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Midterm Loyola Flashcards
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
02/28/2012

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St. Paul
Definition
Wrote the epistoles
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St. Ignatius of Antioch
Definition
First to say 'Catholic'
Term
Pope John XXIII
Definition
Invoked Vatican II
Term
Pope Pius XII
Definition
Divino Afflante Spiritu - wrote document that has been refered to as the magna carta of Catholic biblical scholarship.
Term
Pope Paul VI
Definition

Took over Vatican II

Closed it

Term
St. Jerome
Definition
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ
Term
Jan van Eyck
Definition

Painted "Adoration of the Lamb" in 1432

Preserved in Cathedral of St. Bavo in Ghent, Belgium

Term
St. Claude de Colombiere
Definition
Confessor of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. She confessed to him. Jesuit, join in 1969
Term
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Definition
Roman Catholic nun and mystic who promoted devotion of the sacred heart of Jesus in its modern form
Term
St. Augustine of Hippo
Definition

Infants who die unbaptized are condemned to hell where they suffer "the least of its pains"

The New Testament lies hidden in the Old; the Old Testament is unveiled in the New

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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St. Francis of Assisi
Definition
Patron St. of Animal, founded men's fransican order and woman's oder of st. clair
Term
St. Thomas Aquinas
Definition

5 Proofs for Existence of God

Eucharist is the Sacrament of Sacraments

Term
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Definition

Founder of Society of Jesus

1491-1556

Transformative life changing relationship with Jesus Christ

Term
Origen
Definition

Christian Theologian - important for spiritual reading of the Bible

Greatest work was the Hexapla - Synopsis of the 6 verisions of the OT

Term
Arius
Definition

Taught Arianism

Arianism was made a heresy

Term
Yves Congar
Definition
Helped inspire Pope John XXIII and Vatican II
Term
Catholic
Definition

Greek meaning Universal

Literall means "according to the whole"

Term
sacrament 
Definition

7 sacraments

visible signs of invisible reality

 

 

Term
the sacramental principle
Definition

-states that created things are good and are signs of God’s presence and grace

-Profound sense  that the invisible divine presence is disclosed through created realities that function as symbols

Term
act of faith
Definition

-Personal encounter with God: trust, confidence, surrender and love

-Involving a total response: "Metanoia" -complete change of heart

-Christian Faith entails an encounter with Jesus Christ, the Lord.

-Catholicism stresses "mediation" by the Church community and its sacramental practices

Term
canon
Definition

Code of law

Law estabilished by a church council

Term
revelation
Definition

God's self-disclosure and response of faith

God's plan

Term
covenant
Definition

promise

example: event that occured in Mount Sanai

Term
kerygma
Definition

Religious truths taught in the Gospels.

Greek meaning preaching 

Term

tradition

(its etymological meaning and its primary theology meaning)

Definition

Theological: shared faith experience of Christian communiity, life in Christ, and communion in the Spirit

BOTH Faith AND Reason 

 

Etymological: history of the word, how it came into being

Term
official and unofficial expressions of Catholic Tradition
Definition

Official: Bible, Sacraments, Creeds, Doctrines, Liturgy

 

 

Term
Paschal Mystery
Definition
refers to the suffering, death, Resurrection, and Glorification of Jesus Christ
Term
Synoptic Gospels
Definition

Mark

Matthew

Luke

(a lot of same stories)

Term
canon and canonical gospels
Definition

Canon Gospels:

Matthew

Mark

Luke
John 

Term
lectionary
Definition
A book or list of lections to be read at church services during the year.
Term
anamnesis
Definition

rememberance

usually in a sacrificial context

Term
neoscholasticism
Definition
Revival of the scholastic approach to theology which shaped Roman Catho from the 16 century until the Vatican II (1962-65).
Term
Eucharist
Definition

Sacrament to the Altar

Blessed Sacrament

Holy Communion

Term
icon
Definition
religious work of art, commonly a painting
Term
Vulgate
Definition
The principal Latin version of the Bible, prepared mainly by St. Jerome in the late 4th century
Term
Septuagint
Definition
A Greek version of the Hebrew Bible
Term
apocrypha
Definition
Biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture
Term
apocryphal writings
Definition
Aren't in the Bible
Term
aggiornamento
Definition

Updating/Renewal

Bringing up to date

Term
covenant
Definition
An agreement.
Term
koinonia
Definition

Communion

(celebrated at most important sacremental rite, Eucharistic liturgy)

Term
ekklesia
Definition
New testament word for Church
Term
metanoia
Definition

Complete change of heart

Spiritual conversion

Term
prophet
Definition

A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God

"One who speaks on behalf of..." God's purity, justice, and mercy.

Term
ecumenical council
Definition
an assembly of bishops and other ecclesiastics representative of the Christian Church throughout the world.
Term
epiclesis
Definition

Invoking the power of the Holy Spirit

Happens 2 times during Mass

1. Bread and Wine

2. Of the people

Term
Mass
Definition
Public celebration of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches.
Term
sacraments of initiation
Definition

Baptism

Eucharist

Confirmation

Term
Abba
Definition
Dad, God, Father
Term
Amen
Definition

So be it

Hebrew word still used in Western Churches

Term
Alleluia
Definition

Hebrew

 "Praise God"

Term
Hosanna
Definition
Used to express adoration, praise, or joy
Term
RCIA
Definition

Rite of Christian Initation of Adults

Welcomes anyone who has desire to know more about Catholic Church

Stages:

-Pre-catechumenate

-Catechumenate

-Purification

-Reception at Easter Vigil liturgy

-Mystagogy

Term
doxology
Definition

A liturgical formula of praise to God

"Through him with him in him in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours all mighty Father forever and ever." - Great Doxology

Term
catechumen
Definition
Unbaptized person prearing to be initiated into the Church
Term
candidate
Definition

Baptized Christian who is preparing to enter the Catholic Church

Receiving Eucharist and Confirmation

Term
neophyte
Definition
Newly baptized person
Term
martyr
Definition

A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs

Means "Witness"

Term
transubstantiation
Definition
The conversion of the substance of the Eucharistic elements into the body and blood of Christ
Term
Genesis 1:27
Definition
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created.
Term
Acts 2:42
Definition
And they devoted themselves to the apostles teachings and the fellowship to the breaking of bread and the prayers
Term
I Corinthians 15:3-5
Definition
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, that he.
Term
Mark 1:15
Definition
The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good.
Term
Matthew 16: 13-20
Definition
Term
I Corinthians 11:23-26
Definition
Term
Romans 6:3-11
Definition
Term

the Creed

(In Brief summaries as well)

Definition

Profession and narrative of the story of God's Salvation offered to human beings

I believe

Term
what is distinctive about the Catholicism understanding of Tradition and its official and unofficial expressions. 
Definition
Term
Catholic
Definition
universal
Term
distinctive characteristics of the Catholicism
Definition

Stress on Community (Koinonia)

Strong ligurgical tradition centered on Eucharist

'Communion of saints'

Term
the sacrament of baptism
Definition

-Clear away Original Sin

-Gives gift of Holy Spirit and incorporates the person into the Church

-Babies baptized when reasonale expectation they will be raised in the faith.

-Creed first found in context of baptism

Term
the sacrament of confirmation
Definition
Term
the sacrament of the Eucharist
Definition
Term
the Eucharistic liturgy [aka ‘Mass’]
Definition

The Source and Summit of entire Christian Life

-from Vatican II's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

Term
Jesus and the Gospel of Mark
Definition

Jesus refers to himself as the "son"

Uses "Abba"

Term
What does “Catholicism” mean?  Illustrate the ‘Both-And’ approach of Catholicism.
Definition

Both AND: to faith and practice 

Both Word AND Sacrament

Both Faith AND Justice

Both faith AND reason

Both scripture AND tradion

Both Universal Church AND Local Church

Term
The Eucharistic Liturgy: identify the multiple meanings of the Eucharistic liturgy
Definition
Term
identify the principal parts of the Mass and their Jewish roots.
Definition
Term
Identify the Hebrew words still used in the Mass and give their meanings.
Definition

Amen - It is true

 

Alleluia - Praise god, prepare to celebrate the gospel

*not used during lent, brought back at Easter (ressurection)

Term
What does  the term “Mass” mean
Definition
Term
What is the epiclesis
Definition
Eucharistic Prayer) by which the priest invokes the Holy Spirit  upon the Eucharistic bread and wine
Term
What is the anamnesis
Definition
Term
When is the great doxology and when does it occur?
Definition
During the Eucharistic prayers?
Term
What is the ‘Paschal Mystery’?
Definition
Term
How is reception of the Sacrament of Baptism a participation in the Paschal Mystery? (see Paul’s Letter to the Romans 6:3-11).
Definition
It is the where we become part of Christ and the Church.
Term

Explain the Catholic understanding of  “Tradition.”  Identify the official and unofficial expressions of Catholic Tradition.

Definition
Term
Explain the statement: “The Bible is the Book of the Church.”  
Definition
We are not a Church of the bible. The Church existed before the Bible.
Term
How would an informed Catholic respond to a Christian who claimed that “Scripture alone” is sufficient.
Definition
Term
How do Catholic and Protestant Bibles differ?
Definition
• WHILE THEY AGREE ON THE 27 WRITINGS OF THE NT, THEY DISAGREE ON THE CANON OF THE OT.  CATHOLIC & ORTHODOX BIBLES INCLUDE ABOUT 7 GREEK WRITINGS TERMED ‘DEUTERO-CANONICAL’
Term
What characterizes biblical fundamentalism?  
Definition
Term
Why is it ‘intellectual suicide’?
Definition
When you take the scriptures literally.
Term
What is the structure of the Creed?  
Definition

professions of faith

Baptism is the first of the Creeds.

I believe - We Believe

Term
Why were the Creed(s) developed?
Definition
statements of Christian belief
Term
What are the basic beliefs that are professed in the Creed?
Definition
We believe
Term
What false teachings did the creed reject? 
Definition

-The saying that Jesus was not both divine and human

-Arianism

Term
What is the Catholic understanding of “faith” and “revelation”?
Definition
Term
What document of Vatican II renewed the Catholic understanding of faith and revelation?
Definition
Term
Explain the Catholic principle of ‘sacramentality.’
Definition

mystery

rite, symbols, liturgical objects..

Term
How did St. Augustine define the meaning of  “sacrament”?   
Definition

Each sacrament has two components

1. Visible (Baptism water)

2. Invisible (Word of Christ)

Term
Why do human beings need sacrament?
Definition

To remind us about JC

They convey grace by symbolizing and combining narrative and ritual action

IE - washing with water

Term
How are Christ and the Church sacraments?
Definition

Church is the Sacrament of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is the Sacrament of the Father

Church is the sacrament of salvation but does not have a monopoly on salvation

Term
What is the difference between a sacrament and a sacramental?
Definition

Sacramental - often related to the seven sacraments like blessing one's self with holy water

Sacrament - ceremony, visible form of grace.

Term
Identify the two major fractures in Christian unity and when they occurred.
Definition

1054 Orthodox split

1517 Protestant split

Term
Identify distinctive characteristics of the self-presentation of Jesus.  
Definition
Term
How did Jesus differ from the Jewish prophets that preceded him.
Definition

According to Catholics and the belief that he is the messiah he completed the 4 tasks of the messiah.

1.

2.

3.

4.

Term
What is the significance of Jesus’ resurrection for Christian faith?
Definition
Term
What is a ‘gospel’?
Definition
The word of God
Term
When were the canonical gospels composed?
Definition
Between 70 - 100 CE
Term

Who wrote the earliest writings of the New Testament.

Identify some of these writings.

Definition

Paul's writings

Galatians 48-49 AD

Term

For each of the sacraments of Initiation: be able explain the essential rite, the purpose, biblical basis, and graced results for each of these sacraments.  Compare Eastern and Western Christianity in the way these sacraments are celebrated.

Definition
Term
.  Vatican II: Identify the renewal currents that preceded Vatican II.  
Definition

1. Get involved with the bibical texts

2. Liturgical movement 

Term
For what reasons did Pope John XXIII convoke an ecumenical council?
Definition
Felt change and renewal was needed in the Church
Term
ressourcement
Definition
Term
What pope promulgated the documents of the council?
Definition
Term
Identify the four ‘constitutions’ produced by Vatican II.
Definition

1. Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

2. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

3. Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation

4. Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

Term
In what major ways did Vatican II’s  “Dogmatic Constitution on the Church” renew the Church’s self-understanding?
Definition
Term
What biblical images for the Church were stressed?  
Definition
Term

Explain the Liturgical year and the cycle of liturgical readings used at the Sunday liturgy.

Definition
Term
What is the basic ‘kerygma’ of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark?  
Definition
Term
What are the key passages in the Gospel of Mark when the identity of Jesus is revealed?
Definition
Term
Apply the Catholic understanding of ‘faith and reason’ to the doctrine of God:  what arguments can reason formulate for the existence of God?
Definition
Term
What are the limits of reason concerning the reality of God?
Definition
Term
What is the doctrine of the Incarnation?
Definition

-the second person of the trinity took on himself a distinct, fully human nature.

-As a result, he was a single person in full possession of two distinct natures, one human and one divine.

Term

How is the doctrine of the Incarnation  doctrine safeguarded in the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed?  

Definition
-affirmed the belief in the divinity of father and son together
Term
What heresy did Arius teach?
Definition

Arianism

That the Father and Jesus did not externally exist together.

Term
heresy
Definition
False teachings
Term
Lumen Gentium
Definition

Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

Backbone of Council's work

 

Term
Orthodox Christianity
Definition
Term
Protestant Reformation
Definition
objected to ("protested") the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church
Term
16 documents of Vatican II
Definition
Include the 4 Constitutions
Term
significance of Abraham
Definition

-married to Sarah

-

Term
the theophany of the Burning Bush
Definition

God called Moses over to the Burning Bush.

Made him take off his shoes to signify holy ground.

Moses asked who do I tell people who you are. -God answered YHWH

Term
Passover
Definition
Celebrates the Exodus -freeing of slaves
Term
Isaiah
Definition
Term
symbolic significance of the Twelve, key themes of the prophets, major and minor prophets
Definition
Term
how Jesus fulfilled the expectations found in the Jewish Scriptures
Definition
1. forgave sin
Term
Abba
Definition
Term
meaning of “Jesus” 
Definition
Term
Council of Chalcedon
Definition
Term
Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
Definition
We believe in the Holy Spirit (without the words "and the son")
Term
Magisterium
Definition
Term
the gifts of the Holy Spirit
Definition
Term
the understanding of the Mass and its basic structure
Definition
Term
CTM Chaper 1 Conclusion
Definition
Term
CTM Chaper 2 Conclusion
Definition
Term
CTM Chaper 3 Conclusion
Definition
Term
CTM Chaper 4 Conclusion
Definition
Term
CTM Chaper 5 Conclusion
Definition
Term
CCC In Brief Sections
Definition
Term
Quizzes
Definition
Term
Adoration of the Lamb
Definition

Loosely based on texts from Book of Revelation

Painted in 1432

Jan van Eyck

Found in Cathedral of St. Bavo in Ghent Belgium

Term
Tertullian wrote:
Definition
layed foundations for doctrine of the Trinity
Term
Maximilian Kolbe
Definition

(1894-1941)

 

Term
Council of Constantinople
Definition

381 CE

Issued Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed

Term
Council of Nicea
Definition

325 CE

Issued Nicene Creed

Term
Council of Ephesus
Definition

431 CE

Mary can be called Mother of God

Term
Council of Chalcedon
Definition

451 CE

Affirmed both true humanity of Jesus and his true divinity

Term
Mary
Definition

Second Eve

Queen of Heaven

Mother of the Church

Term
Transformative
Definition
A new seeing
Term
Pre-Vatican II
Definition

Restricitions on women before Vatican II

Not encouraged to read/study Bible

Term
St. Dorothy Stang
Definition
Assassinated Feb 12, 2005 in Amazon region of Brazil
Term
5 Proofs for Existence of God
Definition

1. Requires "Fist Mover" =God

2. Fact of Cause & Effect to need for an Uncaused Cause =God

3. Existence of non-necessary beings to need for an necessary being =God

4. Abosolute Perfection?

5. finality found in everything, intelligent designer =God

Term
Kelly's distillation of Aquina's Five Proofs
Definition

1. Things make sense

2. Don't make sense by themselves

3. Therefore God exists

Term
Eschatology
Definition
the study of final things
Term
Apocalyptic
Definition
unveiling or disclosure
Term
Bernard Cooke
Definition
Suggests 'Human Friendship' can be considered a basic sacrament
Term
Epistles
Definition

The writings in the NT

Letters to the Coritians

Term
St. Benedict of Nursia
Definition

Composed a 'rule' that was adopted by many communities of men and women

Responsible for 'pray and work' saying

Term
deutero-canonical
Definition

2nd version of the canonical Bible

What we currently use

Term
I Corinthians 15:3-5
Definition
For I delivered to you as a first imporantance what I also received: what Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures. That he was buried, that he was raised on the 3rd day in accordance with the scriptures and that he appreared to Cephas then to the 12.
Term
Mark 1:15
Definition
Term
How has the Catholic Church’s teaching about the fate of unbaptized infants developed from St. Augustine to today?
Definition

St Augustine said they go to hell but suffer the least of the pains.

Today it is said that they are in the hands of God

Term

5. Which of the following is NOT found in the Gospel of Mark?

 

Definition
The Raising of Lazarus from the dead.
Term
The opposite of Catholic is
Definition
SECTARIAN.
Term

Christianity was legalized by

 

Definition
Emperor CONSTANTINE with the Edict of MILAN in the year 313 CE
Term
What is the fastest growing demographic in American Catholicism?
Definition
Hispanic Catholics
Term

What Biblical book is the basis for the central scene in the “The Adoration of the Lamb”?

 

Definition
The Book of Revelation
Term
Which title for Mary was vindicated by the Council of Ephesus?
Definition
Mother of God
Term

The word “martyr” means:

 

Definition
Witness
Term

Which of the following was NOT an early Church council?

 

Definition
Trent
Term

Which of the following heresies did  St. Irenaeus oppose?

 

Definition
Gnosticism
Term
The founder of the Society of Jesus was:
Definition
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Term
Today the majority of Roman Catholics live in the Southern Hemisphere.
Definition
TRUE
Term
What is the name of the Council that responded to the Protestant Reformation?
Definition
Trent
Term
What heresy did St. Augustine oppose that held that human beings can earn grace?
Definition
Pelagianism
Term
Identify the founder of western monasticism:
Definition
St. Benedict of Nursia
Term
The word “heresy” comes from a Greek word that means:
Definition
Selection
Term
In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus most often refers to himself as:
Definition
“Son of Man”
Term

Identify the Bible of the infant Church

 

Definition
Septuagint
Term
Identify the THREE major parts of the Old Testament:
Definition
1. TORAH [AKA PENTATEUCH]
2. PROPHETS
3. WRITINGS
Term
Jesus did not pass on a detailed blueprint for the structure of the Church.
Definition
TRUE
Term

The Christian Creed has a Trinitarian structure

 

Definition
TRUE
Term

Which doctrine is NOT professed in the Creed?

 

Definition

A)  Creation
B)  Virginal Conception of Jesus
C)  Life Everlasting
D)  Christ’s Resurrection
E)  The Incarnation

None of these

Term

The last chapter of Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church focuses on:

 

Definition
Mary
Term

Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church stressed the

 

Definition
“universal call to HOLINESS.”
Term

St. Paul refers to the Church as the

 

Definition
“Body of CHRIST.”
Term

What is the symbolic significance of Jesus choosing Twelve to be his collaborators?

 

Definition
THE RE-GATHERING OF THE SCATTERED TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
Term

The Catholic Church teaches that babies who die unbaptized are banned from heaven.

 

Definition
FALSE
Term

The Catholic Church teaches that baptism is necessary for salvation.

 

Definition
TRUE
Term
The Sacrament of Confirmation can be received again if the person falls away from the Church and then decides to return.
Definition
FALSE
Term

The term for an unbaptized person who is preparing to receive the Sacraments of Initiation:

 

Definition
Catechumen
Term

Which is NOT an essential element of the Roman rite of Confirmation

 

Definition
A symbolic slap on the cheek.
Term
St. Thomas Aquinas called the Eucharist
Definition
“The SACRAMENT of Sacraments.”
Term
9.  The Eucharist is a “____”  of the DEATH "____" and  of Jesus Christ.
Definition
memorial
RESURRECTION
Term

Identify the four marks of the Church and briefly indicatE what Rausch wrote about their meanngs.

 

Definition
ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, AND APOSTOLIC
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