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T6: Incarnation Flashcards

1
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What is the Incarnation?

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When God took on the human condition to become Jesus .

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What does Luke 1:26-38 tell the story of?


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The annunciation

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What is the annunciation?

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When the angel Gabriel asked Mary to accept the role of the mother of the Son of God

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What does Matthew 1:18-24 tell the story of?


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The visit of the angel Gabriel to Joseph

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What do Luke and Matthew’s accounts teach?

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That Jesus is the Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit

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What is the Word of God?

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Another name for the Son of God, who is both fully God and a seperate person of the Trinity

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What does John 1:14 show?


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How the Word of God became human in the form of Jesus

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How is Jesus similar to the Word of God?

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He is God’s expression of his love for humans

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What do Christians believe about Jesus?

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That he is both fully human and fully God

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How did Jesus describe himself during his lifetime?

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As the ‘Son of Man’ to emphasise humanity

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How did Jesus confirm he was the Son of God?

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  • While at his trial before the Jewish Council
  • Indicated that he shared in God’s divine nature and power
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12
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How do Christians value symbols?

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As a simple way of expressing deep religious beliefs

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What are some examples of important Christian symbols?

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  • Ichthus (fish)
  • Alpha and Omega
  • Chi-Rho
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What does the Ichthus acronym say about Jesus?

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Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour

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How was Ichthus used by early Christians?

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Declaration of their faith

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What does Alpha and Omega represent?

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God and Jesus are involved in everything from beginning to end

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What is Chi-Rho a reminder of?

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Death of Jesus

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In what religions is it an offence to show God in any form?

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Judaism & Islam

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Why do the Catholic Church allow human image depiction of God?

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God showed himself on Earth as a human in the incarnation

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Why are paintings/sculptures of God a reason against religious art?

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An infinite God cannot be accurately represented using finite (limited) human means

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Why may praying in front of a statue or image mislead people?

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Others may get the impression that it is being worshipped as a God

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Why do Jews and some Christians not agree with religious art?

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Against the second commandment

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Why is Jesus being fully human support the Catholic Church in religious art?

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Art captures Jesus’s human qualities

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Why is Jesus as fully God support the Catholic Church in religious art?

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Because Jesus revealed himself on Earth as a human

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Why is Jesus saving humanity support the Catholic Church in religious art?

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  • Jesus can be shown as any ethnicity
  • Because all people were affected by his death and resurrection
26
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Name three examples of Jesus’s statues

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  • Christ the Redeemer
  • Sacred Heart Statue
  • Crucifix
27
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How did Jesus give his followers and new and deeper understanding of the law?

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Old Testament commandments and rules that God gave to the Jews

28
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Why did Jesus create The Beautitudes?

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  • To develop a law that is more perfect
  • Focus on people’s attitudes
29
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What is the parable of the Sheep & Goats?

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A story in the Bible in which Jesus tells his followers that in serving and caring for other people, they are serving God

30
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Name a quote that shows how Jesus expects Christians to care for others

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“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink.”” Matt 25:35-36”

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What did the theologian St Irenaus show?

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That the incarnation was important for bringing God and humans closer to each other

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What did St Irenaus say about Jesus?

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A human being who is fully alive is ‘the glory of God

33
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What can Christians show by following Jesus’s example?

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Life in man is the glory of God

34
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What is a heresy?

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Beliefs that go against the teachings of the Church

35
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Name an example of a heresy

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Beliefs that suggest that Jesus is not both fully human

36
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What documents try to create a balance between presenting Jesus as fully human and fully God?

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  • Dei Verbum 4
  • Verbum Domini 12
37
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What shows that God is revealed and speaks through Jesus?

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“For He sent his Son… so that He might dwell among men and tell them of the innermost being of God””” Dei Verbum 4

38
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What shows that the Son of God became a human to live among other humans?

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“Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, was sent as a ‘man to men””.” Dei Verbum 4

39
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What shows that the Word of God limited himself to human form?

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“the eternal word became… a child, so that the word could be grasped by us.””” Verbum Domini 12

40
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What is grace?

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The free gift of God’s love to all people

41
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Why do Catholics view the whole of reality as a sacrament?

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God is present in the whole of his creation

42
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What is a sacrament?

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A sign of God’s grace

43
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What did the incarnation help people to understand?

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  • God’s love
  • God as a living presence in the world
44
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What does God’s living presence result in?

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The sacramental nature of the world

45
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What are the seven sacraments?

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Seven rites in the Catholic Church that give grace to a person

46
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How do the seven sacraments impact a person’s life?

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Makes it more holy

47
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What are the actions of baptism?

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  • member of Church
  • Water poured = removal of sin
48
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What is the effect of baptism?

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Person becomes child of God

49
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What are the actions of confirmation?

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  • confirm they are a member of the Church
  • Forehead oil
50
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What are the effects of Confirmation?

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Renewed

51
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What do Catholics believe about humans?

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  • Are made in image of God
  • Therefore life is holy and should be protected
52
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What do Catholics believe about human life?

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Begins at the moment of conception

53
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What passage supports Catholic beliefs on human life?

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Luke 1:39-45

54
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What bible verse shows that Jesus was present from the moment of conception?

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“For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy.”” Luke 1:44”

55
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Who is the Incarnate Son?

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When God took on the human condition to become Jesus

56
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Define eternal

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Without beginning or end

57
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What is the Magisterium?

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  • Decisions of the Magisterium should be accepted by all Catholics
  • Trachings of the Catholic Church endorsed by Pope & Bishops
58
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How might Catholics protect unborn children?

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  • support a pro-life organisation that campaigns to reduce the abortion limit or ban abortion completely
  • support an organisation that cares for women who have decided not to abort their child, but who are facing emotional or financial problems as a result

Religous Studies GSCE AQA (6 decks)

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