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Know many of the cues or motivations which lead people to search for God. | • Experience of something unconditional • Strive for more |
Faith and Belief: What is faith? What is belief? | • Faith – (n.) state of trusting in God. Faith is our response to God’s self-revelation. Faith also is a supernatural gift from God. • Belief – (v.) the act of trusting in God and God’s revelation |
What is a canon? Name the three conditions for a book of the Bible to enter the canon. | • Canon – “to measure out” • Requirements o Orthodox – theologically correct o Apostolic origin – Apostle directly wrote it or by a church founded by an apostle o Wide use – used across the church not in certain places |
What does it mean to read the Bible canonically? | • Reading individual passages in the Bible in light of the whole; provides canonical inerrancy |
How is Scripture inerrant? How is it not inerrant? Be able to identify material, limited, and canonical inerrancy. | • Limited – Bible is free of theological inerrancy • Material – Fundamentalist view; even mistakes were placed by God • Canonical – Read passages in light of the whole. |
How is Scripture inspired? Identify and describe the wrong ways of understanding inspiration, and the right way, according to Catholic theology | • Bible was written by inspired, illuminated minds; NOT dictation from Holy Spirit or hypnosis/ecstasy. |
What is Tradition? | • Those things that get handed down from generation to generation |
What is kairos? What is chronos? | • Kairos – “God’s time” • Chronos – “our time” |
Mark’s Gospel offers an encapsulation of Jesus’ message. What is it? | • Mark 1:14-15 • “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” |
What is soteriology? | • Soteriology – “how God saves” |
What is a skandalon? Why is Jesus a skandalon? | • Skandalon – “stumbling block”/ “scandal” • Jesus is a scandal because he claims to be God |
How is the Christian Incarnation different from Jewish or pagan ideas of the relationship between humanity and divinity? | • Jews believe that creator cannot become one with creation. This would be blasphemy for Jews. Foolishness to Greeks/pagans because why would gods surrender immortal state to `become mortal. |
What is the religious motive for crucifying Jesus? | • Jesus Christ committed blasphemy by claiming that he was God. |
What political motive was used for crucifying Jesus? | • The Romans do not like disorder in their empire and Jesus caused some chaos/disorder |
Define atonement. Be able to explain the model of atonement by solidarity. | • Ways to explain how Jesus Christ brought about salvation through his death and resurrection • God being in direct contact with every part of human life other than sin shows that he accepts us. • The last word is life with God and life with each other. |
Why is Mary a model of discipleship? | • Mary is a model of discipleship because she was always with Jesus and does not abandon Him |
Know what Theotokos and Mary’s fiat mean. | • Mary’s fiat – Mary saying yes to God • Theotokos – o Mary’s Title: “Mother of God” |
Know the following terms: gnosis, sarx, soma, orthodoxy, heresy. | • Gnosis – “knowledge” • Sarx – “flesh” • Soma – “human body” • Orthodoxy – o orthos – “straight/correct” o doxy – “teaching” • Heresy – o Airesis – “to go one’s own way” |
Know what Ruach means. | • Ruach – “Breath/wind” |
Know the identity and mission of the Holy Spirit. | • Holy Spirit is God’s continuing presence in the Church and the world. |
Know what justification and sanctification are. | • Justification – how God makes us righteous • Sanctification – how God makes us holy |
When does God bring in the Kingdom fully at the end of time, according to the Church? | • The end time when God comes to fulfill all; world as we know it ends • We do not know when this will happen; because we do not know when this will happen we just need to be ready/prepared. |
kerygma | original, oral gospel preached by the apostles |
metanoia | "to turn" |
recapitulation | Jesus is the "new adam" who gains atonement for our sins |
logos | "word" |
naturalism | everything in the world can be broken down into matter and energy |
hume | we can only know what we know through the five senses |
freud | religion is a human creation |
freurbach | religion is wish fulfillment |
marx | religion is used by elite to suppress the poor |
nietzsche | religion is used to suppress natural born leaders |
resurrection is... | jesus rose mind, body, soul |
resurrection is not | vision, ghost, enlightenment, a legend, a myth, resurrection of faith, assumption into heaven, reincarnation, resuscitation/revival |
substitionary atonement | sin divide from god, god is just being who gives consequences in this case death, also is a god of mercy, god substitutes for us and can take the penalty of death, saved and pulled through death to new life |
arianism | Jesus/Holy Spirit inferior to father |
docetism | Jesus' humanity was an apparition |
nestorianism | Jesus has split nature united by Jesus' will |
eutychianism | Jesus' humanity was absorbed by his divinity |
adoptionism | Jesus is born and adopted by God into divinity |
marcionism | evil old testament god replaced by good new testament god |
donatism | clergy must be faultless for effective ministry |
monatism | jesus is coming very soon so drop everything and head to desert |
gnosticism | salvation is through knowledge alone |
pelagianism | we can save ourselves wholly through our own efforts without God's grace |
ousia | divine essence in general sense (shared by all 3) |
hypostasis | divine essence in a specific sense |
homoousious | of same essense |
homoiousious | of like essence |
prospon | three isolated individuals |
medicinal model of justification | god is doctor; forgives and heals of sin |
forensic/judicial model of justification | God stands over us to judge us and should penalize us but instead we are forgiven and we choose whether or not to accept this forgiveness |
deacon's sacraments | baptism, marriage, communion, anointing |