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Where do the mysteries come from? |
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What is divine inspiration? |
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the special influence of the Holy Spirit on the human authors of the Bible |
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What is divine revelation? |
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God making himself known to us |
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Explain the statement "As Catholics we believe that the bible had many authors, and at the same time, that the bible had only one author." |
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It means that we believe that many different people physically wrote the bible - but each of them were influenced by God, the only author |
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What is the difference between political covenant and a biblical covenant? |
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Political Covenant - an agreement between nations Biblical Covenant - an understanding between God and his people |
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What was the new covenant? Who was it established by? |
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It was a covenant between God and his people (AKA us) and it was established by Jesus |
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What are the three stages of the gospels? |
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1. Jesus' own words and actions 2. The apostles preachings 3. Writing the gospels down |
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The word Gospel means what? The word originally referred to what? |
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Gospel mean good news and it originally meant political news |
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What are the five Joyful mysteries? |
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1. Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary 2. Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth 3. Birth of Jesus 4. Presentation of Jesus at the temple 5. Finding Jesus at the temple |
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-Infancy Narratives 1. What are they? 2. Who wrote them? 3. Which view points? |
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1. Stories of Jesus' birth/conception/childhood 2. Matthew and Luke 3. Luke - Mary Matthew - Joseph |
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What are some similarities and differences of the Gospels? |
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Similarities - they all talk about Jesus Differences - They wrote to different crowds |
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How were the Gospels put in order in the New Testament? |
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They were put in the order they were given |
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Why is Johns Gospel not synoptic? |
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Because he is really symbolic |
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John the Baptist was called a precursor. Why? |
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Because he came before Jesus to prepare them for the son of God. |
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John the Baptist was a preacher. What did he preach about? |
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What did people do to show that they were willing to change their lives? |
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They got baptized in the Jordan River |
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What does it mean when we say "prophet"? |
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One called by God to speak for him |
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Why is John the bridge between the Old and New Testament? |
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He is the last of the Old Testament Prophets and the first to announce the coming of the only son of God |
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He paved the way for Jesus Christ |
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Why do we stand for the Gospel at mass? |
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because it is all about Jesus |
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What are the synoptic gospels? |
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How are the synoptic gospels different? |
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-dont write about the same things -different point of view -different audiences |
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Why is johns gospel different than Matthew, Mark, or Lukes? |
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he wanted us to get a deeper understanding of Jesus and he was more symbolic |
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Where are the gospels placed in the bible? Why? |
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The beginning of the New Testament. Because they are the most important |
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Describe how Jesus is portrayed in each gospel. |
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Matthew - new Moses and he is the new lawgiver Mark - suffering masiah Luke - merciful and compassionate John - Lamb of God and Bread of Life |
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