Synoptic Gospels
The names of the three synoptic gospels
What are Matthew, Mark, and Luke?
The three parts of God according to the Nicene Creed
What is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?
What are traveling through the diaspora and then sending letters?
Which three gospels were written by Jewish men?
Matthew, Mark and Luke
One or two words that refer to the end of the world used by various teachers and groups in Judea
Apocalypse/Apocalyptic
Eschatology
The first of the three synoptic gospels
What is the Gospel of Mark?
We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, ...
One or possibly two words that one might substitute for almighty in terms of the nature of God
What are omnipotent and omniscient?
The kinds of people who made up these early Jesus communities
What are Jews and Gentiles?
In Judea at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus what holiday was everyone celebrating, which commemorates which moment in Jewish history?
One of the wandering ascetics wandering around talking about the Messiah and the end of the world
Who is John the Baptist?
The man that was writing to early Jesus-following communities before Mark, Matthew, and Luke
Who is Paul?
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father.
According to this part of the Nicene Creed what is the nature of Jesus Christ in the underlined parts
Jesus was not created but has always been a part of God. They are of the same substance.
The reason or reasons why traditions about Jesus started being written down
What is that the Messiah did not immediately return?
What is that the End of Days did not happen?
Two things that Paul said Jesus followers no longer had to follow
Messiah and Christ come from two different languages and have a very specific meaning
What is Hebrew (Messiah) and Greek (Christ)
What is "annointed one"
The gospel that preaches to a mainly Jewish audience
What is the Gospel of Matthew?
Jesus' role in the trinity
What is sacrifice for humanity to save the souls of humankind
Crucifixtion, Resurrection, Ascension
He will return to judge the living and the dead at the end of time and usher in a new time of order and peace
The kinds of sources that people were using to understand and remember the words of Jesus
Hymns, stories about Jusus' miracles, lists of his sayings, word of mouth
Two things that should replace Jewish rituals for new Jesus followers especially if Gentile
What are baptism and giving a donation to the new church?
Name of group looking for and expecting the End Times and the documents they produced
What are the Essenes and The Dead Sea Scrolls?
The five moments in Jesus' life and death that all three synoptic gospels relate
What are baptism (John the Baptist), transfiguration (glowing, white Jesus talks to prophets and God announces his divinity), crucifixtion, resurrection, ascension?
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
The meaning of catholic and apostolic
What does baptism refer to, what does it replace?
Catholic--universal
Apostolic--There is a long line of teachers of Chrisitianity who trace their lineage back to the original apostles of Jesus
Baptism is a ritual that replaces circumcision
The places throughout the diaspora that Jews and Gentiles hung out in--Early YMCAs
Synagogues
The role of the Old Testament for early Jesus followers
What is prophecy about the Messiah/Christ and the end times?
The king of the Jewish kingdom of Judea and the Roman prefect of this same kingdom, who ordered Jesus' death
Who are King Herod and Pontius Pilate?