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True or False: Sychar, Samaria was on Jesus's way from Ephraim, Judea to Cana, Galilee.
False. Jesus walked about 30 miles off route to meet with the Samaritan woman.
What does the word Eucharist mean?
Giving thanks
True or False: Every good deed results in love and hate.
True. Keep your eyes on if God loves it.
True or False: Jesus is the One and Only way to know what to do in this life, to know the meaning of life, and to know what is God's will.
True
What is the most important message of the Church?
What is the moment of glory for our God?
His Cruxification and Death (Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.)
What were the 3 major feasts in the OT?
Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles
Jesus came to defeat death by His death. What else?
To change the Church around.
Every chapter in the Gospel of John has something to do with the Temple.
One word to describe the whole Bible
Love
Who was the only disciple that was with Jesus at the cross?
St. John the Beloved
Jesus invited St. Philip to "Come and see", and St. Philip invited St. Nathanael to "Come and see". "Come and See" what? (who?).
Jacob's Ladder that connects heaven and earth (The world of is and the world of becoming). = Jesus Christ
What are the two meanings of the word "lift"? (John 8:28)
Who is the person that exists but does not live?
The person disconnected from the Body of Christ(The Church).
Just like a branch removed from the vineyard this is the same as the hand removed from the body.
According to St Ignatius of Antioch, when do we become fully a human being?
When we die.
Why did the Church pick July 7th for the Feast of St. John the Baptist and January 7th for the Nativity of Jesus Christ?
"He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30
- Winter solstice, days begin to get longer, increase, Nativity of Jesus Christ
- Summer solstice, days begin to shorten, decrease, Feast of St. John the Baptist
- St. John was born 6 months before Jesus
Why was God upset with the Jewish leadership?
"But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you." John 5:42
What does it mean to be humble according to Orthodox Christianity?
To be true to one's identity
- Knowing who you are without God (think of being face to face to the ground in a metanoia)
- Knowing who you are with God (think standing in a metanoia)
What does "a little while" mean according to Orthodox Christianity?
Any amount of time on this earth.
What was Shiloh and why did He reject it?
Shiloh was the first place the Old Testament Church (Abraham) made an altar for God. This place that was so intimate and personal, the Israelites violated it and treated it like it was nothing.
Today's Shiloh is His Bride, the Church. Communion.
What are the 7 signs of Jesus Establishing the Kingdom of God
1 Water into wine 2 Curing the nobleman's son 3 healing paralytic 4 feeding the five thousand 5 walk on water 6 open eyes of the blind 7 raising Lazarus
How many times did Jesus call Himself I Am (The name of God) in chapter 8?
7 times
What are two responsibilities the good shepherd has?
1 Giving nonstop care
2 Taking on a lot of inconveniences
What is eternal life?
That they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3
Know = Gino sko = personal and intimate relationship
Why did Jesus after His resurrection, ascend into heaven?
"When time and necessity demanded His restoration to His Father in heaven, it was essential that He should associate Himself by the Spirit with His worshippers, and should dwell in our hearts by faith, in order that, having His presence within us, we might cry with boldness, Abba, Father, and might readily advance in all virtue, and might also be found strong and invincible against the wiles of the devil, and the assaults of men, as possessing the omnipotent Spirit." St. Pope Kyrillos I