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Ch. 16 & 17 Religion
Mr. Stickler's Religion Test Ch. 16 & 17 Test.
Question | Answer |
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What Sacrament first frees us from sin? | Baptism. (Pg. 190) |
What is a vocation? | God's call to serve him. (Pg. 190) |
What does penance show God? | That we are sorry for our sins and that we're sorry for turning away from God. (Pg. 190) |
When did Habakkuk become a prophet? | Between 605 and 597 B.C.E. (Pg. 190) |
What is blasphemy? | A thought, word, or act that refers to God without respect or reverence. (Pg. 191) |
What is the common vocation that all Christians share? | To grow in holiness and to become more like Jesus Christ. "To bring the good news of Jesus to others so that they, too, will love and follow him." (Pg. 191) |
Why was the book of Baruch written? | To bring comfort to people who had lost their homeland. (Pg. 191) |
What, specifically, does the Book of Baruch talk about? | Belief in the one true God, faithfulness to the law of Moses, repentance, and hope. (Pg. 191) |
Who began a reform of religious practices in Judah, banning all false practices? | Josiah. (Pg. 188) |
What was the prophet Isiah's message to the people of Judah? | He spoke out against all forms of idolatry and injustice. He also told them how to be faithful to God. (Pg. 185) |
What was Micah's message to the people of Judah? | He spoke out against false prophets. He preached that goodness lies in the practice of social justice and in faithfulness to the one true God. (Pg. 187) |
What is a lamentation? | "A sorrow that is expressed in the form of a poem." (Pg. 196) |
What is a superstition? | "The false belief that living creatures of things possess powers that in fact they do not have." (Pg. 196) |
What does the Book of Lamentations express? | What the people were feeling after the destruction of Jerusalem. (Pg. 196) |
Who was the biblical writer of Lamentations? | The prophet Jeremiah. (Pg. 196) |
When did God's people begin to call themselves Jews? | When they were exiled in Babylon after the final destruction of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.E. (Pg. 197 & 198) |
How did the Babylonians treat the exiles? | Very well, they were allowed to remain a community. (Pg. 198) |
How can we define hope? | "Hope is a gift from God that enables us to trust in God's promise to be with us always; it enables us to be confident in God's love and care for us." (Pg. 199) |
Why can we call Jesus a "priest, prophet, and king." | We can call him a priest because he offered a sacrifice that no one else could. We can call him a prophet because he delivered God's message of love and forgiveness. We can call him a king because of the care he gave to all his people. (Pg. 199) |
What is a proverb? | "A brief saying that gives wise advice. It makes a clear point that can be easily remembered." (Pg. 200) |
What do the Wisdom books give us? | Practical advice on how to live. (Some use proverbs to teach.) (Pg. 200) |
What happened to Job? (Name two things.) | 1.) He lost his children and his possessions, 2.) A dreadful disease took hold of his body. (Pg. 201) |