3 - religious beliefs (the paschal mystery)

Question 1

what is a religious belief

Answer 1

• an idea that the followers of the religion hold to be deeply and permanently true
• concern ideas about god, human life, life after death
• the ways the followers speak, act and celebrate

Question 2

what is a key religious belief

Answer 2

• the paschal mystery

Question 3

what is the syllabus dot point

Answer 3

• the nature of a religious belief

Question 4

what is the paschal mystery

Answer 4

• one of the central concepts of Christian Faith relating to the history of salvation.
• it’s main subject is the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (the work God the father sent his son to accomplish on earth)
• developed and found in the nicene creed

Question 5

recite the part from the nicene creed where the passion, death and resurrection is explained

Answer 5

• for us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered, died, and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the scriptures

Question 6

what is a mystery

Answer 6

• a religious belief that on can only know by revelation and cannot fully understand
• mystery because we cannot discover them through human reasoning or scientific exploration
• we can discover the religious truths by God revealing them to us in scripture and tradition

Question 7

explain the church and the paschal mystery

Answer 7

• Christ’s presence is celebrated during the Eucharistic celebration
• mass is centred around the remembering and representation of the events of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus

Question 8

what informs the paschal mystery

Answer 8

• the nicene creed
• the New Testament (jesus’s life, teachings, passion and glorification from the beginning)
• raised in encyclicals
• the Eucharist

Question 9

explain the fact that Jesus came

Answer 9

• God sent him, born of the Virgin Mary, the son of God (fully human / divine)
• gave the two great commandments
• performed miracles
• helper of God, established the early church, carpenter
• ministry of Jesus

Question 10

quotes for he came

Answer 10

• John 3:16 ‘God sent his only son’
• matt 20:28 ‘the son of man came to serve and give his life as ransom’
• John 6:48-51 ‘I am the bread of life.. This is the bread that comets down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die’

Question 11

explain the fact that Jesus died

Answer 11

• he was speared on the cross, killed by crucifixion
• Jesus spoke to God before he died ‘lord forgive them for they know not what they do’
• they forced he crown of thorns onto his head, whipped him 39 times and beat him
• crucified by Pontius Pilate (his suffering = passion)
• lamb of god (sacrifices and death)
• paschal mystery is the process of sting and rising, death and new life

Question 12

quotes for he died

Answer 12

• luke 24:7 ‘… be crucified and o. The theirs day be raised again’
• Matthew 26:28 ‘this is my blood, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sin’
• John 19:11 ‘Jesus answered, “you would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of great sin”’

Question 13

explain the fact that Jesus resurrected

Answer 13

• rose on the third day, 45 days later ascended into heaven, seated at the right hand of the father
• resurrection is the most important feature of the paschal mystery
• mother Mary on hearing he had risen spread the good news (Pentecost)
• Jesus helps judge the living and the dead, without resurrection Christianity is false

Question 14

quotes for he resurrected

Answer 14

• Luke 24:2-3 ‘and they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but they went in and did not find the body of the lord Jesus’
• John 11:25 ‘Jesus said to her I am the resurrection, and the life, the ones who believe in me will live even if they die’
• John 13:1 ‘before the feast of the Passover, Jesus knew that his time had come to pass from insist work to the father, he loved his own in the world and loved them to the end”

Question 15

what is Holy Week

Answer 15

• solemn and sorrowful, anticipates the joy of Easter through the recognition of gods goodness in sending his son to die for our salvation
• the week before Easter, leads to Easter Sunday and the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead

Question 16

what happens during Holy Week

Answer 16

• Palm Sunday: the Sunday before Easter, commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry to Jerusalem
• Holy Thursday: celebrates his last supper with the disciples, a celebration of Passover, Eucharist is the memorial or the death and resurrection of Christ
• good Friday: Jesus is crucified on the cross and dies
• holy Saturday: Easter vigil
• Easter Sunday: celebration of Christos resurrection from the dead

Question 17

what is the ritual the Easter triduum

Answer 17

• used to describe the three days prior to the great feast of Easter:
  
  • Holy Thursday
  • Good Friday
  • Holy Saturday

Question 18

what are the stations of the cross

Answer 18

• each marks a stage of Jesus’ suffering on good Friday
• popular Christian devotion, particularly during lent, Holy Week and especially on good Friday
• consists of 14 stations they commemorate important events on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion

Question 19

rituals on Holy Thursday

Answer 19

• lords supper
• washing of the feet
• evening mass

Question 19

rituals on good Friday

Answer 19

• stations of the cross:
  1. Jesus Is Condemned to Death.
  2. Jesus Takes Up His Cross.
  3. Jesus Falls the First Time.
  4. Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother.
  5. Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross.
  6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus.
  7. Jesus Falls a Second Time.
  8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem.
  9. Jesus Falls the Third Time.
  10. Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments.
  11. Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross.
  12. Jesus Dies on the Cross.
  13. Jesus Is Taken Down From the Cross.
  14. Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb