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Christianity: Incarnation Flashcards

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What are the 4 key ideas in Incarnation?

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1) Jesus was fully human and fully God
2) God loves humans so much he was willing to share in humanity fully
3) Jesus experienced human LIFE - good and bad (stress etc)
4) This empathy helps Christians feel closer to God

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What is the Annunciation?

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The incarnation is announced

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What is incarnation?

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The belief that God took on human form as Jesus

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How is Luke 1: 26-38 portraying the Annunciation?

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  • Focuses on Mary’s role
  • Mary is told she will conceive and give birth to Jesus, who will be the Son of God
  • Jesus will be conceived through the power of the Holy Spirit
  • Mary had a choice (free will)
  • Gabriel’s message is for ALL believers
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How is Matthew 1: 18-24 portraying the Annunciation?

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  • Focus is on Joseph’s role
  • Tells that Joseph planned to break up with Mary because she was pregnant
  • But an angel tells him Mary’s child was conceived by the Holy Spirit
  • The angel calls Jesus ‘Emmanuel’ meaning ‘God with us’
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What are the similarities between the two Annunciation stories? (Luke & Matthew)

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  • Mary was a virgin
  • An angel announced Jesus’ birth
  • Jesus was conceived by the power of the holy spirit
  • God worked through humans enable his plan for humanity to come about
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What are the differences between the two Annunciation stories? (Luke & Matthew)

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  • Angel Gabriel appears to Mary - in Luke & to Joseph - in Matthew
  • To Mary, Gabriel appears in person - to Joseph he appears in a dream
  • In Luke he is named Jesus, in Matthew he is named Emmanuel
  • Joseph did not question the role he had to play
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What are the 3 titles of Jesus?

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The Word of God
The Son of God
The Son of Man

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What is the quote in John talking about the beginning and the word?

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‘In the beginning was the Word, the Word was God, the Word was with God’

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What are the 4 ways the word means?

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  • The Word (Jesus) is eternal
  • The Word of God is God - God’s self expression
  • The Word and God are united yet distinct
  • The Word of God gives life, light and guidance
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What is the quote in John about the word becoming the flesh?

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‘and the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory… full of grace and truth.

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What does grace equal?

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Grace = love… so Jesus is an expression of God’s love for humans

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What does Son of Man mean?

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  • Jesus called himself this when referring to his future suffering
  • It emphasises that he was fully human
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What does Son of God mean?

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  • At Jesus’ trial by the Sanhedrin he was asked ‘ Are you the Son of God?’
  • Jesus replied ‘I am’
  • This shows that he was also fully God
  • During his life on earth he limited himself to the human condition
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What are the two documents front the Catholic Church aiming to improve the understanding of Jesus being Son of God and the Son of Man?

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Dei Verbum (Second Vatican Council)

Verbum Domini ( Letter from Pope Benedict)

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Wha does Dei Verbum 4 say above God speaking through Jesus?

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‘He sent his Son… so he might tell us of the innermost being of God!

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What does Verbum Dominj 12 say about The Word (Jesus) limiting himself to human form?

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‘The eternal word became small enough to fit into a manger… so that the word (Jesus) could be grasped by us’
This means Jesus limited himself to human form so humans could understand God

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What are the 2 St Irenaeus’ writings?

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“Jesus is the meeting point between God and humanity”

“The glory of God is a human being, fully alive”

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What are the 2 St Irenaeus’ writings?

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“Jesus is the meeting point between God and humanity”

“The glory of God is a human being, fully alive”

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What does the Greek word ICHTUD mean?

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This means Fish, and is also a declaration of faith by Christians

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What do the different letters ICHTHUS?

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I - Iesous (Jesus)
CH - Christos (Christ)
TH - Theou (of God)
U - Uios /Son)
S - Soter (Saviour)

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What does alpha & omega mean?

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Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet
Omega is the last letter

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What does alpha and omega symbolise for Christians?

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God is involved in everything from the beginning to end

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What is Chi-Rho?

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The first two letters of the Greek word for Christ (capitals)
X and P

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What does Chi- Rho symbolise for Christians?
- Reminder of Jesus’ death… that he was sent by God to say humans
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How can you interpret the statue: Christ the redeemer?
1) God’s continuous love for all 2) Jesus’ love and obedience in death 3) The statue being very big and tall symbolises Jesus overlooking everyone and taking care of them with his open arms
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How can you interpret the sacred heart statues?
1) Flames from the heart - symbolise Jesus’ burning love for all 2) Jesus shows his peace and love
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How can you interpret the crucifix?
1) Through his death Jesus freed us from sin and death 2) The love of God was poured out in Jesus
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What are some catholic attitudes to religious art?
- Statues of Jesus hep us focus on his qualities, his life and held us pray - Jesus was fully human and fully God - Jesus can be shown as any ethnicity - all people were saved
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What are contrasting views about religious art?
- It goes against the second command ‘do not worship idols’ - this is the view of Jews - People may think the statue itself is being worshipped - We cannot portray an infinite God that is transcendent accurately - Art can be misleading - we do not know what Jesus looked like - Jesus was human - not stone or wood, so the proper way to worship is to serve others
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What are the 3 main statues of Jesus?
Christ the Redeemer Sacred Heart Crucifix
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What is the Sermon on the Mount?
A sermon (talk) Jesus gave to teach people how to please God - Matthew 5-7
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What is the quote relating to the Sermon on the Mount?
‘I have not come to abolish the law but to fulfil it’ - Matthew 5:17
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What did Jesus do during the Sermon on the Mount?
- Jesus developed the Jewish laws to make them more perfect - The Old Testament law focused on actions people should and shouldn’t do - Jesus taught that people’s attitude are more important as this will please God
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What are the 3 teachings Jesus improved from Moses’ teachings?
Do not commit adultery - Even looking at a person lustfully is wrong Do not commit murder - Do. It even get angry with someone or insult them An eye for an eye - Do not take revenge
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What are the Beatitudes?
A list of eight kinds of people who are blessed (made holy) in the eyes of God. By Jesus blessing certain attitudes.
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What are the 8 Beatitudes?
Blessed are: 1. The poor in spirit (humble) 2. Those who mourn (sorrowful, bereaved) 3. The meek (not push or arrogant) 4. Those who hunger to do God’s will 5. The merciful (show compassion, love, forgiveness) 6. The pure in heart (unselfish) 7. The peacemakers (try to solve conflict) 8. Those who are persecuted (for a righteous cause)
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What does each blessing of the 8 beatitudes come with and what are 3 examples?
Rewards: Blessed are the meek, for the will inherit the earth Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy
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What is Matthew 25: 31-46?
The Parable of the Sheep and Goats
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What do the sheep’s and goats represent in the Parable of the Sheep and Goats?
Sheep - Heaven 🐑 Goat - Hell 🐐
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Why do the sheep mean heaven?
Fed the hungry Gave drink to the thirsty Welcomed strangers Clothed the naked Visited the sick Visited those in prison
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Why do the goats mean hell?
Did not feed the hungry Did not give drink to the thirsty Did not welcome strangers Did not clothe the naked Did not visit the sick Did not visit those in prison
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What is Grace?
God’s love Gives us the strength to do what God wants Pours out from the trinity into our hearts Brings us closer to God
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What are the 3 main teachings about the 7 sacraments and grace?
- A sacrament is a moment of grace when God’s love is received fully - Believed to sanctify (make holy) a person’s life - Thus is deepens our relationship with Gid
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What does Sanctify mean?
Make holy
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What does the Catholic Church say a sacrament is in terms of grace?
“An outward sign of an inward grace” - Catholic Church
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What are the 7 Sacraments?
1) Baptism 2) Eucharist - Communion 3) Reconciliation - Confession 4) Confirmation 5) Marriage 6) Sacrament of the sick 7) Ordination
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What is a quote that Jesus said in Mt 28 of the end of age?
“I will be with you always, until the end of the age” - Jesus in Mt 28
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What are the 3 steps of how God was seen during incarnation?
1) Before Incarnation, God was seen as a distant being 2) When Jesus left the earth he left us visible, tangible signs of God’s presence - the sacraments 3) The sacraments make God present for all time E.g. Holy communion
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What is the ‘sacramental’ nature of reality?
The world, and everything in it, is created by god, so is a sign of God’s love. So Catholics call ‘reality’ sacramental.
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All humans are made in the?
All humans are made in the image of God - Genesis 1:27
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What does all humans being made in the image of God mean in terms of abortion?
So, all life I scared and should be protected because it comes from God, also Catholic believe life begins at conception… that the whole person is present…
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What is the quote where Elizabeth talks about her being given Jesus?
‘As soon as I heard your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy’ - Elizabeth in Luke 1:44
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What is a Catholic organisation that supports ‘pro-life’
SPUC - Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
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What does hypostatic mean?
Jesus 2 divinity - Jesus as fully human & fully God
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What is a quote about the and word and flesh?
“The word became flesh” portraying how Jesus became fully human
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