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The Gospels Flashcards

Chapter 15

1
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Who were the human authors guided by?

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Holy Spirit

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What did the human authors write about?

what was was revealed

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they wrote about the truth revealed to them about how God was acting in their history.

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What does the word gospel translate to?

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good news

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What does the Gospel proclaim?

newws

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They proclaim that the good news that Jesus is God’s fullest revelation to humanity

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What have scholars identified as the stages of forming the Gospels?

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  1. The life and teachings of Jesus
  2. Oral Tradition
  3. The written Tradition
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What are the four Gospels?

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Matthew , Mark, Luke, and John

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What do the four Gospels emphasizes?

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they emphasize certain aspects of Jesus’ life and teachings that their communities needed to hear.

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What are the Gospels not?

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Biographies

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9
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The Gospels offer who accounts?

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Jesus’

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10
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What do the Gospels mainly focus on?

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They were more concerned about the meaning of certain events in Jesus’ life

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What do biblical scholars describe the Gospels as?

format

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unique literary forms

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Another way to describe the Gospels is?

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Religious or theological biographies that are based on the words and deeds of Jesus Christ.

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What is another word for the Gospel writers?

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evangelist

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What do the Gospels writers focus on?

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They focus on the themes and aspects of Jesus’ life and teachings that are most meaningful to their respective Christian community.

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What are Matthew, Mark, and Luke called?

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They are called synoptic gospels because they are similar in their style and content.

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What does synoptic mean?

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Seeing together

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17
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What gospel do authors believe was written first?

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Mark

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18
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What gospels uses Mark as a source?

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Matthew and Luke

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What two gospels have some common passages?

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Matthew and Luke

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What is the Q or Quelle?

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a collection of Jesus’ teachings shared among the early Christians .

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What source do Scholars theorize, Matthew and Luke get some of the passages from?

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The Q or Quelle

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What type of accounts does Matthew and Luke include?

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Infancy Narratives accounts of Jesus’ birth and childhood

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What are infancy narratives?

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The accounts of Jesus’ birth and childhood

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Matthew and Luke use infancy narratives to express what about jesus?

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They express the important truths about who Jesus is

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What Gospel does not include the accounts of Jesus’ birth and infancy?

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Mark

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26
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Who are the audience of Matthew?

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Jews

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How does Matthew begin his Gospel?

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The author begins with Jesus’ genealogy, emphasizing his Jewish ancestors.

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What audience is the author of Luke writhing to?

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gentile Greece

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Who does Luke focus attention on?

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the oppressed and marginalized people to emphasize Christ compassion and justice

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30
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What do Matthew and Luke include about Jesus?

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they include some of Jesus’ most profound and significant teachings in particular the Beatitudes.

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What are the beatitudes?

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they describe the actions and attitudes by which one can discover genuine happiness.

32
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What is the Paschal Mystery?

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The work of salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ mainly through his Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension.

33
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What does the passion of Christ refer to?

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it refers to the suffering Jesus endured in the final days of his life

34
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Who were the people behind Jesus suffering?

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The elders, chief preists and Sanhedrin

35
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Who did the elders, chief priests and Sanhedrin turn Jesus to?

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they turned him over to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, to be executed

36
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What is the cornerstone of our faith?

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christ resurrection

37
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What does St Pual write in the first letter to the corinthians?

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he writes if Christ has not been raised then, empty too is our preaching; empty, too, your faith”

38
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What does Jesus Christ resurrection end with?

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It ends with his ascension

39
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What does Ascension mean?

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The going up into heaven of the risen christ forty days after his resurrection

40
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How is Jesus still present?

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he is present in the Eucharist and the church

41
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What are the parables?

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Are short stories that use every day images to communicate religious messages

42
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What is the Kingdom of God goal?

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The goal of God’s plan of salvation when God rules over the hearts of people and new social order based on unconditional love is established

43
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What is helpful to understand Jesus parable?

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It is helpful to know that there are often and with an unexpected twist meant to surprise Christ original audience

44
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What ways do Jesus teach about the Kingdom of God?

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words and actions to show that he was already making the Kingdom present

45
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What type of action does he take?

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miracles

46
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What does Miracles mean?

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signs or wonders that can be only attributed to divine power

47
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What are the four ways Jesus’ miracles can be categorized?

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Healing
Exorcisms
Control over Nature
Restoration of Life

48
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What sets the Gospel of John away from the synoptic Gospels?

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the use of poetic language

49
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What does the Gospel of John not contain?

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no parables
fewer miracles

50
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What does the Gospel of John contain?

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Jesus gave more long speeches
Highlights the Beloved Disciple

51
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What is the Beloved Disciple?

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A person who is present at critical times in Jesus’ ministry.

52
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What does the Gospel of John begin with?

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a poetic prologue

53
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What does the phrase, “ In the beginning, tell us”

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it tells us the the beginning of the gospel of John.

54
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What is the Gospel John also about?

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the creation with a little twist

55
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The word means?

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a title for Jesus who was with God from the beginning of time

56
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What the the word, The Son of God tell us?

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creation comes into existence

57
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What does the parable tell us in a few short verses?

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it establishes that Jesus Christ is the divine internal son of God: that he participated in the work of creation; and that he has taken on our human nature to lead the human race to salvation.

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How does the Gospel of John portrayal Jesus?

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more mystical and divine then any of the synoptic Gospels

59
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What does the author of John make clear?

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Jesus Christ is knowing God

60
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John the Gospel is spilt into how many parts?

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two

61
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What does the first book of John contain?

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it contains the seven miracles which John called signs, that point to Jesus’ divine nature

62
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What does the second book of John contain?

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it contains the Book of Glory

63
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What new commandment does Jesus give his disciples?

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to love one another

64
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What is Christ describing?

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is defining characteristics of a Christian community

65
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What is Jesus Christ in life?

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he has been there and our ultimate guide of life

66
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What do the gospels help us understand of Jesus?

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that Jesus is God’s Word Made flesh, and through him, God is most revealed to us.

67
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What does Saint Paul say about Jesus Christ?

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he is the image of the invisible God

68
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Who is Jesus Christ?

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he is one Divine person, a human nature and a divine nature

69
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What is the of Jesus christ , the divine son of God called?

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incarnation

70
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What does incarnation mean

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it comes from a Latin word meaning to become flesh

71
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What does incarnation mean referring to Jesus Christ?

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becoming a man

72
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Jesus Christ is what?

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true god and true man, he is the fullness of Divine Revelation.

73
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What does the number 7 mean in the bible?

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7- I am statement
7- signs
7- days of creation
7- perfect balance

74
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What is Jesus to woman?

A

universal nature

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