Covenants
What promise did God make to Noah after the Flood?
(He would never again destroy the earth)
How did the Israelites escape the final plague in Egypt?
(By observing Passover — sacrificing the lamb and spreading its blood)
Moses is an Old Testament type pointing to whom?
(Christ)
What does it mean that Mary is “full of grace”?
(She was conceived without Original Sin)
The Greek word “Theotokos” means what?
(God-bearer / Mother of God)
Name two of the three key Old Testament covenants.
(Noah, Abraham, Moses)
What event happened just before God’s covenant with Noah?
(The Flood)
Who baptized Jesus?
(John the Baptist)
Mary’s obedience undid whose disobedience?
(Eve’s)
What is the Greek word for “Ten Words,” another name for the Ten Commandments?
(Decalogue)
What role do covenants play in the Old Testament?
(They foreshadow and prepare for Christ)
Which famous king descended from Ruth and Boaz?
(David)
What role did Joseph play in Jesus’ life?
(His foster father)
How did Jesus “become poor”?
(By taking on human nature)
The Hebrew word for “Anointed One.”
(Messiah)
What did God entrust to Abraham’s descendants?
(The promise of salvation)
What Old Testament event foreshadows the Eucharist?
(The Passover)
Whom does the Suffering Servant in Isaiah prefigure?
(Jesus)
What was accomplished by the obedience of Jesus’ hidden years?
(He helped atone for our disobedience)
Define the Paschal Mystery.
(Christ’s Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension)
What prefigures the Church in the Old Testament?
(The Law, which formed Israel into a nation centered on worship of God)
What is one Old Testament type of Baptism?
(The Flood and the parting of the Red Sea)
What did the prophets call the people to, and what did they foretell?
(Repentance; foretelling God’s redemption)
What was John the Baptist’s role in Salvation History?
(He proclaimed the Messiah had come / ended the waiting)
What Greek word describes the idea that humans can have true union with God?
(Theosis / divinization)