Paschal mystery Flashcards
What is the Paschal mystery
The Paschal Mystery: How Jesus brought humans back into a relationship with God through His Life, Death, Resurrection and Ascension. This is also known as redemptive efficacy.
Life
The Church believes that Jesus life reveals at least 4 reasons for His presence: 1. To save us 2. So we would know God's love 3. To be a model of Holiness 4. So we could be part of God's nature
Death
Jesus death shows the spiritual battle between Jesus and the powers that oppose. Him
Jesus faced cowardice, betrayal and denial. Yet Jesus responded with forgiveness. Jesus
erased the sins of the world with God’s mercy because it was God Himself who died
Resurrection
Jesus resurrected 3 days after His death, this is what the Catholic Church is founded on. It proves that Jesus is God, The resurrection is a present event, Jesus said “I am always with
you’. Jesus had a transformed body after death and so will humans.
Ascension
The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus ascension to heaven prepared the way for humans to follow Jesus. Jesus does not die again, but is taken to heaven body and soul. The ascension was the letting go of Jesus so that the Holy Spirit could come at Pentecost
What is redemptive efficacy
The belief that the most effective way we could the saved from sin was through Jesus suffering, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. He paid the sacrifice for sin and defeated death, restoring our relationship with God.
Connection between Jesus saving act and Moses saving act
This relationship was first broken by Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden. Paschal means Passover which is the event which lead the Jews from the slavery in Egypt with Moses as God’s messenger. There are many similarities with Old Testament account of Moses and the New Testament account of Jesus
Connection between Jesus saving act and Moses saving act
This relationship was first broken by Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden. Paschal means Passover which is the event which lead the Jews from the slavery in Egypt with Moses as God’s messenger. There are many similarities with Old Testament account of Moses and the New Testament account of Jesus
The story of Moses
Sent by God to free the Hebrews (Jews) from
slavery in Egypt. God sent the Angel of Death, to save a family from this, the family had to sacrifice (kill) a lamb and paint their doorposts with its blood to show they believed in God
The Pharaoh’s son died and the Pharaoh let the Hebrew people go, Moses then took the Jews to the Promised Land
The Story of Jesus
Sent by God to free people from their slavery to sin
The price to pay for freedom from sin was Jesus death on
the cross, Jesus is the sacrifice, He becomes the lamb of
God
Jesus completed salvation for humanity, restored the
relationship with God for those who want it
Jesus restored the relationship that was first broken by
Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God in Genesis,
bringing original sin into the world
