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Religion Exam Review Flashcards

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What is the definition of The Bible? What is the difference between The old and new testament?

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The Bible is a religous book sacred to Christians that contains scriptures and teachings from both the Old and New Testament. The Old testament is the first part of The Bible that contains scriptures from the Hebrew Bible from the Jewish faith. The New Testament is the second part of the Bible that contains the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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What is the pentateuch?

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The pentateuch is the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

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What is the scientific truth in The Bible?

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Observations of the universe and the world we live in.

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What is the moral truth in The Bible?

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Lessons and rules about good behavoir right and wrong.

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Define the term Covenant. Give and example.

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A covenant is a promise or agreement between God and His people. An example is when God promised Moses that he would free his people from the slavery of Egypt and into the land He promised them.

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What are the 3 Sacrements? Which sacrements belong to each group?

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Sacrement of Initiation- baptism, confirmation, eucharist
Sacrement of Healing- anointing of the sick, reconcilliation/pennace
Sacrement of the Service of Communion- marriage/matrimony, holy orders

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Define the term Apostle.

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An apostle is someone who is sent out.

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Define the term Disciple.

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A disciple is a follower.

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Name the first 5 books of the Bible.

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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

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Why is the Bible considered a library of books?

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The Bible is considered a library of books because it has 66 books compiled together to make one book.

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What is the difference between B.C and A.D ? What do they stand for?

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B.C stands for before christ and it counts the years of the estimated birth of Christ.
A.D stands for Anno Domini which is latin for “in the year of the Lord”. It counts the years after Christ’s birth.

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What does the Good News mean?

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The good news is the good news of salvation for all people.

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What is a prophecy?

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A prediction of something to happen in the future.

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The 3 types of histories found in the Bible are oral, written, and edited. What does this mean?

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Oral- Stories told, sung events recounted
Written- Stories written down events recounted
Edited-Stories refined, saved and passed on

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What is a parable? What are the elements of a parable. Give 2 examples of a parable and morals.

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A parable is a short story. The elements of a parable are: a parable is a short story, a parable is a comparison, a parable contains a crisis, a parable has an ending, a parable teaches us a lesson about the Kingdom of God.

The first example is the parable of the prodigal son. The moral was that no matter how many times we sin God is willing and just to forgive us our sins if we are truly sorry and He still loves us.

The second parable is the parable of the good samaritan. The moral was that we should love and be kind to everyone including our enemies.

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What is sin? What are the types of sin we discussed in class?

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Sin is the name we give to the actions in our lives that harm our relationship with God and others. The first sin is mortal sin which completley breaks our relationship with God (ex. murder), the second is veneial sin which doesn’t break our relationship with
God but causes a ‘cooling’ in the relationship (ex. lying), the last one is social sin which goes against human dignity by causing someone to suffer oppression, exploitation etc.

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Who wrote most of letters in the New Testament?

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St. Paul

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What are the first 4 books of the New Testament?

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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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Describe the story of Noah’s Ark? What sign/symbol in the sky showed the covenant between God and Noah?

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Noah’s ark is about a man named Noah who was instructed by God to build a giant ark because God was going to send a flood that would flood the whole earth. He wanted Noah and his family to be save so he told Noah to put his family and every animal in it. After God sent the flood he put in the sky a rainbow that represented God’s promise that he would never again destroy the earth with a flood.

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What books belong to the synoptic gospels? What does the word synoptic mean?

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The word synoptic means “seen together”. The books that are apart of the synoptic gospels are Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

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Who were the Chosen people that recieved the 10 Commandments?

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The Israelites

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What is the difference between interpreting the Bible litterally and contexually?

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Interpreting the Bible litterally means to read it word for word without analyzing the text and looking at it in detail. To interpret the Bible contexually means to put the words into context and read it in detail analyzing the text.

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What is reconcilliation?

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Reconciliation means to be made at one with God. It means for you to have a restored relationship with God.

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What is forgivenesss?

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Forgiveness is the pardon or remission of an offense. It means to hold no resentment of a wrong someone has done you.

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What are blessings?

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Blessings are things that bring you prosperity and sucess.

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What are the 8 Beatitudes?

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  1. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  2. Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.
  3. Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth.
  4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled.
  5. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
  6. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
  7. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God.
  8. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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What does the word Beatitude mean?

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Blessing

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What is a sermon?

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A teaching/message preached by pastors.

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What is a vocation?

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A calling from God to do something.

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What is the promised land?

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The promised land was the land that God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, called the Land of Canaan.

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What are the 7 Virtues?

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Humillity
Chastity
Charity
Kindess
Temperance
Patience
Dilligence

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What are Gospel Values?

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Gospel Values are those values that the Biblical gospels associate with Jesus
such as forgiveness, compassion, kindness, love, faith, and peace.

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What is an acrostic poem?

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An acrostic poem is a poem in which certain letters of each line combine to spell out a phrase or word when read vertically.

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What is the story of Abraham and Isaac about?

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The story of Abraham and Isaac is about a time when God instructed Abraham to sacrific his only son Isaac on Mount Moriah. Abraham obyed God but just as he was about to sacrifice Isaac and angel stopped him because God was testing Abraham’s loyalty and faithfulness. Shortly after Abraham see’s a ram caught by it’s horns in a thicket and he offers it to God in Isaac’s place.

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Explain the story of Moses.

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Moses was a child born in Egypt to Hebrew parents. When he was still a baby, his mother laid him in a basket and sent him down the Nile river to protect him because Pharoah was ordering for every Hebrew male to be killed. Moses washed up near the Pharoah’s palace and was fpound by the Pharoah’s daughter who brought him in and raised him. When Moses was older, he saw an egyptian beating a Hebrew and so he killed the egyptian. Once he realized what he did he fled to a land called Midian and encountered God through a burning bush who said he was going to use him to lead the Israelites out of slavery and into the land He promised them

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Explain the relationship each word has with each other: Pashcal Mystery/Last Supper/=Passover

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The paschal mystery is about through Moses and the first passover His secret plan of salvation through the blood of a lamb. This is later revealved in Jesus the lamb of the new covenant. In the last supper where Jesus had a final meal with his discples he took the elements of the passover meal (bread and wine) and made them symbols of his death (wine=his blood) (bread=his body). In the Passover God commanded Moses to tell the Israelites to kill their best lamb and put it’s blood on the doorposts to be saved from the plauge of the death of every firstborn child.
All of these events forshadowed Jesus as being the Lamb for sacrifice because His blood was shed for us on the cross so we could have salavation. So, Jesus became that Lamb for us.

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Explain the parable of the Good Samaritain.

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The parable of the good samaritan is about a Jewish traveller who was beaten and stripped of his clothing by robbers and left alongside the road half-dead. Along cam a Jewish preist and Levite who both passed by him and didn’t help. After a Samaritan comes and helps him by taking him to an inn, got him food, and took care of him. Even though Samaritans and Jews were enemies the samaritan still helped.

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Explain the parable of the prodigal son.

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The parable of the prodigal son are about a man who had 2 sons- one of his sons asked for half of his inheritance. His father gave it to him and the son left home with it and spent all the money. He became broke and was begging for food. Eventually he came home and his father forgave him and rejoiced over him.

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What is the golden rule?

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To do unto others what you would have them do unto you.

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What does it mean to be a good neighbour?

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It means to love your neighbour (the people around you) as you love yourself and be kind to them.

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What is baptism and what are the symbols for it?

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Baptism is a rite of sprinkling water on someone’s head or submerging them in water to publically declare you are a follower of Christ.
Symbols: light (candle), water.

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What is confession and what are some symbols?

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Confession is the acknowledgement of one’s sins to God.
Symbols: touch

43
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What is communion and what are the symbols?

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Communion is the sharing of bread and wine to symbolize the blood and body of Jesus Chrsit.
Symbols: bread and wine

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What is confirmation? What are the symbols?

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Confirmation is at a chruch service in which a person confirms the promises made when they were baptized.
Symbols: touch, oil, sash

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What are the 2 Catholic Social Teachings? What are they about?

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  1. Life and dignity of human person- Each person is valuable and worthy of respect no matter their race, skin color, religion, age, gender etc.
  2. Preferential option for the poor- Is the priority of taking care of people who are in need and can’t help themselves ex. widows, homeless, those who do not have food etc.
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What does it mean for the Bible to be inerrant?

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It means that the Bible is without error or fault in all its teachings and scriptures.

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What are some litterary forms found in the bible?

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Parables- short stories (often taught by Jesus).

Poetry- books like psalms and the song of solomon have poetic language using imagrey and metaphor.

Narrative- a lot of books of the old testament tell stories about events and the history of God’s people.

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