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37 Cards in this Set
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What is a call? |
God calling people and imparting to them a mission. |
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What is a covenant? |
A binding agreement between two parties that spells out the conditions and obligations of each party and the biblical notion of covenant arose from this contractual notion. |
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What is a sin(transgression)? |
Actions that don't measure up |
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What is a vocation? |
A call from God. |
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What is a prophet? |
A person who is called by God to perform a specific mission: a spokesperson,messenger for God. |
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Who is Moses? |
He is a leader, founding father of the Israelites, the prophet, the lawgiver. God made a covenant with him to free the Israelites. |
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Who is YHWH? |
The Holy name given to God and YHWH was replaced with Adonai:"my Lord". |
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What are the five traits of a Covenant? |
-The preamble -the historical prologue -the submission -the witnesses -the blessing and curses |
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What is the structure of a call story? |
-confrontation wit God -Introductory Speech -Imparting of a Mission -objection by the Prophet-to-be -Reassurance by God -The sign |
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What is hermeneutics? |
A way of interpreting texts and events to help us understand what they mean for us in the twenty -first century. |
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What is a exegesis? |
An a analysis of texts in their original context. It uncovers the historical, cultural, linguistic, etc., particularities that the original author was dealing with in order to better understand the original meaning and intent of the text. |
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What is a parousia? |
Refers to the second coming of Christ and takes place "at the end of the age." This time ends time: it is the ending of the story of salvation. the end is described as completion: the full of revelation of God. |
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what are the beatitudes? |
a form of pronouncement that presupposes that a good or happiness has already been given or is about to be received. The sermon on the mount contains a list of beatitudes. |
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What is a exhortation? |
Teachings |
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What a eschatological? |
It is the pertaining to the end of time, in the sense of it fullness and also the coming of the kingdom of God at the end of time, according to Jesus, has already begun in his life,death and resurrection. |
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What is eschatological ethics? |
ethics that insist that we can already live what God will realize or reveal at the end. |
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What are Gospel ethics? |
Ethics based on the new covenant- a new way of relating to God and one another |
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What is a incarnation? |
God made human in the person of Jesus |
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Who does Matthew portrays Jesus as? |
A incomparable teacher. |
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What does Matthew's gospel portrays Jesus as? |
the one who brings the teaching of Moses to perfection. |
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Who is the fulfillment of the Torah? |
Jesus |
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When Jesus talks about the kingdom of god who is he speaking to? |
God |
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What is among us and who is acting in our lives? |
The Kingdom of God is among us and God is acting in our lives. |
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What are we to be as the father is? |
We are to be generous in love as the father is. |
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(Ethics of the Sermon on the mount) What is the kingdom of God? |
refers to God's intense desire to be part of our lives and our history. Jesus is the perfect example of what the kingdom of God means for human life because he is the best expression of God. |
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(Ethics of the Sermon on the mount) what does it mean to be as "perfect as your heavenly father is perfect"? |
That our moral life makes sense if we have a good relationship with Abba/Father. Our vocation is to become the "Children of the Father." As father loves all, as sons and daughters, brothers and sisters must love one another in the same way. |
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(Ethics of the Sermon on the mount) What does it mean"Makes us righteous"? |
We are made righteous through the loving action of god and it is a gift. In order to be righteous is to both to receive this gift and to act in accordance with the gift. We are "right' before god becauses he sees his son in us(Christ's life in us-Holy Spirit). |
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(Ethics of the Sermon on the mount) What are eschatological ethics? |
ethics that strives for the infinite good, it is an ethics of response to an experience of being loved, give with what is within you to give, and our actions should be driven by guilt but by generosity. |
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(Ethics of the Sermon on the mount) What does it mean "Be right with God is to be right with one another"? |
Our relationship with God is measured by our relationships with one another. |
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(Ethics of the Sermon on the mount) What are the Gospel Ethics? |
Ethics based on the New covenant- a new way of relating to God and one another. Jesus invites us to come and love as he loves. It is the good news that the kingdom of God has come. the gospel present Jesus as God's commitment. |
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What is a apostle? |
a title given in the gospels to the twelve chief disciples of Jesus and later also to St.Paul |
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what is the pentecost? |
a descending of the holy spirit on the apostles, the beginning or birthday of the church. |
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what is the grace? |
is God's self-gift of love in us, our participation in the relation of love that is the trinity and alos the active presence of God's love in our lives. |
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Who is Paul(used to be name Saul)? |
Saul is the destroyer of Christians prior to conversion, after conversion name change to Paul, known for the conversion of Gentiles. |
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What are the tasks of the church in guiding moral life? |
-shapes moral character -guards and maintains moral tradition -community of moral deliberation whenever and wherever moral issues emerge. |
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Explain how the church is both graced and sinned at the same time |
the church as the body of christ is grace d bcause the holy spirit abides in the church, however the church is sinned because it is made up of human people, who over the course of history have their faults(sins). |
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What are the four groups responsible for moral tradition? |
-the faithful -theologians -priests and pastoral workers -the teaching authority of the church. |
