Unit 3 Test Flashcards
What is Justification?
The free gift of transformation from unrighteousness to righteousness through the sacrifice of Christ and sanctifying grace
What is essential for justification?
Faith
Our faith is very important and is essential for justification, but what are we called to do with that faith?
To put or faith into action because “faith without words is dead” (James 2:26)
What does Christ represent?
the fullness of the Father’s self-revelation
Who does all 3 Persons of the Trinity gain their mission from?
God the Father
What is the mission of the 3 Persons of the Trinity?
To save/redeem humanity + all creation
The revelation of God in Christ is the is equivalent to the revelation of what?
Of his plan for salvation
What 3 things is the Father’s work in Creation marked by?
1) Preservation
2) Providence (led by grace)
3) Governance
(Vocab)
Being made right with God
Justification
(Short Answer)
Why was Jesus baptized and what is the significance?
Christ identifies himself with the sinner as part of his plan for redemption. He represents us as the sacrificial Lamb of God in the atonement for our sins and fulfilling his divine mission.
(Vocab)
Greek for “self-emptying,” a reference to how the Son of God “emptied himself” in order to take on human nature and redeem the world.
Kenosis
Jesus began his earthly mission with what?
Baptism
Jesus identifies himself what, as part of his plan for redemption?
The sinner (us)
In what Sacrament do we “die” to our sins + rise cleansed from them and what are the parallels between God and us
Baptism
- plunging into the water = going into the tomb
- and rising from the water = rising from the dead
Who is Jesus identified as in the desert?
The Son of God
(Vocab)
The divine glory of Christ was manifested to Sts. Peter, James, and John on Mt. Tabor.
Transfiguration
What are the 40 days in the desert a preparation for?
His public ministry
What are the 3 levels that Satan tempts Jesus?
1) Bodily Needs
2) Personal Glory
3) Worldly Power
Jesus who is the Light overcomes Satan who is the darkness. What does this foreshadow?
His triumph over evil on the Cross
(Short Answer)
What is the significance of each of the temptations?
1) Bodily Needs
2) Personal Glory
3) Worldly Power
1) Bodily Needs: To use his power to transform the stones into materialistic things (bread)
2) Personal Glory: To force Jesus’ hand and to reveal his power/authority before it is time. He tempted Jesus to tempt God and he responded: “Do not force God to reveal his power.
3) Worldly Power: Jesus could be the ruler of anyone if he worshiped Satan. He would go from Christ to Anti-Christ and we would all be united in the Satanic Kingdom. Jesus rejects the covenant with Satan and accepts one with God.
(Vocab)
God’s plan for all creatures to achieve their purpose.
Providence
(Short Answer)
Why is it significant that Jesus’ 1st miracle is at a wedding.
it symbolizes the covenant between God and humanity. Jesus is the Bridegroom and the Church is the Bride.
What is a foreshadowing of the Last Supper at the Miracle of Cana?
The wine
(Water becomes wine, wine becomes the Precious Blood)
Addressing His mother as “woman” links Mary to what?
Protoevangelium in Genesis
Who is considered the “seed” of “woman” who will defeat the serpent (Satan)?
Christ
(Vocab)
The continued existence of and maintenance of created things by God.
Preservation