Theology Chapter 1 Flashcards

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What is the ornamented receptacle in the church where the consecrated Eucharist is reserved?

Tabernacle

What is the house of God in Jerusalem that contained the Ark of the Covenant?

Temple

What are the fundamental laws given by God at Sinai that govern divine and human relationships?

Ten Commandments

What is a sacrifice made in thanksgiving for God's deliverance?

Thank Offering Signup and view all the answers

Match Jesus and Isaac in terms of their similarities:

A father offers his beloved son = Both Jesus and Isaac The son submits to the father's will = Both Jesus and Isaac Both carry the wood for their sacrifice = Both Jesus and Isaac God provides the sacrifice = Both Jesus and Isaac Signup and view all the answers

What happens in the seven days of creation? List an event: 1. God created ___ and separated the darkness from it.

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What happens in the seven days of creation? List an event: 2. God separated the waters, forming the ___ and the sea.

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What happens in the seven days of creation? List an event: 3. God created dry land and gave life to plants and ___.

vegetation Signup and view all the answers

What happens in the seven days of creation? List an event: 4. God created the ___ and moon to rule over day and night.

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What happens in the seven days of creation? List an event: 5. God called forth ___ and fish to rule over sky and sea.

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What happens in the seven days of creation? List an event: 6. God created animals to rule over the ___ land.

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What happens in the seven days of creation? List an event: 7. The seventh day is known as the ___ day.

Sabbath Signup and view all the answers

What are 7 features of the Davidic covenant? Feature 1: David's line would have a ___

kingdom Signup and view all the answers

What are 7 features of the Davidic covenant? Feature 2: His descendants would be a ___ dynasty.

royal Signup and view all the answers

What are 7 features of the Davidic covenant? Feature 3: The king of Israel would be the ___ of God as well as David.

son Signup and view all the answers

What are 7 features of the Davidic covenant? Feature 4: The covenant would be unlimited and ___

everlasting Signup and view all the answers

What are 7 features of the Davidic covenant? Feature 5: Jerusalem's Mount Zion would be Israel's spiritual ___

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What are 7 features of the Davidic covenant? Feature 6: The Temple was the visible ___ of the covenant.

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What are 7 features of the Davidic covenant? Feature 7: Wisdom would be the new ___ of the covenant.

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What are three unique features? Feature 1: Importance of the ___ mother.

queen Signup and view all the answers

What are three unique features? Feature 2: Importance of the Prime ___

minister Signup and view all the answers

What are three unique features? Feature 3: Importance of the Thank ___

offering Signup and view all the answers

What was the crowning achievement of God's creation?

The creation of man in the image of God. Signup and view all the answers

Why did God create mankind?

He wanted to live in a loving communion with him. Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of seven days of creation?

The seven days are made up of two groups of three days of work, and one day of rest and worship. Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'image and likeness'? How is man created in the 'image and likeness' of God?

It means as a son is to a father. Man has reason, free will, and the capacity to love. Signup and view all the answers

What is salvation history?

The gradual way God has saved humanity, beginning with the promise of a savior to Adam and Eve. Signup and view all the answers

What is a covenant?

It is a solemn agreement. Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean that God rested on the seventh day?

It means creation was perfect and holy. Signup and view all the answers

What happened when Adam and Eve ate from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?

They broke their communion with God and with each other, introducing a tendency to sin. Signup and view all the answers

What did God promise in the 'Protoevangelium'?

A son of the 'Woman' would strike a fatal blow to the serpent. Signup and view all the answers

How did Original Sin have dire consequences for the family of Adam and Eve?

It began the human story of violence, greed, and every other evil, along with suffering and death. Signup and view all the answers

What were the three promises that God made to Abram?

<ol> <li>Land and Nation 2. Kingship and a Name 3. Blessing for all Nations</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

In what ways was the near-sacrifice of Isaac a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of Christ?

A father was going to sacrifice a son who willingly carries the wood of his own sacrifice. Signup and view all the answers

What other sacrifice would occur on Mount Moriah?

The Crucifixion of Christ. Signup and view all the answers

Why did Moses flee Egypt? Why did he return?

He fled Egypt because he was afraid he would be punished for killing an Egyptian. Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of God revealing his name to Moses?

It meant that God wanted Israel to know He was a Person whose essence is eternal existence. Signup and view all the answers

What were the ten plagues of Egypt?

<ol> <li>River turned to Blood 2. Frogs 3. Lice 4. Flies 5. Sickness of animals 6. Boils 7. Hail 8. Locusts 9. Darkness 10. The death of every firstborn child.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

How were the faithful Israelites spared the horror of the death of every firstborn son?

They obeyed God's instructions to sacrifice an unblemished lamb and spread its blood over their door frames. Signup and view all the answers

Why did God have to establish a different order of priests?

The people in general could not be trusted to be faithful to the covenant. Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the Hebrew 'qahal', and how is it translated into English?

It means assembly of the people and is translated into English as church. Signup and view all the answers

Why were the Israelites given a second set of laws?

Israel broke the Mosaic covenant almost as soon as they agreed to obey it. Signup and view all the answers

Why did the Israelites need a king?

They wanted a king so that they would have the same good things as their pagan neighbors. Signup and view all the answers

How would the King of Israel be chosen?

God chose him through the prophet Samuel, who anointed him. Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'Messiah' or 'Christ'?

It means anointed one. Signup and view all the answers

What were the seven primary features of the Davidic Covenant?

<ol> <li>David's line would have a kingdom. 2. The covenant established a royal dynasty. 3. The King of Israel would be the Son of God. 4. The covenant would be unlimited and everlasting. 5. Jerusalem would be Israel's spiritual center. 6. The Temple was the visible sign of the covenant. 7. Wisdom would be the new law.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What do the three additional features of the Davidic Covenant foreshadow in the New Testament?

<ol> <li>The importance of the queen mother foreshadows Mary. 2. The prime minister foreshadows St. Peter. 3. The thank offering foreshadows the Sacrament of the Eucharist.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What new Temple sacrifice did David establish as the primary form of worship?

The thank offering of bread and wine. Signup and view all the answers

What terrible things happened because of Solomon's disobedience to God?

God took away the United Kingdom of Solomon's son. Signup and view all the answers

How did St. Irenaeus advance the Church's understanding of the covenants?

He taught that the covenants God made prepared them for the new covenant established by Christ. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Ark of the Covenant?

An ornate box that held the tablets of the Law, the rod of Aaron, and some manna. Signup and view all the answers

Who were the Assyrians?

The people who destroyed Israel's Northern Kingdom in 722 BC. Signup and view all the answers

What is Canaan?

The land of the Canaanites, which was to become the Promised Land for the Israelites. Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the word 'Christ'?

It is Greek for 'anointed'. Signup and view all the answers

What was Circumcision in relation to God's covenant?

The sign of God's covenant with Abraham that set His people apart. Signup and view all the answers

What is Communion?

The unity of the faithful as one Body in Christ. Signup and view all the answers

What is Consecration?

The act of separating someone or something as holy and devoted for a particular purpose. Signup and view all the answers

What is a Covenant?

A solemn agreement between people or between God and man made by swearing an oath before God. Signup and view all the answers

What is Creation?

God's bringing forth the universe and all its inhabitants into being out of nothing. Signup and view all the answers

Who is the Devil?

A fallen angel, who sinned against God by refusing to accept his reign. Signup and view all the answers

What is Deuteronomy?

The fifth book of the Bible, which contains the second set of laws given by God to the Israelites. Signup and view all the answers

What is Exodus?

Greek for 'going out', referring to the liberation of the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt. Signup and view all the answers

What is Faith?

The theological virtue by which one believes all that God has revealed. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Fall?

Biblical revelation about Original Sin which introduced sin into human history. Signup and view all the answers

What is Genesis?

The first book of the Bible, beginning with the story of creation. Signup and view all the answers

Who are the Hebrews?

The name given to the People of God, later known as the Israelites or Jews. Signup and view all the answers

What is Idolatry?

The worship of idols. Signup and view all the answers

What does Imago Dei mean?

Latin for 'image of God', referring to man's creation in God's likeness. Signup and view all the answers

What is Israel?

The Israelites, the people chosen by God to be His people and inherit the promises. Signup and view all the answers

What are Judges?

Men and women appointed by God to govern the Israelites after they had fallen into sin. Signup and view all the answers

Who are the Levites?

The priestly class of Israel, members of the tribe of Levi. Signup and view all the answers

What is Leviticus?

The third book of the Bible, primarily consisting of laws given to the Hebrews. Signup and view all the answers

What is Manna?

A kind of bread 'from Heaven' given by God to sustain the Hebrews in the desert. Signup and view all the answers

What is Marriage?

The sacrament by which a man and a woman are joined in an intimate union of life and love. Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'Messiah'?

Hebrew for 'anointed', signifying Jesus's divine mission. Signup and view all the answers

What is Moral Law?

For the Israelites, the laws given by God revealing how he wants His people to conduct themselves. Signup and view all the answers

What is Moriah?

The mountains around Jerusalem where Abraham offered his son Isaac. Signup and view all the answers

What is Mount Sinai?

The mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. Signup and view all the answers

What is Mount Zion?

The hill on which the oldest part of Jerusalem was built. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Mystical Body of Christ?

The faithful People of God, who become one body with Christ as its head. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Northern Kingdom?

The term used to refer to the ten tribes of Israel that split from Jerusalem. Signup and view all the answers

What is Numbers?

The fourth book of the Bible, detailing censuses taken during the Hebrew's time in the desert. Signup and view all the answers

What is an Oath?

A promise transformed into a sacred commitment by calling on God's name. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Old Testament?

That part of the Bible containing forty-six books, telling the story of salvation history. Signup and view all the answers

What is Original Sin?

Adam and Eve's abuse of their freedom, resulting in the loss of grace and inclination toward sin. Signup and view all the answers

What is Passover?

A Jewish feast commemorating the deliverance from death by sacrificial blood. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Pentateuch?

The first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Signup and view all the answers

What is a Pharaoh?

A king or ruler of Egypt. Signup and view all the answers

What is a Plague?

Any of the ten signs God sent upon Egypt to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Promised Land?

The area to which God led the Israelites to live after their wandering in the desert. Signup and view all the answers

What is Protoevangelium?

Greek meaning 'first gospel', referring to the promise of the Messiah. Signup and view all the answers

What are Psalms?

A book of the Old Testament filled with hymns and poetry. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Red Sea?

The sea through which Moses and the Hebrews passed in their flight from Egypt. Signup and view all the answers

Who is the Redeemer?

The expected Messiah (Jesus Christ), who would save his people from sin. Signup and view all the answers

What is Redemption?

The act of redeeming, referring to God's saving act through Jesus. Signup and view all the answers

What is Revelation?

God's free decision to make Himself known to us beyond human capacity. Signup and view all the answers

What is the River Nile?

The waterway in Egypt where Moses was placed to save him from the pharaoh's order. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Sabbath?

The seventh day on which God rested after creation. Signup and view all the answers

What is Salvation History?

The story of God's plan to save men from the consequences of sin. Signup and view all the answers

What is the Tabernacle?

In Israelite history, the tent containing the Ark of the Covenant and other sacred items. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Creation and Humanity

Man is considered the crowning achievement of God's creation, made in the image of God.
God's intention for mankind is to live in a loving communion with Him.
The seven days of creation illustrate perfect order: two sets of three days of creation followed by a day of rest denote creation as doubly perfect.

Salvation History and Covenants

Salvation history outlines God's gradual saving of humanity, starting with Adam and Eve and culminating in Christ and the Church.
A covenant is defined as a solemn agreement between God and humanity.
Original Sin entered through Adam and Eve's disobedience, disrupting their communion with God and introducing sin into the world.

Key Figures and Events in the Old Testament

God made three key promises to Abram: land and nation, kingship and a name, and blessing for all nations.
The near-sacrifice of Isaac foreshadows Christ’s sacrifice, emphasizing the willingness of both son and father in obedience to God.
Moses fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian; he returned to lead Israel out of slavery through God's command.
The ten plagues served to convince Pharaoh to release the Israelites from bondage, culminating in the death of firstborns, a pivotal moment in the Exodus.

Laws and Worship

The Israelites received a second set of laws in Deuteronomy due to their initial disobedience to the covenant.
The significance of God revealing His name to Moses emphasizes His eternal existence and personal relationship with Israel.
Rituals like the Passover commemorated God's deliverance, presaging the sacrifice of Christ.

The Davidic Covenant

The Davidic Covenant included features such as the establishment of a royal dynasty, the king being God's son, and the covenant being everlasting.
Secondary characteristics foreshadow New Testament elements like Mary’s role and the apostolic succession.
King Solomon's disobedience led to the division of the kingdom and Israel's eventual downfall.

Temples and Sacred Items

The Ark of the Covenant housed sacred items, representing God's presence on Earth, while the Temple in Jerusalem served as the central place of worship.
The concept of the Mystical Body of Christ reflects the unity of the faithful with Christ as the head.

Terms and Definitions

Imago Dei: Latin for "image of God," affirming man's creation in God's likeness.
Covenant: A solemn agreement between God and humanity involving mutual commitments.
Original Sin: The fall of humanity due to disobedience, resulting in separation from God.
Manna: Bread from heaven given to the Israelites during their desert wandering.
Passover: A feast commemorating Israel's deliverance, reflective of Christ's sacrifice.

Historical Context

Hebrews: The name given to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob (Israel).
Exodus: Refers to the liberation of Hebrew people from Egyptian slavery and a broader spiritual liberation through Christ.
Protoevangelium: The first Gospel message hinting at the coming Messiah, found in Genesis 3:15.

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