Vocab 1
person not yet baptized and preparing for initiation into the Church
What is a catechumen?
the first five books of the Old Testament
What is the Torah?
What sacrament is being referred to when Nicodemus says, "How can a person once grown old be born again?"
Baptism
rejection of Satan
What is a baptismal promise?
sin, evil, Satan
What is the threefold rejection?
the saving events of the Passion- Death, Resurrection, and the Ascension of Jesus Christ
What is the the Paschal Mystery
The virtue that represents courage
What is fortitude?
In whose Gospel is the story of Nicodemus mentioned?
John
accepting God and living as children of the light
What is a baptismal promise?
belief in God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit
What is the threefold acceptance/profession of faith?
name given to Communion when given to a dying person as food and strength for their journey to eternal life
What is viaticum?
mastery of fears and learning how to act in the face of fears
What is courage?
When did Nicodemus come to Jesus?
new testament book that announces that the Resurrection of Jesus is victory over the power of darkness
What is the book of Revelation?
Latin term for oath
What is sacramentum?
person that is not ordained or part of a religious order
What is a lay person?
One God in Three Persons
Trinity
Why was Nicodemus afraid of being seen with Jesus?
Jesus has just drive out the money changers from the Temple in Jerusalem, angering the Jewish leaders.
publicly profess their faith in the Holy Trinity
What disciples of Christ must do?
Why were baptisms so public during the time of Jesus?
show that the baptized were bound for life to serve Jesus
member of a Jewish sect in Jesus's time whose members dedicated their lives to the strict keeping of the law found in the Torah
Who is a Pharisee?
last stage of the catechumenal process in RCIA which coincides with Lent
What is the Period of Purification and Enlightenment?
Why does Nicodemus not understand Jesus?
He is thinking literally instead of symbolically.
Who are you choosing at Confirmation?
Jesus
volunteering, practicing virtue
How to live out baptismal promisess?