Liturgical Studies Pt.1
What does the word "Liturgy" mean?
voluntary work performed by and for the people as a whole
What does the word "Eucharist" mean?
Thanksgiving offering
What does the word "Bishara" mean?
Annunciation or good news
What does the word "Canon" mean?
rule or a measuring stick
St. Cyril of Alexandria referred to Christ as what?
Pearl of Great Price
What does the word "Sacrament" mean and specifically in Greek?
something that is set apart, holy, or sacred
Mystery
What does the word "Qorban" mean?
offering or sacrifice
What 5 readings are read during the Liturgy of the word?
Pauline, Catholic, Acts, Synaxarion, and the Gospel
What two things do we need to properly read the Bible?
Humility: We must put the Bible above ourselves. This means Holy Scripture is the true ruler and standard for our lives. Our attitude should be a deep desire to be changed and transformed by the knowledge and example of our Lord.
Obedience: Listening to and obeying the Scriptures leads us to holiness. As we obey, God draws Himself close to us, and we are drawn away from the temptations of the world.
The church Fathers taught that there are two main ways to read the Bible, what are they?
Literal Reading of the Bible and the Spiritual Meaning: The Moral Sense and the Typological Sense
What prayer is read right after the Liturgy of the Word ends?
Prayer of Reconciliation
What prayer is read right after the Prayer of Reconciliation?
The Anaphora
What prayer is recited after the short litanies?
THE COMMEMORATION OF THE SAINTS
What does the word "Melchizedek" and "Salem" mean?
King of Righteousness and Peace
Second Adam, the New Adam, or the Final Adam
During the consecration, what does "The Holies are for the holy" represent?
Holies: is the ancient liturgical word used to describe the consecrated, Holy Body and Precious Blood of Christ.
The Holy: refers to us—the people! This does not mean we have to be absolutely perfect or sinless to take Communion, but it means we must be doing everything inside our power to fight sin and maintain a clean, holy life. We prepare ourselves regularly by going to confession, praying daily, reading our Bibles, fasting, and steering clear of sin at all costs.
What does the prayer HOLY HOLY HOLY: CHRIST THE RANSOM symbolize in the liturgy?
About how God created us and placed us in Paradise, and how we lost it through our disobedience
What is happening during the Institution Narrative?
This part of the prayer retells the exact history of what our Lord Jesus Christ did on the night of the Last Supper. As the priest recites this history, the Holy Spirit acts, changing the bread and wine into the actual, life-giving Body and Blood of Christ.
Name an example of Christ in detail in Joseph and Moses's life?
Joseph: Christ's Betrayal, An Excellent Example of Christ, Christ's Death and Resurrection, The Church Grew
Moses: Moses' Staff and the Cross, Passover, Exodus, Manna from Heaven and Water from a Rock, Moses Mediated for the Israelites just like Christ Mediates for us, Moses Lifting his Arms is a Type of the Sign of the Cross, and The Bronze Serpent is a Type of Christ lifted on the Cross
Name the three types of Incarnation? And what does one of them represent?
Jacob's Ladder, The Rod of Aaron, and The Burning Bush (The Crown of Thorns): The bush was a wild bramble bush covered in sharp thorns. Just as God revealed His divine glory inside a bush of thorns, Christ showed His ultimate glory as King by wearing a crown of thorns on the Cross.
(The Virgin Birth): The fire (God's divinity) was inside the bush (humanity), but the bush was not consumed or destroyed. This is a type of the Virgin Mary, who carried the fiery presence of God inside her womb without being harmed, remaining a virgin.
Whenever bread appears in the Old Testament stories, it is a shadow reminding us of how Christ would become man and offer Himself for us. What 4 stories does it appear in?
Melchizedek, Showbread, Manna, Christ is the True Offering
During the Anamnesis give me 3 examples of what we are actively remembering?
Christ's holy Passion (His suffering)
His life-giving Death on the Cross
His burial in the tomb for three daysChrist in the Eucharist
His victorious Resurrection from the dead
His Ascension into Heaven
His seating at the right hand of the Father
His majestic Second Coming to judge the living and the dead
Name all the five short litanies prayed during the Liturgy of the Faithful?
The Peace of the holy Church
Our holy Orthodox Fathers (the Pope, Bishops, and priests)
The place where we live and all monasteries
The weather, the waters of the river, the plants, and the harvests of the earth
Our gatherings, the congregation, and those offering the gifts
A type is a person, event, place, or thing in the Old Testament that serves as a symbol or a shadow pointing forward to something greater in the New Testament. Give me an example of a person, thing, place and event that acts as a symbol?
People as types: Moses, Joshua, and Melchizedek point to Jesus.
Things as types: The Tabernacle, the golden lampstand, and the bronze serpent point to Christ and His work.
Places as types: The Temple and the holy city of Jerusalem.
Events as types: The Great Flood, the Passover night, and Abraham offering Isaac.
Name 5 of the 9 people that are types of Christ?
Adam, Melzhizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, and Moses