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Honor your mother and father
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Psalm 50
Redemptive Sacraments
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14. According to HH Pope Shenouda III, what should we answer to someone who says, “My mother suffered for my sake sometime ago, but she is now giving me hell”?
What is You must not forget to be grateful, for she supported you as a child and now you should support her and tolerate her
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When we say: “let us ask God to grant us to live in peace.” H.H. Pope Shenouda III lists in peace with who?
What is With ourselves, with other people, and with God. #29 (p.30)
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Obedience and submission are important elements in honoring parents. Give three (3) examples from the Old Testament to explain the previous statement. Please provide biblical verses to support your answer; references are not required.
What is Isaac obeying Abraham for he delivered himself to his father to be a burnt offering The daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, who delivered herself to her father to fulfill in her his word to the Lord (although it was a wrong vow) and so her father made her a burnt offering to the Lord (Judges 11: 30-40) The children of Rechab, whose father commanded them saying, “you shall not drink wine, you or your sons forever. And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but in tents you shall dwell all your days.” Jeremiah 35: 18,19
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When placed before God’s mercies, man’s sins are nothing. What example in nature does H.H. Pope Shenouda III use to compare with man’s sins and God’s mercy? What biblical verses and references does H.H provide to show us that we must pray and ask for God’s mercy?
What is • Because man’s sins are nothing, if placed before God’s mercy. • The example he uses is throwing a piece of mud in the ocean. (it spreads in the bottom and does not show) • Psalm 25:6-7 • Luke 18:13
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Why does the sacrament of Baptism have the first rank among the Seven Holy sacraments?
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What does the Holy Bible say about supporting our parents with our money? Please provide a biblical verse to support your answer; reference is not required.
What is Supporting them with money in the time of need is more important than making offerings on the altar (1 Timothy 5:8)
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We thank the Almighty God, our Lord On every occasion, in every condition and for all things. According to H.H. Pope Shenouda III, why should thanking God be a habit?
What is Because “all things work together for them that love God.” #30 (p. 31)
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Explain the following statement: In obedience there is also self-denial and a challenge to one’s personal will. Please provide a biblical verse with reference to support your answer.
What is The more one obeys against his will, the greater is his obedience.
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When David the psalmist prays, “According to the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgression”, he not only depends on God’s great mercy but also on God’s graciousness. What biblical reference combines these two qualities of God? What other character in the Bible also combined these two qualities of God? Please state any biblical verse(s) and/or reference(s), if applicable.
What is • When he said, “The Lord is merciful and gracious.” – Psalm 103:8 • Jonah, the prophet, also combined these two qualities of God, when he said to the Lord, “I know that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness.” – Jonah 4:2
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If the Sacrament of Baptism is administered at night, what must the Priest do?
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What should we actively do and passively avoid in regards to show love and respect to our parents?
What is Actively: the child shows love to his parents by making them comfortable and satisfied Passively: the child should not anger or agitate his parents nor should he treat them with cruelty or hatred or ignore their opinion, do not waste belongings, do not taint the families behavior, do not exhaust parents with frequent needs
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What are the two points (that are problems) mentioned by H.H. Pope Shenouda III when we do not give thanks?
What is A- We divide into good and bad, so we get troubled by the bad ones. As for the good ones, we may or may not give thanks. B- We also divide good matters into great and small, so we thank for the great ones but not for the things we consider small. But all things need thanks. #31 (p. 32)
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Give three (3) examples of the elements of obedience including the stories that HH Pope Shenouda III mentioned as proof of each element. Please provide biblical verses to support your answer; references are not required.
What is • The first element is true obedience, the main idea of the first story is that a child should obey his parents not only for obedience sake, but also to avoid hurting their feelings… and obedience aiming at pleasing their hearts even if the child doesn’t like what he hears • The second element is prompt obedience, it should be prompt without procrastination or delay or vacillation. The story mentioned was the story of the elderly monk, who preferred his spiritual son “x” over the others because he would immediately get up when asked even if he was in the middle of writing a word • The third element is obedience in their absence. Obedience that pleases the parents should be the same in their absence as well as in their presence. The story given was the story of the youth, who was invited by his peers to go somewhere that his parents told him not to go. His friends said your parents will not find out , but he said no because he could not face his father.
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David asked God to blot out his sin but did not ask God to blot out what?
What is David asks for blotting of sin not the blotting of punishment
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What are the four major parts of the sacrament of baptism?
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What did king Solomon and the righteous Joseph do to show respect to their parents? Please provide biblical verses to support your answer;; references are not required.
What is King Solomon, stood up leaving the throne, he did not lose his prestige but rather added to it. Joseph, did not disown his father, but welcomed him into Egypt using chariots. He personally went and met his father and introduced him to the Pharaoh, and he was not ashamed to introduce him to the Pharaoh
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Explain how all things are worthy of giving thanks?
What is Electricity; walking on your feet; sitting down #32. (p. 32-33)
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Discuss the use of Psalm 51 in the church.
What is • The church puts this psalm at the beginning of each of the Agpia prayers. • We pray it over 7 times a day. • It is also included in our ritual prayers, inseparable to the Lord’s Prayer and the Prayer of Thanksgiving. • Children in Sunday school learn it
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What three words or phrases does David the prophet use to describe his sin? David also asks God to wash him thoroughly from his sin. What does this phrase mean and reflect?
What is • My iniquity • My sin • And done this evil in your sight • He says wash me thoroughly, til I reached the required purity. The word thoroughly, reflects his feeling of horror of his sin
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What does the west symbolize?
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Explain how the submission of the Lord to Saint Mary and Saint Joseph is considered a great and instructive lesson to us?
What is Jesus was God on earth and He submitted to Mary because He was His mother, and He submitted to Joseph even though he was not His natural Father, but He was in the same level as a natural Father.
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How does H.H. Pope Shenouda III explain, “Because you have done all that for us, therefore we ask and appeal...”?
What is Your old mercies encourage us to ask for something new. Your old kindness encourages us to come closer to You. Because you are kind, merciful, and gentle, and because you protected us in the past. Proves that you are a lover of mankind. #33. (p. 33)
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Why does H.H. Pope Shenouda III say that it is good for one to put his sins always before him?
What is • St Augustine said, “if we remember our sins, God will forget them, but if we forget our sins, God will remember them.” • It gives me self contrition, teaches me humility, and everytime I become haughty it brings me down • His sins are before him so he would not judge anyone
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What does renouncing Satan mean?