Question | Answer |
What does the Gospel mean? | the good news |
What are the four Gospel authors? | Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John |
Who are the synoptic Gospel authors? | Matthew, Mark, and Luke |
Whats another word for Gospel Authors? | Evangelist |
Define Evangelist? | proclaimer of good news |
What are the four stages of the Gospel? | life, oral, written, and edited |
Describe the Life Stage of the Gospel | Jesus was alive & Events actually happening |
Describe the Oral stage of the Gospel | Oral Tradition: stories passed by word of mouth & All stories would be spread about Jesus |
Define Oral tradition | stories passed by word of mouth |
Describe the Written stage of the Gospel | What the Gospel authors wrote down in the gospel |
Described the Edited stage of the Gospel | When church fathers got together and deemed what books were inspired by God & They put together the Bible |
Define Audience | who is was that portion of the Gospel (by the author) written for |
What was Matthew's audience? | wrote his Gospel for Jewish converted in Christianity |
What was Mark's audience? | wrote his Gospel for persecuted Christians in Rome |
What was Luke's audience? | Gentile (non-Jew) Christians |
Who was John's Gospel for? | everybody |
What did Matthew portray God as? | portrays Jesus as the teaching Messiah to the Jewish Christians |
What did Mark portray God as? | portrays Jesus as the suffering Savior |
What did Luke portray God as? | portrays Jesus as a compassionate savior |
What did John portray God as? | portrays Jesus as divine "son ship" Jesus as the Son of God |
T or F - Matthew was believed to be a tax collector. | True |
What time period did Mark write his Gospel? | Emperor Nero burnt down Rome and blamed it on Christians (when they started executing Christians) |
T or F - Luke was believed to be a doctor. | True |
Why was Luke believed to be a doctor? | because he focused on healing miracles during the Passion |
What other books has John is also speculated of writing? | Revelations |
What are the Infancy Narratives? | stories about the birth of Jesus |
What were Matthew's Infancy Narrative Themes? | 1. Jesus is a Messiah 2. Jesus was accepted by the Gentiles but not by the Jews 3. Jesus is the new Moses |
What was the theme of Luke's Infancy Narratives? | 1. The Good News is for Everyone 2. The Poor Saw Jesus |
Define Magi | astrologers or wisemen from the east |
Were the Three Kings in the Bible? (from the Christmas story) If not explain. | They were not in the Bible they are part of Christian tradition |
Explain the Kingdom of God | The kingdom of God is all around us, not here & now, but in the future little acts of goodness and kindness we do in our material life will eventuality lead us to the kingdom of God. Our life on Earth is temporary & fleeting but life in Heaven is 4ever |
What is capital T Truth? | Moral Truth |
What is lower case t truth? | literal meaning of a story |
Define Synoptic | seen together, same |
Define Messiah | savior |
Explain Sacred Scriptures and Sacred Tradition | the church basis everything on Sacred Scriptures and Tradition
-Sacred Scripture is the Bible
-Sacred Tradition is our 2,000 year tradition moving forward |
Define Epistles | Part of the New Testament also called Letters |
What are the 10 Commandments (in order)? | 1.Worship one God 2.Don't use the Lords name in vain 3.Keep holy Sabbath 4.Honor your mother & father 5.Don't kill 6.Don't commit adultery 7.Don't steal 8.Don't bear false witness 9.Don't covet your neighbors wife 10.Don't covet your neighbors possessions |
Define Oral Tradition | stories passed by word of mouth |
Define Romans | dominance during the time that Jesus was born |
Creation Story | everything God made is good; we are good |
Intrinsically | at the core all mankind is good |
Judges | warriors that fought Isael |
King David | David and Goliath, Greatest King in Isael, and units 12 Tribes of Israel |
Jeremiah | major profit and a teenager |
Abraham | founded the Jewish faith (patriarch) |
John the Baptist | prepared the way of the lord |
Emaculate Conception | Mary's conception without sin |
The Trinty | the three persons in one god; father, son, holy spirit |
Gentiles | non-jewish |
Salvation History | the act of God saving humans in history |
What are the 4 parts of the Old Testament? | Torah, Historical Books, Prophetic books, wisdom books |
Torah | First five books of the Bible
Known as The Law |
Historical Books | Deals with the kings
and Bible battles |
Prophetic Books | Major and the minor prophets |
Wisdom Books | Psalms and Proverbs |
What are the four parts of the new testament? | Christian Scriptures, Acts, Revelation, and Letters |
Christian Scriptures | Gospels
Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John
Life and teachings of Jesus |
Acts | Called Acts of the apostles
About the life of the early church |
Revelation | End of the World
End times
Also called the Apocalypse
Don’t take it literally its figurative |
Letters | Also called the Epistles
Most of the letter were letters by Saint Pau |
What's another name for New Testament? | Christian Scriptures |
Whats another name for the Old Testament? | Hebrew Scriptures |