Catechism Lessons 13-17 Terms

1

100

What is everything that God commands us to do and not to do?

Law

200

What is the new heart and mind that God created within us when he brought us to faith?

New man

300

What is a heterodox church?

A church that doesn't teach God's Word accurately is heterodox.

400

What is the biblical teaching that we receive Jesus' body and blood in, with, and under the bread and wine?

Real presence

2

100

What is the false teaching that the bread and wine are only symbols of Jesus' body and blood?

Representationalism

200

What is the false teaching that Jesus' body and blood are only present spiritually in the Lord's Supper?

Spiritual presence

300

What is a local congregation?

A group of believers who gather to worship and share God's Word.

400

What is a change in attitude about sin, beginning with sorrow for sin and including trust that God has forgiven us?

Repentance

3

100

What is sorrow over our sin, which has been worked in our hearts by God's law?

Contrition

200

What is church fellowship?

Believers who join together to work and worship with Christians whom we have complete agreement on God's Word with.

300

What is the message of everything that God has done for us in Jesus?

Gospel

400

What is a hypocrite?

Someone who pretends to be a Christian, but is not.

4

100

What is the Holy Christian Church?

The group of all believers, of all time, and in all places.

200

What is a heart and mind that hates God and wants to disobey him?

Sinful nature

300

What is the sacrament in which Jesus gives us his true body and blood, together with bread and wine, for the forgiveness of sins?

Lord's Supper

400

What are the three steps to examine yourself before the Lord's Supper?

1. Recognize your sins

2. Repent of your sins

3. Trust that you receive the forgiveness of sins in the Lord's Supper.

5

100

What is a sacred act, instituted by Christ, that uses an earthly element connected with God's Word?

Sacrament

200

What does it mean for a church to be orthodox?

A church that teaches God's Word accurately is orthodox.

300

What is the false teaching that the bread and wine completely turn into Jesus' body and blood?

Transubstantiation

400

What is the work of the Holy Spirit through the washing of water and the Word?

Baptism