Being Human
What is it called to believe in only one god?
Monotheism
What are the special rituals that Catholics celebrate called?
Sacraments
Messiah
What is sin?
Sin means ignoring God and turning away from God.
When do the Christians celebrate Pentecost?
Every year on Sunday, 50 days after Easter.
What is Catholicism?
The beliefs, rituals, and practices are lived out by those who identify with the Catholic religion.
Who did God send to reveal that God is love?
his son, Jesus Christ
What is the practice of the Sabbath?
What are Gospels?
full stories of how Jesus made God's love and God's Kingdom present in this world.
What is the church?
An assembly or gathering of believers.
What is polytheism?
The belief that there are many gods
when we expand our heart and mind, we open the possibility of ______.
God
What was the name given to the greeks to the promised land?
Palestine
The Kingdom that Jesus proclaimed was made of _______, not of political rule or power.
love
True or False: all human beings-regardless of religion or any other differences-are sons and daughters of the God who loves us all without boundaries.
True
what is the hunger related to the parts of ourselves that aren't material or physical called?
spiritual hungers
When human beings speak and talk about god, we almost always use a ______.
metaphor
What did the Jews hope that God would send them?
What are the stories of Jesus' birth called?
Nativity
Who was the first Indigenous person to be declared a Saint of the Catholic Church in 2012?
Saint Kateri
What can block our connection with God?
greed, anger, anxiety, injustice, and ignorance.
What can a relationship with God bring to human life? (3)
It can bring meaning, goodness, and connection.
What were Jewish leaders called and what were the most significant outcomes of the Exile because of them?
Scribes created written books from oral stories and writtings
Jesus is fully ____ and fully _____.
God, human
How many Christians, both Protestants and Catholics, were executed during King Mwanga's rule?
100