Ch.1 Being Human
Describe the definition of religion.
What is a group of people who share a structured system of beliefs, practices, and rituals.
Describe revelation.
What is how we come to know who God is?
Describe Jerusalem
What is the city that King David established as the capital of the united kingdom of Israel.
Describe parable.
What are short stories used to communicate religious messages. They are based on everyday events and often have surprising endings. Jesus used parables frequently to teach about the Kingdom of God
What way does the Holy Spirit guide us to?
The Holy Spirit guides us in the way of truth.
Describe the definition of divine
What is related to or coming from God.
What can a relationship with God bring?
It can bring meaning, goodness, and connection to human life
Describe the promised land
What is the land God promised to his Chosen People, has been known in different times as Canaan, Judea, and Israel.
Describe the gospels.
What are the four books of the New Testament—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—which tell about the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus
What is the Catholic belief of non-Christians
They can also be saved because no matter their differences we are all sons and daughters of God.
Describe the differences between monotheism and polytheism.
Monotheism is the belief in one God and polytheism is the belief in many gods.
What do Catholics and other Christians believe that the Revelation of God is communicated in?
In a unique and special way through the writings collected in the Bible.
Describe the sabbath
What is a sacred day of rest and worship, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday
Describe the Annunciation
When the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would be the mother of a son named Jesus.
When is the celebration of Pentecost
They celebrate Pentecost 50 days after easter
Name the spiritual hungers.
What are goodness, meaning, and connection.
Name two Catholic beliefs and practices
What is
celebrating Mass, serving others,
praying, making moral choices,
and advocating for justice.
In 587 BC what empire did Jerusalem fall under that destroyed their Temple?
What is Babylonian Empire
Why did God become human?
To show us the way to the fullness of life and forgive us of our sins
When were the first Christian communities established
After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the first Pentecost
The types of charisms and their core values.
Franciscan charism: Humility and love for creation
Benedictine charism: Prayer and community life
Jesuit charism: Education and finding God in all things
Dominican charism: Preaching and community
Characteristics of the catholic worldwide view
What is
God is present to, in, and through all creation.
All people are made in the image of God.
Religion and science don’t conflict.
What happened after the Babylonian Exile?
What is the rebuilding of Jerusalem and its Temple and the deep religious conversion of the Jewish people.
How did Jesus proclaim that the Kingdom of God was truly like and what did people expect it to be?
He proclaimed it is a Kingdom of love while people expected it to be political rule or power.
What does Paul’s message to Christians today tell us we are in the world
We are the hands, feet, hearts, minds, and souls of Christ in the world