Topic 3 - Christianity

Question 1

apostles

Answer 1

twelve men chosen by Jesus

Question 2

canonical

Answer 2

belonging to the canon of Sacred Scripture

Question 3

consubstantial

Answer 3

from the Latin word meaning ‘having the same substance’, used in the New English Translation of the Roman Missal to describe the relationship between Jesus and the Father

Question 4

divine inspiration

Answer 4

belief that the Sacred Scriptures are divinely inspired

Question 5

gentiles

Answer 5

non-Jews or pagans

Question 6

golden rule

Answer 6

principle assented to by major world religions, which when interpreted, means to treat others as we would like to be treated

Question 7

immanent

Answer 7

describes the closeness of God

Question 8

incarnate

Answer 8

in human flesh; became human

Question 9

judaisers

Answer 9

Jewish Christians who required gentile Christians to become Jews in order to become Christian

Question 10

messiah

Answer 10

the awaited Saviour of the Jewish nation

Question 11

mosaic observance

Answer 11

keeping all the 613 Jewish laws and commandments

Question 12

novena

Answer 12

specific prayer on nine consecutive days

Question 13

omnipotent

Answer 13

all powerful

Question 14

omnipresent

Answer 14

present everywhere

Question 15

omniscient

Answer 15

knows all things

Question 16

pagans

Answer 16

non-Jews or Gentiles

Question 17

purgatory

Answer 17

place of purification after death prior to entering heaven

Question 18

redemption

Answer 18

salvation through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus

Question 19

rosary

Answer 19

Scriptural mediation during the recitation of series of decades consisting of an Our Father, ten Hail Marys and a Glory be to the Father

Question 20

sanctification

Answer 20

one’s sharing in the divine life; holiness

Question 21

sanhedrin

Answer 21

Jewish Supreme Council

Question 22

synoptic

Answer 22

can be viewed in the same manner; refers to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke which proceed along similar lines

Question 23

transcendent

Answer 23

over and above, removed from

Question 24

transcendent

Answer 24

over and above, removed from

Question 25

transubstantiation

Answer 25

transformation of the substance of a thing