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| Where do the mysteries come from? |
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| What is divine inspiration? |
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| the special influence of the Holy Spirit on the human authors of the Bible |
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| What is divine revelation? |
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| God making himself known to us |
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| Explain the statement "As Catholics we believe that the bible had many authors, and at the same time, that the bible had only one author." |
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| It means that we believe that many different people physically wrote the bible - but each of them were influenced by God, the only author |
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| What is the difference between political covenant and a biblical covenant? |
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Political Covenant - an agreement between nations
Biblical Covenant - an understanding between God and his people |
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| What was the new covenant? Who was it established by? |
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| It was a covenant between God and his people (AKA us) and it was established by Jesus |
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| What are the three stages of the gospels? |
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1. Jesus' own words and actions
2. The apostles preachings
3. Writing the gospels down |
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| The word Gospel means what? The word originally referred to what? |
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| Gospel mean good news and it originally meant political news |
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| What are the five Joyful mysteries? |
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1. Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary
2. Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth
3. Birth of Jesus
4. Presentation of Jesus at the temple
5. Finding Jesus at the temple |
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-Infancy Narratives
1. What are they?
2. Who wrote them?
3. Which view points? |
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1. Stories of Jesus' birth/conception/childhood
2. Matthew and Luke
3. Luke - Mary
Matthew - Joseph |
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| What are some similarities and differences of the Gospels? |
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Similarities - they all talk about Jesus
Differences - They wrote to different crowds |
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| How were the Gospels put in order in the New Testament? |
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| They were put in the order they were given |
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| Why is Johns Gospel not synoptic? |
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| Because he is really symbolic |
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| John the Baptist was called a precursor. Why? |
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| Because he came before Jesus to prepare them for the son of God. |
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| John the Baptist was a preacher. What did he preach about? |
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| What did people do to show that they were willing to change their lives? |
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| They got baptized in the Jordan River |
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| What does it mean when we say "prophet"? |
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| One called by God to speak for him |
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| Why is John the bridge between the Old and New Testament? |
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| He is the last of the Old Testament Prophets and the first to announce the coming of the only son of God |
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| He paved the way for Jesus Christ |
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| Why do we stand for the Gospel at mass? |
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| because it is all about Jesus |
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| What are the synoptic gospels? |
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| How are the synoptic gospels different? |
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-dont write about the same things
-different point of view
-different audiences |
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| Why is johns gospel different than Matthew, Mark, or Lukes? |
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| he wanted us to get a deeper understanding of Jesus and he was more symbolic |
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| Where are the gospels placed in the bible? Why? |
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| The beginning of the New Testament. Because they are the most important |
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| Describe how Jesus is portrayed in each gospel. |
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Matthew - new Moses and he is the new lawgiver
Mark - suffering masiah
Luke - merciful and compassionate
John - Lamb of God and Bread of Life |
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