Chapter 3: The Triune God Flashcards
What does the second Vatican council stress about music in worship?
- it unites people in praise
- can make worship feel joyous or solemn
- increases the beauty of worship
- helps people to feel more involved in worship
- inspires people to praise god
What are the 5 types of music in the catholic liturgy (practices and rituals that happen during the communal worship of god)?
- psalms
- plainchant
- traditional hymns
- contemporary worship songs
- mass settings
What are psalms?
- pieces of poetry from the Old Testament
- centre around the praise of god
- recognise that everything comes from god
what is plainchant?
- ancient form of music sung unaccompanied
- sung in Latin
What are traditional hymns?
- religious songs that praise god
- have been used for generations of believers
- sung to be accompanied with organ
- have stood the test of time
What are contemporary worship songs?
- recently written upbeat songs that praise god
- appealing
- can be seen as disrespectful because its upbeat nature can distract people from focusing in god
What are mass settings?
- the parts of the mass that are sung rather than said
- include the alleluia, the Sanctus and the Gloria
What do the Gloria, alleluia and Sanctus all have in common?
- hymns to praise gods glory, goodness and holiness
What are the events of the baptism of Jesus? Mathew
- Jesus was baptised
- heavens opened
- Holy Spirit descended like a dove
- settled on Jesus
- a voice from heaven said “This is my son, th beloved, with whom I am well pleased”
When does god reveal himself as the trinity?
At Jesus’ baptism
How are the father, the son and the Holy Spirit shown in the baptism of Jesus?
- Holy Spirit - represented by a dove that comes down from god to stay with Jesus (the love that unites the father and the son)
- that father - the voice from heaven
- the son - the father calls Jesus his son
What is the nicene creed?
- a statement of faith about what catholics belive that explains the nature of the trinity and how the three person relate to eachother
What are some key teachings in the nicene creed?
- the Holy Spirit gives life to all things (I belive in the holy spirt, the lord, the giver of life)
- the son became human out of love (for out sake, he was crucified under Pontus Pilate)
How does Genesis one show that all persons were involved in creation?
- ‘god created the heavens and the earth’ God in this context is referring to the father
- ‘wind from god’ the Holy Spirit
- god created the world with the power of his Word, Christian’s interpret this as a reference to the son
The Holy Spirit is the ….of the father and the son. It enters peoples lives as….. And inspires them to…… love to others
Love
Grace
Show
What is mission?
- sending out people to help others
How do missionaries share god love?
- through their actions -> working with people in poverty by providing education
- “those who love god must love their brothers and sisters also”
what is evangelism?
- preaching good news about Jesus to other people
What are evangelists inspired to do from the Holy Spirit?
- share their knowledge of god’s l;ove with others
- Jesus last instructions were ‘make disciples of all nations’
Who was st Augustine?
A Christian theologian who wrote about the trinity
what are the three things to have love, according to st Augustine?
- the person who loves, the person who is loved, and the love that unties them
How does the Holy Spirit share gods love with all people?
- pours out into the hearts and lives of believers
Who was Catherine lacugna?
A Christian theologian who wrote about the trinity
What does Catherine lacugna focus on?
- how the trinity is revealed to humans as god’s attempt to redeem them
What did Catherine lacugna think the best way to know god was?
- through understanding god’s actions in peoples lives
Who places more importance on the outward effects of the trinity, lacugna or st Augustine?
Catherine lacugna
The council of Nicaea was held to help confirm the church’s teachings about what?
- a council held to help confirm the church’s teachings about the nature of the trinity
What did the council of Nicaea confirm?
- the son is eternally begotten from the father
- the father and son have always co-existed together
- they are both equal and of the same nature
What did the council of Constantinople confirm?
- th Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinity and fully god
- Jesus is both fully god and fully human
What does baptism symbolise?
- the start of a new stage of life as a Christian and a child of god
- joining in with Jesus’ death and resurrection
Why is baptism important?
- it cleanses a person of all their sins
- it fills them with the HS, helping them resist evil
- signifies a person becoming a member of the church
- shares the life of the father, son and holy spiritual
What is prayer?
Raising the heart and mind to god
“When a person prays he enters into a….” YOUCAT
- …loving relationship with god”
Give some facts about prayer. (opening up, conversation, inspired)
- when a person opens up to god and communicates with him, listening for his answer
- inspired by the Holy Spirit
- a conversation between a person and god
What are the two types of prayer?
- spontaneous
- traditional
