of that the kingdom was spited into two parts, north and south kingdoms
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How did the master reward his servants when he came back?
He was pleased with the first two servants who both worked hard and gained more talents. But for the third servant, the master was very upset so he took his talent and gave it to the one who had the most talents, because he was faithful.
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How does his story help us understand how to be transformed?
As father of reform, he teaches us the importance of reformation or change. He focused on education. So by educating yourself and learning new things, you will be able to transform yourself.
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Why is the second birth (Baptism) very important to us?
Without the second birth, we cannot enter the Kingdom of God. • Baptism is mandatory for our salvation. • With baptism, we become children of god. • Also with baptism, we receive forgiveness of sins.
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How Isaac’s offering is a symbol for Jesus?
The offering of Isaac is a symbol of the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus on the Cross for our salvation. Just as God came down to redeem us and to give us a new life, He provided a ram to redeem Isaac and He gave him a new life.
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What are the two kingdoms?
The North Kingdom Called the “Kingdom of Israel”, it was formed of ten tribes and they made Jeroboam king over it. The South Kingdom Called the “Kingdom of Judah”, it was formed of two tribes (the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin) and Rehoboam was their king.
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What is the moral of the “The Parable of the Talents”?
Jesus teaches them how to be ready for the Kingdom of God.
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List the 5 things Pope Kyrollos IV did as the 110th Pope
1- He completed the building of a second school. He offered the students all means of education free of charge so education became affordable to everyone, not only to the rich.2- He instituted 12 schools in total, of which two were for girls. 3- Pope Kyrollos IV realized the need of a print shop to print schoolbooks and Christian books for the Church instead of the handwritten ones. He bought a printer from Italy. This was the second print shop in Egypt.4- He gave special attention to the building of new Churches and the reconstruction of the old ones.5- He also played an important role in the reconciliation between Egypt and Ethiopia at that time. He went to Ethiopia and negotiated with their king. He was successful in his mission, and the Church actively participated in what was good and profitable for Egypt.
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