Unit 1 Flashcards
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Incarnation
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- A word that means “taking on human flesh”
- Jesus is the incarnation of God
- In Jesus, God took a human form
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Jesus as Primordial Sacrament
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- Jesus is the prime sacrament
- He points to God’s love while at the same time he is God’s love for us as he reconciles the world to his Father
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Sacrament
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-A religious ceremony or act of the Christian Church that is regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual divine grace
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How Church and Communion of Saints participate in the sacraments
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- Communion with Christ
- An intimate/ organic bond
- Lose our connection w/ Christ, we lose our connection to grace - Communion with other Catholics
- Many different people are part of a parish
- Don’t always get along, yet we are all together at Church - Communion with people around the world
- Social Justice: A form of justice that treats all people fairly and equally, according to their due
- Involves fair treatment of individuals
- Also involves the structures of society that protects or opress the rights of certain people - Communion of Saints
- All those who have come before us
- When we celebrate the sacraments, we celebrate with the saints
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Hypostatic Union
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-The doctrine of faith that recognizes two natures (one human, one divine) in the one divine person of Jesus
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Grace/ Sacrament Grace
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- A participation in the life and love of the Trinity that comes to us through the sacraments
- Each sacrament brings us a different dimension of God’s life and love
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Types of Sacraments
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- Sacrament of Initiation:
- Baptism
- Confirmation
- Communion - Sacrament of Healing:
- Penance
- Anointing of the Sick - Sacrament of Commitment:
- Matrimony
- Holy Orders
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Efficacious
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- A sign that points to God’s presence, and also makes his experience reality in the here and now
- Jesus is a sign of God’s love, and he also effects that love and makes it present
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Human Solidarity
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- The virtue of social charity, friendship, and responsible sharing -we recognize our interdependence on others
- we are all brothers and sisters of one family under a loving Father
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Apostolic Succession
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-An unbroken chain of power and authority connecting the pope and bishops to St. Peter and the 12 apostles of Jesus
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Sacraments of Christ
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-All sacraments have Christ as their minister and source
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Sacraments of the Church
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- Church has the authority to minister the graces
- Ministerial Priesthood & common priesthood
- Sacraments cant be re-preformed (sacramental character)
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Sacraments of Faith
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- lex orandi, lex credendi: As we pray, so we believe
- Priest makes sacraments possible, does not depend on his character
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Sacraments of Salvation
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- Sacraments work to save us
- Opere Operato: By the very fact of the action, the Holy Spirit preforms independently of the priest performing sacrifice
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Sacraments of Eternal Life
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-Marana Tha: “O Lord, come”
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Form vs Matter
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- Form: The shape or qualities that the matter takes that make it what it is
- Matter: The stuff thats there (physical element)
- All sacraments have form and matter
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Baptism
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- Matter: Water (immersion or pouring water on person)
- Form: saying “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”
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Confirmation
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- Matter: Oil (anointing with oil) & laying on of the hands
- Form: “Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit”
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Eucharist
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- Matter: bread and wine (eating them)
- Form:”Take this… this is my body… this is my blood”
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Reconciliation
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- Matter: the sinner confessing and making up for sin
- Form: “Through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon & peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Holy Spirit”
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Anointing of the Sick
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- Matter: anointing the sick person with oil
- Form: “through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love & mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit”
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Holy Orders
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- Matter: Laying on of hands, anointing the hands of the person being ordained
- Form: “Grant, we pray, Almighty Father, to these, your servants, the dignity of the Priesthood; renew deep within the spirit of holiness..”
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Marriage
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- Matter: Man & woman vowing their consent
- Form: “I N take you N to be my wife/husband, I promise to be true to you in goods times and in bad..”
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Easter Triduum:
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- Three day liturgy
- Most solemn celebration of the Paschal Mystery
- Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday
- Considered one single liturgy
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Sanctorial Cycle
-The feast of saints found throughout the year of the Church's liturgical calendar
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Ministerial Priesthood
- The priesthood of Christ received in the sacrament of Holy Orders
- Its purpose is to serve the common priesthood by building up and guiding the Church in the name of Christ
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Common Priesthood
- The priesthood of the faithful
- Christ made the Church a "Kingdom of priests" who share in his priesthood through the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation
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Sabbath
- Hebrew word "Shabbat" = to cease
- A weekly day of rest & worship in the Jewish faith
- Jews observe Sabbath on the 7th day of the week
- Christian Sabbath= Sunday (day Jesus rose from the dead)
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Lectio Divina
- Greek for "divine reading"
| - Prayerful way to read the Bible or any other sacred reading
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Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi
- "As we pray, so we believe"
| - Our prayers effect our beliefs
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Ex Opere Operato
- By the very fact of the actions being preformed
| - The Holy Spirit works independently of the priest preforming the sacrifice/ sacrament
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Church Year
- Also called the Liturgical Year
- Organizes the major events of Jesus' life around the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time 1, Lent, Triduum, Easter, and Ordinary Time 2
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Holy day of obligation
-One of several special days in the Church Year where all Catholics are obligated to participate in Mass
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Donatism
- Heresy that believed that is a priest did not have good moral character, the sacrament he preformed would not work
- Holy spirit makes sacrament effective, not priest
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Catechumens
- A christian convert under instruction before baptism
| - Lent began as a period of preparation for them
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Advent
- Beginning of the Church year
- Season of preparation
- Means "coming"
- We wait and prepare:
- To remember Jesus' birth 2000 years ago
- To look forward to his 2nd coming at the end of time
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Christmas
- Color= white
- Celebration of Christ's birth
- 12 days long including:
- Nativity
- The Holy Family
- The Epiphany
- The Baptism of the Lord
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Ordinary Time
- Ordinal--> Numbered
- Shows us how to follow Jesus in Ordinary Life
- Feasts:
- Jesus' presentation in the temple
- Transfiguration
- Christ the King (final feast)
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Lent
- Means Springtime
- Ash Wednesday begins Lent
- Started as an intense period to prepare catechumens
- 40 days
- Color= purple
- Period of fasting,almsgiving, all in preparation to celebrate the paschal mystery
- Palm sunday= last sunday of lent (begins Holy Week)
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Easter
- Greatest Liturgy of the entire year
- Celebrate Christ's conquering of Death
- read story of "Salvation History"
- We welcome Catechumens into the Church
- New paschal candle is lit
- 50 days
- ends at pentecost
- Ascension= 40 days after easter
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Earthly signs Jesus used in the Gospel
Water:
- Turned water into wine at a wedding in Cana
- Walked on water
- Used water to wash the feet of his disciples
Bread:
- Multiplied fish and loves of bread to feed the crowds
- Described God's Kingdom as the yeast used to make bread
- Served a breakfast of bread and fish to his Apostles
Oil:
- He talked about the need of oil for lamps in his Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids
- Showed how oil could heal wounds in his Parable of the Good Samaritan
- Allowed a sinful women to anoint his feet with perfumed oil
Human Touch/ Acceptance:
- Healed the sick people of Gennesaret
- Hugged little children and blessed them
- Cured a leper
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Furnishings of a Church
- Altar
- Tabernacle
- Chair
- Ambo
- Aumbry (with Oil of Catechumens and Oil of the Sick)
- Baptisery
- Reconciliation room
