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Catechesis Set 8
Concepts and Vocabulary of Catholicism
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Religious Studies
Not Applicable
11/22/2011

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Term
g
Definition

What were the chief sufferings of Jesus?

a) the agony in the garden

b) the bloody sweat

c) the scourging

d) crowning with thorns

e) crucifixion

f) spiritual and mental suffering

g) all of the above

h) c-e

Term
Calvary, three
Definition
Jesus was nailed to a cross on a hill called ______, just outside the city of Jerusalem.  He died _____ hours later.
Term
Jesus died on a Friday, and it is considered good because of what it achieved--our salvation
Definition
Why is it called Good Friday?
Term
He went to preach to the spirits that were in prison
Definition
Where did Jesus's soul go when he died?
Term
Sunday, Easter
Definition
Jesus arose on the third day after His death, which was a ______.  The feast of ____ celebrates Christ's triumph over sin and death.
Term
forty, strengthen, apostles, church
Definition
After His Resurrection, Jesus stayed on earth for another _____ days.  He ______ the faith of his followers, complete His work of instructing the ______, and founding His ____.
Term
Thursday
Definition
What day did Jesus ascend to Heaven?
Term
the feast of Ascension
Definition
feast that commemorates Jesus's ascension into heaven forty days after His resurrection
Term
The Last Day
Definition
When will Jesus come back?
Term
judge the living and the dead
Definition
What will Jesus do on the Last Day?
Term
They returned to Jerusalem and waited for the coming of the Holy Spirit
Definition
What did the Apostles do after the ascension?
Term
ten
Definition
The Holy Spirit came down upon the Apostles ___ days after the ascension
Term
the feast of Pentecost
Definition
celebrates the Holy Spirit coming to the Apostles and the beginning of the Church's public life
Term
Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Definition
The early Christian's view of Jesus is contained in the first four books of the New Testament, called the ______.  They were written by ____, _____, _____, and _____.
Term
members of his extended family, but not children of his mother
Definition
Who were the brothers and sisters of Jesus mentioned in the Bible?
Term
clan relationship
Definition
The words "brother" and "sister" were used by the Jews to indicate what?
Term
God, Holy Trinity, Man
Definition
Jesus Christ is the Son of ______, the Second Person of the ______ ________, and true God and true _____
Term
False
Definition
T or F:  Jesus Christ is not equal to God but below Him
Term
False
Definition
T or F:  Jesus never claimed that He was God, only his messenger
Term
His miracles
Definition
How did Jesus prove that he was God?
Term
miracle
Definition
an unusual event which is contrary to or beyond the laws of nature and which cannot be explained except through the power of God
Term
False
Definition
T or F:  Science will one day be able to explain away the miracles
Term
A miracle can only be performed by the power of God, and God could not perform a miracle in favor of a lie
Definition
How do miracles prove a statement to be true?
Term
f
Definition

What were some of the miracles of Jesus?

a) curing the blind, lepers, paralytics, deaf mute

b) raise people from dead

c) cast the devil out of many

d) changed water to wine, made food from loaves of bread and fish

e) calmed a storm

f) all of the above

g) all but e

Term
raising the dead
Definition
What is the greatest miracle of Jesus?
Term
e
Definition

In what other ways did Jesus prove He was God?

a) holiness of His life

b) perfection of His teachings

c) His prophecies

d) fulfilling the prophecies of the Old Testament

e) all of the above

f) c and d

Term
prophecy
Definition
sure foretelling of a future event which cannot be naturally foreseen but only through the power of God
Term
True
Definition
T or F:  The prophecies of the Old Testament were fulfilled in Jesus
Term
True
Definition
T or F:  Jesus is a real man
Term
False
Definition
T or F:  Jesus was a human and not divine
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