New Testament Period 2, 6 and 8
Study for your upcoming test (see review sheet below). Think up questions for the review session next class.
Morality Period 1, 3 and 7
Study for your test tomorrow (see review sheet below)
New Testament Introduction
Test Review
Be able to name the four reasons for the Incarnation
1) To
reconcile us to God
2) To
reveal God’s love to us
3) To be a
model of holiness
4) To make
it possible for us to share in God’s nature
What is Divine Revelation?
God revealing
Himself
What is the climax of Divine Revelation in Salvation
History? Why?
The fullness of revelation is in
Jesus Christ because He is God in the flesh. Everything He did, said and taught
were the words and actions of God. Hence all of Salvation History leads up to
the coming of Christ.
What is the deposit of faith?
The original teaching Christ handed
on to the apostles. This initial deposit of faith would be delved into more
deeply and understood better by the Church over the course of time with the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Who did Jesus give the deposit of faith to?
The
apostles
How was the deposit faith handed on?
The apostles preached what they had
seen and heard from Christ and consequently handed these teachings on to their
successors who with guidance of the Holy Spirit continued to preach the same
Gospel message.
What Church office did the original twelve apostles hold?
They were
bishops
How do scripture and tradition relate?
The canon
of scripture was formed based on apostolic tradition.
Scripture
must always be read in light of the Tradition of the Church.
List the four names and titles of Jesus as found in your
textbook. What do they mean?
1) Jesus –
God saves
2) Christ –
the Messiah, the anointed one
3) Son of
God – Jesus came down to earth from the Father
He
and the Father are one
4) Lord – a
substitute name for Yahweh
Be prepared to discuss ways we can know Jesus today
The
Eucharist
Prayer
The poor
Who is Tacitus? What incident in Rome does he describe involving Christians?
The persecution of Christians
by Nero after the Great Fire in 67 AD
Who is Pliny the Younger? What position did he have in Roman government at the
end of his life? Why was he writing about Christians? To whom?
Pliny was governor of Bithynia and Pontus when he wrote to emperor
Trajan about what to do with people he suspected of being Christians.
Who was Flavius Josephus? What New Testament figures did he write about? Did he
write about Jesus? Why or why not?
Josephus
was a Jewish historian in the service of the Romans.
Josephus
wrote about Herod, John the Baptist and St.
James.
It seems he did write about Jesus,
but the text we have was probably interpolated by a later copyist. This is
because in the text we have, Josephus confesses Jesus to be the Messiah, but
the evidence we have suggests he was not a Christian.
What are the three stages of the formation of the Gospels?
1) Public life of Jesus
2)
Preaching and teaching after the Resurrection
3) Writing
of the Gospels
What is the canon? How was it formed? What criteria were
used to determine what books belonged in the canon?
The canon
is the list of the books of the Bible as defined by the Church.
The inspired books were chosen to
be part of the canon because they were in accord with apostolic tradition and
believed to be written by either the apostles themselves or people who knew the
apostles.
What does it mean to say that scripture is divinely
inspired?
It means that the human author of
the gospel is really the author but also that God is speaking through this text
as well, sometimes even in spite of the author’s intentions
Name the four senses of scriptures.
“The letter teaches events;
allegory what you should believe; morality teaches what you should do, anagogy
what mark you should be aiming for.”
Literal
Allegory
Moral
Anagogical
Morality Introduction
Test Review
Definition of morality
Knowledge based on human
experience, human reason and divine revelation that discovers what we ought to
be and what we ought to do to live fully human lives.
Name the two sources of divine revelation
Scripture
Tradition
Be prepared to discuss some of the ways God offers us help
in living a moral life:
The example
of Jesus
The help of
the Church
The gifts
of the Holy Spirit
Prayer
The
sacraments
In light of the Church’s teaching, be able to discuss:
Why the way
you feel after an action isn’t an adequate basis for morality.
Why what
society tells you is inadequate basis for morality.
In the Catholic view, what is the relationship between
living a moral life and true happiness?
One of the ways we know what the
good is is that it leads to full human flourishing. Hence, if we live moral
lives, we will find true happiness.
Will doing good always lead to our immediate happiness?
No.
Sometimes doing evil will lead to
short term pleasures and solutions but end badly in the long term.
Be
prepared to give an example of this.
Sometimes
shallow pleasures can get in the way of a deeper joy.
Be
prepared to give examples of shallow pleasures vs. deep joy.
In the
Catholic view, where do we find ultimate joy and fulfillment?
In God.
What is character?
Who we are
and who we are becoming through our choices and our actions.
What is virtue?
A habit
that disposes us to do good.
How is
virtue a habit?
How do you cultivate virtue?
By forming
habits in your thoughts, words and deeds
It won’t be natural at first, but
over time it becomes more than just an external action but an internal
disposition. For example, you might begin by just doing generous things, but
eventually doing generous will make you in your heart a generous person.
What is vice?
A habit
that disposes us to do evil
Be able to name a few vices and
explain how these habits dispose us to do things that are morally wrong. (The
deadly sins are easy to use, but you’re welcome to think of other vices as
well.)
Be able to discuss how a person with good character can turn
into a person with bad character and vice versa.
Name the cardinal virtues and define the cardinal virtues
Prudence –
right reason in action
Justice –
the rendering of that which is due
Fortitude –
courage
Temperance – moderation aimed at
making sure your passions don’t control you, especially in matters of food,
drink and sex.
What does the word “cardinal” mean?
Hinge
Be able to identify moral situations where the cardinal
virtues would be applied.
Theological virtues: three important virtues bestowed on us
at baptism that relate us to God: faith, or belief in and personal knowledge of
God; hope, or trust in God’s salvation and his bestowal of the graces needed to
attain it; and charity, or love of God and neighbor as one loves oneself.
Name the theological virtues
Faith
Hope
Love:
willing the good of another
Be able to give an example of how each are necessary in
order to live holy, virtuous lives.
*You are responsible for the Introduction chapter in your
textbook (pg. 8-21) as well as all materials in the other readings and the
lectures. Please pay special attention to definitions.
