Kingdom Of God Flashcards
What do catholics believe a pilgrimage is?
- Life is a pilgrimage towards heaven
What is the stations of the cross?
Series of 14 images that remind catholics of events that happened
How is stations of the cross dramatised prayer?
- walk between stations of the cross reflect on a short reading about the event shown
Why is Jeruselum important?
- The city where Jesus died
- Catholics might visit the tomb and other places linked to Jesus’ life
Why do Catholics visit Jeruselum?
- To share in Jesus’ life and suffering
- To renew their faith and commitment to Jesus
Why is Rome important?
- Centre of catholic faith
- Where St Peter died
Why would catholics visit Rome?
- To show their commitment to catholic church and unity to Pope
Why is Lourdes important?
- A town where a young girl (bernadette) Saw visions of Mary
- Mary told Bernadette to dig and when she did a spring appeared
- Water beleived to have healing powers
Why would catholics visit Lourdes?
- Healed physically or spiritually
- Feel stronger in body and mind
Why is Walsingham important?
- Contains catholic national shrine
- 1061 noblewoman had lived in Nazereth and built an identical copy
Why do Catholics visit walsingham?
- To go on pilgrimage without travelling abroad
- To spend time in prayer with catholics
What are catholics attituide towards mission and evangelism and an example of this?
- Show God’s love through doing good. And express God’s love and forgiveness influencing them to do good things.
- In Les Miserables a theif steals silves. Bishop stops police putting him in jail and says it was a gift. Influences theif to be a better person and he creates a factory and becomes good
2) What are catholics attituide towards mission and evangelism and an example of this?
- Require total commitment to God
- In the mission European presists are doing work in South America. When the people are attacked preists stay and defend
Whats the influence is mission and evangelism in drama?
- Illustrates power that they can change lives
- Help inspire catholics to preach gospel
Whats the process of the Lord’s prayer?
- It began when Jesus was born
- It was established when Jesus ressurected
- It is extended by christians who spread kingdom of God
- Completed at end of time
Whats the Catholic teachings on Justice?
- Live in a way that respects the right of others.
- Help change systems that have injustice
What are qualities of justice for catholics?
- Ensures everyone has human rights
- Everyone is created and loved by God
- Treats everyone fairly
What the catholic teachings for Peace?
- Christians should support all efforts to continue peace and harmony
- Support orginisations dor justice and unity
Qualities for peace for catholics?
- Peace comes from a catholics heart
- requires people to accept right of everyone
- Is a state and total unity between people
Whats the meaning of Reconciliation for catholics?
- Breaks barrier down between people
Qualities of reconciliation for catholics?
- Restores damaged relationships
- Brings back people who have broken apart
- Requires people to learn from past and work together
Whats the hierarchy of the catholic church?
Pope
Cardinals
Bishops
Preist
Deacons
Lay people
What are the 4 key documents?
- Dei verbum
- Lumen Gentium
- Gaudium et spes
- Sacrosanctum concilium
Whats Dei Verbum?
- Bible should be takes serious and not read in literal way
Whats Lumen Gentium?
- All members have important roles. Deals with nature and structure of church
Whats Sacrosanctum Concilium?
- Deals with liturgy and church services
- Emphasises people should take full part in worship of God
- Catholics to hear Mass in own language
Whats Gaudium and spes?
- Deals with issues towards modern society
- Church should not be seperate
What are Mary’s key qualities?
- Humility (She thinks she’s only special of what God done to her)
- Trust in God (she said this prayer when pregnant and could’ve been killed for adultery)
- Acceptance (willingly accepted to be mother of Jesus)
Why is Magnificat contriversal?
- Supports people who are rebelling against governments who are creating great equality
- God supports weak and helpless
What are the 4 marks of the catholic church?
One
Holy
Catholic
Apostolic
Church
What does one mean?
- One united body
What is Holy?
The prescence of God makes the church Holy
What is catholic?
The beleif church is universal
What is apostolic?
Church teachinh built on 12 apostles
Whats catholics understanding of magesterium?
- Pope and Bishops are succesors to Apostles. Authority has been passed down. Church is guided by holy spirit
Why is the church concilliar?
- Councils are held to make important decisions of church
- help Pope discuss difficult issues
- Express voice of whole catholic church
How is the church pontifical?
- Pope is the leader of church. Passed down from generations
- makes Pope representitive
What are some catholic social teachings?
- God loves everyone
- Without human no church
- Lead to support weakest and poorest people so we can live equally
How does SVP help catholics?
- They visit people in need (homes,hospital,care homes,prisons)
- Help with shopping and household chores
- run summer camps for children or provide help for homeless
How does CAFOD help catholics?
- Emergency aid in places overseas where war ruined lives
- help victims of these diasters
- Challenge national and international laws
- Legal assistance for people who are threatened
Examples of kingdom values?
- Gentlesness
- mercy
- Love
- obedience to God
How are kingdom values expressed in Presithood?
- Preists take a promise and commit themselves to God
- Preists serve others
- promise of obedience to their bishop
How is Family Life expressed in kingdom values?
- Love is important
- spread kingdom of God on earth
How is justice expressed in catholic life?
- Increased the number of presits working among the poor
- Aim to inspire people to live more simply.
How is peace expressed in catholic life?
- Restored relationship between USA and Cuba
- He brings leaders together
How is reconciliation expressed in catholic life?
- he goes to prison and washes local peoples feet
- Visited areas of tension
- Helped reconcile tensions
