Knowing God
Can we know that God exists through human reason?
Yes
Did God create everything out of nothing?
Yes
What is the name for the story of God's plan to save his people throughout history?
Salvation History
What is a prophet?
A person chosen by God to be his spokesman or messenger to his people.
What do we call the event when the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would be the mother of Jesus?
The Annunciation
Can we know everything about God through reason alone?
No. We need Divine Revelation to know certain truths about God.
What are the two parts that make up a human being?
Body and soul
What did God promise Abraham in His covenant?
God promised Abraham descendants and that his descendants would become a great nation.
What Hebrew word means "anointed on"?
Messiah
What is the term for the truth that God took on human nature and became man?
The Incarnation
What are the three Divine Persons of the Holy Trinity?
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
What are the two powers of the human soul?
Intellect and will
What new name did God give Jacob, and why is that name important?
Israel. It became the name associated with God's chosen people, the Israelites.
What is the difference between a major prophet and a minor prophet?
The distention is based mainly on the length of their prophetic books, not on how important the prophet was.
What term describes the mystery that Jesus is both fully God and fully man in one Person?
The hypostatic union
What are the two ways God's Revelation is handed on to us?
Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
Besides material things, what spiritual beings did God create?
Angels and Human souls
What was the journey of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land called?
The Exodus
Why are Elijah and Elisha not classified as either major or minor prophets?
They did not have books of the Bible named after them.
What are the three offices of Jesus?
Priest, Prophet, and King.
Who is the primary author of the Bible, even though human beings wrote the individual books?
God
What happened to human beings because of Original Sin?
Human nature was wounded by sin, causing us to experience suffering, temptation, and death. Making it harder to choose what is good.
The Passover was a prefigurement of what important Christian sacrament?
The Eucharist
Why is Isaiah especially important to Christians?
Isaiah gave important prophecies about the coming Messiah, including prophecies Christians understand as pointing to Jesus.
Through which two sacraments are Christians called to share in Christ's teach mission and help spread the Good News?
Baptism and Confirmation