Finals Deck Questions

Question 0

Know the five major parts of the Graduate Profile of Gonzaga Preparatory
School. (Student Planner)

Answer 0

1open to growth
2intellectually competent
3spiritual
4loving
5comitted to justice

Question 1

Identify and explain each of the two major parts of the Mass (Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of The Eucharist). (B)

Answer 1

Liturgy of the word is the first part of the mass, it is when the readings are read, liturgy of the Eucharist is the second part, it includes the blessing of the body and the blood.

Question 2

3. Identify the four major reasons why one prays.

Answer 2

Give glory, Give thanks, Ask in petition, For forgiveness) (B)

Question 3

4. List and explain the three levels which Scripture can be presented. (). (B)

Answer 3

Informational, Formational and Transformational

Question 4

5. Identify and explain the two types of biblical interpretation (). Which one does the Church approve? Why?

Answer 4

textual and contextual, textual is reading it word for word without going deeper, contextual is reading deeper than words. Contextual is supported by the church.

Question 5

Identify, biblical citation and give an example

Answer 5

Bible citation
(Book. Chapter:verses)
Ex= Gn 1:21-22

Question 6

7. How many books in the Hebrew Scriptures? Christian Scriptures? The total books
   in the Bible? (B) (B)

Answer 6

Hebrew (46)
Christian (27)
Bible}the books (73)
(66 in prodistant)

Question 7

8. The Hebrew Scriptures are divided into four main categories. List each. (

Answer 7

Torah-Historical-Wisdom –Prophetic)

Question 8

9. The Christian Scriptures are divided into four main categories. List each.
   ((B)

Answer 8

Gospels-Acts of the Apostles-Epistles-Book of Revelation)

Question 9

10. What does it mean that God inspired the sacred writers of the Bible. (B)

Answer 9

To be inspired, god guided the writers,and they have to be determined guided by the canon

Question 10

11. Why should Christians study Hebrew Scripture (Old Testament)? What does salvation history mean? (B)

Answer 10

Christians should study Hebrew scripture because it can show them how god helped us in the past and continues to help us today 
Salvation history(how god furthers us through history til today.

Question 11

Define myth. What are the four functions of myth? (B)

Answer 11

Myth is and imaginative story which embodies the beliefs and values of a group of people.
Theological,cosmos,social, ethics

Question 12

Know thoroughly the two Creation stories. What truths does each reveal. (B)

Answer 12

God makes the world In 7 days, truths (god breaths life into man, sharing in gods creation, it is not good for man to be alone, stewardship,establish marriage, innocence

Question 13

Explain: If God created everything good, how did evil enter the world? (B)

Answer 13

We turned bad because god granted us free will, and we fell to temptation

Question 14

15. Explain why God was and had to be the initiator of salvation history. (B)

Answer 14

God created us and has guided us through history, so he must be the one to help us today.

Question 15

16. Be prepared to list and explain the three effects of sin. (alienation/divide-spreads-
    destroys) (B)

Answer 15

Alienation (self, god, nature, others, nations,)
Spreads (it spreads through generations)
Destroys ( the Tower of Babel)

Question 16

17. Sin has five effects on people. It alienates or divides them five ways. List them.
    (B)

Answer 16

Self, god, nature, others, nations

Question 17

19. Define genealogy. What two purposes does genealogy play in Chapter Five of
    Genesis? (

Answer 17

telescopes time- ages decrease to show the spreading of sin) (B)

Question 18

20. Be knowledgeable of the three obstacles that were offered that stand in our way of
    being able to recognize sin as sin. (Handout: Sin: How Do We See It Today?)

Answer 18

First : there is much sin in the world.
Second: religion is now a private affair.
Three: sin has been de signified, by changing its name eats stealing,

Question 19

21. Describe the life of Abram (Abraham). Why the name-change? Why is he called the patriarch of the Jewish-Islam-Christian peoples? (B)

Answer 19

Abram and Sarai lived in ur and there names changed to signify changes in them ex sarai(barren) sarah(not barren) Abram( exalted father ) Abraham (father of many)

Question 20

22. Be familiar with the three encounters that Abraham had with God. Know the
    significance of each. (B)

Answer 20

1: god tells Abraham to move to ur
2:covenant- land and decendants
3:the name change
They all signify salvation history

Question 21

23. In the story of Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac, it is quite clear, that faith
    involves three things ( List and explain each of the three. How have you experienced these
    three themes in your own life? Explain. (B)

Answer 21

Loving Trust, Unending series of Decisions and Times of

Darkness)

Question 22

29. How did Moses possess dual citizenship? Why did he flee Egypt? How was he
    encountered by God? Identify Miriam, Aaron. (B)

Answer 22

Moses has dual citisinchip because he was born an Israelite, but was raised by an Egyptian. He flees Egypt for killing an Egyptian Forman. He was encountered by a burning bush

Question 23

What is the interpretation of the Hebrew name Yahweh? (B)

Answer 23

I am who I am, or god.

Question 24

31. Discuss the significance of the conflict between Yahweh and the Pharaoh in
    freeing the Hebrews. (B)

Answer 24

The pharaoh was inflicted with the 9 plagues