Holy Spirit and Early Church Flashcards
Meanings of Church
Entire community of God’s People
Local community
Community assembled for liturgy
Building where people gather
Catholic Church
Church Planned from the Beginning
Desires the whole human race comes together as one Church
Christ Instituted the Church
Starting of physical church
Jesus Created the Structure of the Church
Gives us original structure
Mission of the Apostles
To cooperate with Holy Trinity’s plan by inviting people to share in communion between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Saint Paul and the spread of Christianity
Preached to everyone
Used familiar imagery
Anyone can be Christian
Role of Rome in the spread of Christianity
Using roads helped move faster
Letters between cities
Role of persecution and martyrdom
Made it something worth checking out
Why are people being persecuted? I should find out
Why do they believe so much in this?
Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Animated people to share the good news
Jesus and Holy Spirit’s missions are united
Enabled people who spoke different languages to hear the message
The Holy Spirit builds, animates and sanctifies the Church
Builds up the community of the Church
Animates the community to be bold and spread the news
Sanctifies the Sacraments and the people
Images of the Holy Spirit
Dove
Fire
Wind
7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit (know the 7 and be able to briefly define/explain each)
Fear of the lord: wonder and awe
Wisdom: to see things how god does
Knowledge: to know what things are
Understanding: to know why things happen
Fortitude: strength in daily lives
Piety: desire to know god
Counsel: to make right decisions
Images of the Church (Be familiar with Church as Temple, Church is the Body of Christ, Church is Salt and Light, Church is the People of God, Church is the Bride of Christ, Vine and Vineyard)
Church as temple: where god dwells / maintain holiness
Church is body of christ: if one suffers, all suffer / if one is honored, all share joy
Church is salt and light: enhances other things / help people see what they cant
Church is people of god: those who have been chosen
Church is bride of christ: remains faithful / connectedness to church
Church is vine and vineyard: connected to jesus, we bear good fruit / dont break away
Sacrament definition - Be ready to possibly translate the definition
Effective signs of grace established by christ and given to the church which by everlasting life is given to us
Look back over the article from Joseph Martos (in particular the idea of past, present and future)
Celebrates christ’s life (past)
Celebrates community’s life (present)
Celebrates kingdom of god (future)
Sacraments are multidimensional
