Mid-Unit test 1 Flashcards
what color is ADVENT?
bluish-purple (pink)
what color is CHRISTMAS?
white
what color is LENT?
deep violet
what color is ORDINARY TIME?
green
what color is EASTER TRIDUUM?
white, red
what color is EASTER?
white, pale yellow
what color is PENTECOST?
red
define sacrament ◎
sign of the sacred
define trinity
God is 3 persons in 1: Holy Spirit, Father, Son
define intellect
to be able to see and understand the order of things that God has established
define incarnation
to start a new life as a different person
define consecration
bread/wine, body/blood
define Christianity
Jesus is God
define resurrection
to come back from the dead
define incarnate
Jesus is God
what are the 5 major religions?
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhaism
what are the 5 major religions?
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhaism
describe Ordinary Time
- called “ordinary” due to the use of ordinal numbered days
- 2 different times
- time to reflect on Jesus
- # of season: 3,8
describe Easter
- 50 days
- readings focus on the risen Jesus
- celebrate Jesus’s resurrection
- # of season: 6
describe Lent
- time to reflect on the passion of Jesus (his suffering and death)
- most reflective time of the year
- # of season: 4
describe Advent
- starts 4 Sundays before Christmas
- wait to celebrate Jesus’s birth and prepare or the second time
- # of season: 1
describe Pentecost
- commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit
- # of season: 7
describe Easter Triduum
- 3 days
- most solemn days of the year
- Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday
- celebrate the Last supper and recall the passion and death of Jesus
- # of season: 5
describe Christmas
-December 25 to 3 Sundays after (
describe Christmas
- December 25 to 3 Sundays after (Solemnity of the Baptism)
- time to think about the meaning of the Incarnation and celebrate
- # of season: 2
the gift of soul
- a spiritual soul, a divine gift that is unique to human beings
- the innermost aspect of ourselves
- it is immortal
- what makes us human
the gift of intellect
- does not mean having high IQ
- we have the ability to see and understand the order of things that God has established
- allows us to distinguish between what is truly good and what only appears to be good
the gift of free will
- makes it possible for us to choose the good that our reason enables us to understand
- because of free will, our actions are not predetermined by instinct or DNA
- each individual is responsible for his/her actions
- a clear sign that God loves us because free will gives us the ability to reject God
what are the 7 sacraments? ◎
- anointing of the sick
- marriage
- the Eucharist
- confirmation
- holy orders
- reconciliation
- baptism
the church separates the sacraments into what 3 categories? ◎
INITIATION -baptism (infancy) -communion(7,8 yrs old) -confirmation (mid-early teens) HEALING (otherwise known as confession/penance) -reconciliation -anointing of the sick VOCATION MINISTRY -marrige -holy orders
Pentateuch◎
First 5 books of the old testament
The Torah
