1 John
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200
St. John summaries the message of the Gospel by saying "God is ____ and in him there is no darkness."
What is light?
200
When the resurrected Jesus appeared to ten of the twelve disciples, this disciple was not with the group and thus did not believe that Jesus had risen from the dead.
Who is St. Thomas?
200
The Sunday of the ____-bearing Women commemorates the women who brought fragrant oil to the tomb to anoint Jesus's body before finding out that Jesus had risen from the dead.
What is myrrh?
400
This Greek word is used to refer to New Testament letters.
What is epistle (or epistole)?
400
Jesus sat down by a well in this region where he asked a woman to give him a drink of water.
What is Samaria?
400
A long time before the women who brought fragrant oil to Jesus's tomb, the ____ traveled from the East to bring the same type of fragrant oil to Jesus.
Who are the Magi or Wise Men?
600
This word which means "one who is sent" was used to refer to St. John, the 11 other close followers of Jesus, and 70 other men who were sent to various cities to announce the Good News and establish the first churches.
What is an apostle?
600
The Sunday of the Paralyzed Man commemorates the passage in the Gospel in which Jesus goes to the Pool of Bethesda where many disabled people were waiting for _____ to come down and stir the miraculous waters so that the first person who got into the water would be healed.
What is an angel?
600
After initially asking a woman for water from Jacob's well, Jesus told the woman that she should be asking for _____ water.
What is living?
800
In St. John's account of the Gospel, just before he is arrested, Jesus prays in front of his disciples and says "This is eternal life, that they may ____ You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."
What is "know"?
800
To help his disciples believe that the crucified Jesus had resurrected in bodily form Jesus encouraged the disciple who doubted to touch these parts of Jesus's body.
What is Jesus's hands and side?
800
After the reigns of King David and King Solomon, the foolish leadership from King Rehoboam led to a near civil war and split between the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of ____.
What is Judah?
1000
This word is used to describe New Testament letters that were written to a wide audience rather than to a person or church in a specific city.
What is "universal" or "general" or "catholic"?
1000
The hymns that are sung on the Sunday of the Paralyzed Man compare the mat that the man was lying on to a ____?
What is a tomb or a grave?
1000
The feast of ___-Pentecost is celebrated 25 days after the Paschal Sunday of Resurrection and 25 days before the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Sunday of Pentecost.
What is "mid"?