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Incarnation Flashcards

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What is the Incarnation?

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The Christian belief that God came to earth in human form as Jesus.

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What are the key ideas of the Incarnation?

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  • Jesus was fully human and fully God
  • God loves humans so much he was willing to hsare in humainty fully
  • Jesus experinced the stresses of being human
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What was the Annunciation?

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The announcment to Mary that she will be the mother of Jesus, Son of God.

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Similarites of Luke and Maththew’s form of the Annunciation?

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  • Mary was a virgin
  • An angel announces Jesus’s birth
  • Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit
  • God worked through humans
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Differences between Luke and Maththew’s form of the Annunciation?

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  • Angel Gabriel only appears to Mary in Luke, but in Maththew he appears to both Mary and Joseph
  • In Luke his name is Jesus, in Maththew it’s Emmanuel
  • Joseph didn’t question the role he had to play
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What are the three titles of Jesus?

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  • The Word of God
  • The Son of God
  • The Son of Man
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What does it mean if Jesus is the Word of God?

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  • The Word (Jesus) is eternal
  • The Word of God is God (his self-expression)
  • The Word of God gives light, life and guidance
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What is Grace?

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God’s love

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Why is Jesus is the Son of God?

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During his trial he was asked if he was the Son of God which he replies “I am”. Showing he’s fully God

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Why is Jesus the Son of Man?

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He called himself the “Son of Man” when he refers to his future suffering

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What happens when the focus on Jesus’ humanity is too much?

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We just see him as a good human not God

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What happens when we focus too much on Jesus’ divinity?

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We won’t see him as human, just looks like a human.

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Which two documents present the balance of Incarnation?

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  • Dei Verbum (V2 council)
  • Verbum Domini (Letter from Pope Benedict)
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What does Dei Verbum tell us about the Incarnation?

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‘He sent his Son…. so he might tell us of the innermost being of God’

God is revealed and speaks through Jesus.

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What does Verbum Domini 12 tell us about the Incarnation?

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‘The eternal Word became small enough to fit into a manager… so that the word could be grasped by us’

Jesus limited himself to human form so humans could understand God.

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What did St. Irenaeus tell us about incarnation?

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Jesus is the meeting point between God and humans.

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What is the ‘ICHTHUS’?

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Greek word meaning ‘fish’

At the perscution period of Catholics, they would draw half of this fish symbol to identify other Catholics.

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What does the ICHTHUS mean?

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I – Iesous (Jesus)
CH – Christos (Christ)
TH – Theou (of God)
U – Uios (Son)
S – Soter (Saviour)

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What does the AlphaOmega symbol mean.

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Alpha is the first Greek letter, Omega is the last Greek letter

It shows that God is from beginning to end

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What is Chi-Rho?

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The First two letters of the Greek word Christ

Represents the belief that Jesus Christ is God and through his death he saves all humans.

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How can we interpret the Christ the Redeemer statue?

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  • reminds people of the love of God
  • Jesus’ love and obedience
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How can we interpret the Crucifix?

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  • reminder of Jesus’ pain and suffering
  • the loving obidence of God from all humans
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How can we interpret the Sacred Heart statueof Jesus?

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  • holes in his hand showing he died for us
  • Flames coming from his heart as a symbol of burning love
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What are the Catholic view for religious art?

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  • it can help us concentrate on Jesus qualities and become inspired , we don’t worship them
  • Jesus was fully human and visible like the statues
  • it helps illiterate people percieve Christ
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What are non-Catholic views against Christ?

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  • It’s not possible to present God
  • Jesus was fully human (not stone or wood)
  • It can mislead people on what Jesus’ looked like
  • money could be spent in charites
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What was the Sermon on the Mount?

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A sermon (talk) from Jesus which gives a set of rules and values to apply to life

Matthew 5-7

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Why did Jesus conduct the Sermon on the Mount?

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‘I have not come to abolish the law but to fulfil it’

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What did Jesus say about the Moses teaching ‘Do not commit adultery’

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Even looking at a person lustfully is wrong

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What did Jesus say about the Moses teaching ‘An eye for an eye’

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Do not take revenge

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What did Jesus say about the Moses teaching ‘Do not commit murder’

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Do not even get angry with someone or insult them

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What are the Beatitudes?

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Eight Holy attitudes Jesus opens the Sermon on the Mount by

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In the Beatitudes it states, ‘Blessed are the….

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  • Poor in spirit
  • Those who mourn
  • The meek
  • Those who hunger to do God’s will
  • The merciful
  • The pure in heart
  • The peacemakers
  • Those who are persecuted for a righteous cause’
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What is the reward for following the 8 Beatitudes?

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Heaven

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In the Parable of the Sheep and Goats, what got men into Heaven?

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  • Fed the hungry
  • Gave drink to the thirsty
  • Welcomed strangers
  • Clothed the naked
  • Visited the sick
  • Visited those in prison
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What is heresey?

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A belief that goes against Catholic Teaching.

36
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What is Apostolic Exhortion?

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Letter from the pope, encouraging Catholics

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What is St.Irenaeus’ teachings?

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Jesus is the ‘Meeting Point’ between Heaven and Earth

  • people can get to know God through Jesus because he displays qualities of God
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What is Grace?

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God’s Love

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What is a sacrement?

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A moment of grace poured into a person

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What is the sacrement believed to do to a person’s life?

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It’s believed to sanctify (make holy) which deepens our relationship with God

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What have the Catholic Church said about Sacrements?

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It’s “an outward sign of an inward grace”

42
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What are the 7 sacrements?

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  • Baptism
  • Eucharist
  • Confirmation
  • Recpnciliation
  • Marriage
  • Sacrament of the Sick
  • Ordination
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What is the symbolism of Baptism?

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The cleansing of sins

44
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What is the symbolism of the Eucharist?

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Receiving the fullness of Christ

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What is the symbolism of Confirmation

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Receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit

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What is the symbolism of Reconciliation?

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The passing on of God’s power of forgiveness

47
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What is the symbolism of Marriage?

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Each partner accepting the other person as husband/wife for life

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What is the symbolism of the Sacrement of the Sick?

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Strengthening and Forgiveness

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What is the symbolism of Ordination?

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Confering the dignity of priesthood

50
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What is the Sacremental Nature of Reality?

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The belief that reality is Sacremental as everything created was a sign of God’s love/grace.

51
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What is Imago Dei?

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The belief that humans are made in the ‘Image of God’, therefore all human life is sacred and should be protected

52
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When do Catholics believe life starts?

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At conception (sperm and egg fuse)

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What is evidence for Catholics believing life starts at conception?

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“The child in my womb leaped for joy”

54
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What are catholic views on abortion?

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No accepted in any form

55
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What are contrasing views on abortion?

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If the mother is :
- Financially unable
- Mentally unable
- Physically unable (due to death)

Abortion can be accepeted

56
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What are ways Catholics fight agaisnt abortion?

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  • Support pro-life charites (SPUC)
  • Support organisations who help women who decided not to abort

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