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New Testament
New Testament Review for Semester 2 final
Question | Answer |
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What gospel has Jesus fulfilling the Old Testament writings? | Matthew |
What happened in 30 AD? | Jesus was crucified. |
What happened in 49 AD? | The Council of Jerusalem took place. |
What years were the Gospels and the book of Revelation written? | Matthew: 70s-80s, Mark: 65, Luke: 80s, John: 90s, Revelation: 90s |
What gospel has Jesus as the Messiah? | Matthew |
What gospel was written to the Jews? | Matthew |
What gospel is the shortest? | Mark |
What gospel was the first written? | Mark |
What gospel portrays Jesus as a very compassionate person? | Luke |
What gospel was written to the Gentiles? | Luke |
What gospel contains many parables? | Luke |
What gospel has the seven "I AM" statements? | John |
What gospel was the last written? | John |
What gospel was the most different from the rest? | John |
What gospel has the highest Christology? | John |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Sower and the Seed? | How are we going to respond to God's kingdom? |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds? | In the end, the good will go to heaven and the bad will go to hell. |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Good Samaritan? | We need to treat everyone as our neighbor. It also brings about the Golden Rule. |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Prodigal Son? | God is all-forgiving. |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Workers in the vineyard? | The Gentiles are equal to the Jews. Gentiles can also be saved. |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Lost Sheep and the Coin? | God will bring back the sinners. |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Ten Virgins? | We should always be prepared for God's coming. |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Buried Treasure and Pearl? | We should be willing to give up everything we have for God's Kingdom because heaven is our most important possession. |
What is the meaning of the parable of the Lamp and Bushel Basket? | We shouldn't hide our talents. |
Abba | "daddy" |
Apocalyptic | reavealing; literature with many pictures and symbols |
Blasphemy | thoughts, words, or acts that express hatred towards God |
Contextualist | a method of reading the Bible where you find a deeper meaning in the text and consider the history |
Fundamentalist | a method of reading the Bible where you take what the text says literally |
Judaizer | strict on following Mosaic Laws |
gnostic | "the body is bad"; denied Jesus' humanity, Resurrection, scripture, and bishops ruling the Church; believed they had special knowledge |
parousia | second coming |
eschatology | study of end times |
ecclesiology | study of the Church |
"catholic" letters | universal; help us understand how the Catholic Church developed |
pastoral letters | written by a shepherd to other shepherds telling how to run their church |
Pauline Epistles | letters written by Paul and his followers to different churches and cities; 13 letters-7 written by Paul and 6 deuteropauline |
Christology | study of Christ |
Arianism | denies the devinity of Jesus |
Scholasticism | philosophy based on concept of Aristotle; relied on logic and order |
Atheism | don't believe in God |
Creed | statement of beliefs |
Apologist | defenders of their faith |
Docetism | denies Jesus' humanity |
Council of Jerusalem | 49 AD; don't have to become Jewish first in order to become Christian |
Council of Nicaea | 325 AD; defended Jesus' divinity and put together Nicene Creed |
Council of Chalcedon | 451 AD; defended Jesus' humanity |
Council of Ephesus | 431 AD; defended Jesus' humanity and divinity, stated Jesus was one person with two divine natures, and said Mary was "Theotokos" |
Second Vatican Council | 1962 AD; assembly of bishops under the direction of the Pope |
Heresies | false teachings |
Theotokos | "Mother of God"; refers to Mary |
1 and 2 Corinthians | written because there were moral problems in Corinth |
Acts of the Apostles | Luke tells stories of Peter and Paul |
Jude | lesser known letter |
Jesus the Christ | "God saves" |
Paul | conversion to Christianity; wrote many letters; beheaded in Rome; took 3 missionary journeys |
Peter | foundation of Church, first pope |
James the Apostle | second martyr |
James the relative of Jesus | leader in Jerusalem; "faith without works is dead" |
John the Baptist | baptized Jesus, prepared the way for Jesus |
John the Apostle | only male follower of Jesus who was at the cross at the crucifixion |
Luke | traveled with Paul; with Paul when he died; wrote Luke and Acts of the Apostles |
Priscilla | missionary with her husband Aquilla; worked with Paul |
Aquilla | missionary with his wife Priscilla; worked with Paul |
Phoebe | female leader in Rome |
Titus | church leader in Crete |
Silas | follower of Paul |
Barnabus | at the Council of Jerusalem with Paul; travel companion of Paul |
Nero | emperor who persecuted Christians; executed Peter and Paul |
Domitian | follows Nero; persecuted Christians in the 80s and 90s |
Mary Magdalene | found the empty tomb; Jesus' friend |
Stephen | first martyr |
What is the differences between Catholics and Protestants when it comes to scripture and tradition? | For Catholics, scripture and tradition are both equally important. Protestants only rely on scripture. |
What is the difference between Catholics and Protestants when it comes to faith and good works? | Both Catholics and Protestants believe faith is very important to be saved. However, while Catholics believe that faith without good works is dead, Protestants believe that faith alone will save them. |
What is the difference between Catholics and Protestants when it comes to grace and free-will? | Both Catholics and Protestants believe in grace, but only Catholics believe that we all have our own free-will. Protestants believe in predestination, that everything in your life is already mapped out. |
Martin Luther | started the Protestant reformation; didn't agree with some teaching of the Catholic Church; started the Lutheran church |
Calvin | started belief in predestination |