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What is polytheism

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The belief in many gods

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What is the faith of Catholics rooted in?

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The truth that there is one god in three divine persons: father , son, and Holy Spirit

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What essential truth did god reveal to Abraham

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There is only one god, The Lord of all the earth

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What is the shema?

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The prayer uttered daily into by faithful Jews of ancient times and continuing or the present

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T or F: when the early Christians first began to understand , speak and write about the trinity, many people thought they were rejecting monotheism

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True

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T or F: Catholics worship Mary and the saints

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False

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What are he three major monotheistic religions?

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Christianity, Judaism, Islam

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Mystery

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A revealed truth that is beyond our experience and ability to grasp fully

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Each if the three persons, as god, is engaged in the work of our___
Each acts to create us___

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Salvation

In love, redeem us, and make us holy

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T or F: even though they are inseparable, the three persons of the holy trinity are truly distinct from eachother

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True

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Un begotten

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He has always existed without beginning or end

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T or F: the presence of the trinity is not clear in the scriptures

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False

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Who is the first person if the trinity?

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God the father, the eternal source of all that exists

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When we profess god is our father, what are we acknowledging?

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He is the source of all life; that all creation exists because of god

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T or F: gods love will never, ever fail us

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True

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Abba

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“Father”

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T or F: we believe that god is male because we call him father

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False

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T or F: both judIsm and Christianity have always maintained that god has no gender

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True

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How do we become the adopted sons and daughters of god the father?

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Through baptism

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Who is the second person of the trinity?

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God the son

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Jesus Christ is both ____ and ____

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Truly and fully god

Truly and fully human

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What helps us understand that Jesus Christ is the son of god?

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Saint Paul’s letter to the Galatians

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Baba use of Jesus’s fully human nature, what is he able to teach us?

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Through his words and actions, how to be the best, most authentic people we can be

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What does the name Jesus means

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“God saves”

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The catechism states that god become incarnate for four reason

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  1. Reconciling us with god
  2. To share divine love with us
  3. To show us how to be holy
  4. To enable us to share in gods divine nature
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T or F: Christ is Jesus’s last name

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False

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Christos

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“Anointed one”

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What is the Hebrew word for “anointed one”

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Messiah

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Who is the third person of the trinity

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Holy Spirit

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The Holy Spirit has been active since the time of creation, speaking to gods people through ___

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The ancient prophets and anointing Jesus for his special mission to redeem and save us

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When was the Holy Spirit fully revealed?

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Afters Jesus’s death and resurrection

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The Greek word fir advocate and what is its role

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Paraclete

Someone who is on our side, to help us, strengthen us, and empower us for holiness

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What does receiving the sprint mean for us?

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The mission of Jesus becomes the mission of the church

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What does receiving the spirit mean for us?

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The mission of Jesus becomes the mission of the church

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How does the spirit empower us?

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To follow the way of Jesus by sharing gods love with our friends and families

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What are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit?

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Wisdom
Understanding
Counsel
Fortitude
Knowledge
Piety
Fear of The Lord
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What was the enormous task that faced the early church after Jesus’s death, resurrection, and ascension?

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Precisely articulating the doctor in about the trinity and about Jesus defending those truths against those who challenged them

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T or F: there were many people who had their own theories about who Jesus was and what his time on earth had achieved

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True

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Heresies

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False teachings

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How was the word substance used in the trinity doctrine?

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Used to name “the divine being in its unity”

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What is the word person used in trinitarian doctrine?

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To indicate that the distinction among the three persons lies in the relationship of each to the others

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