RE MIDTERMS

• Incarnation

  -        can be defined as “the fact that the Son of God assumed a human nature in order to accomplish our salvation in it”

  -        That the Son of God actually came in the flesh to save us from sin and death is “the distinctive sign of Christian faith”

  -        “The Incarnation is therefore the mystery of the wonderful union of the divine and human natures in the one person of the Word”
• Holy Spirit


  The third person of the Holy Trinity, who worked through the power of the Holy Spirit to bring about the Incarnation
• Angel Gabriel


  The angel who announced to Mary that she would give birth to Jesus, the Son of God
• The Feast of the Annunciation is celebrated each year on March 25
• Mary of Nazareth


  This woman, prepared from all eternity for this role, the Blessed Mother
• The Church calendar


  Called the liturgical year
• Mary's Immaculate Conception


  The day on which Mary was conceived in the womb of her mother, Saint Ann
• God allowed her to be conceived without Original Sin
• Original Sin


  The sin by which the first humans disobeyed God and thereby lost their original holiness and became subject to death. Original Sin is transmitted to every person born into the world, except Mary and Jesus
• Mary's Perpetual Virginity


  Mary became pregnant with Jesus while remaining a virgin. Mary remained a virgin throughout her life, as a sign of her total dedication to serving God as "the handmaid of the Lord"
• Mary's Assumption


  When she died, God did not allow her body to decay. God brought her whole being—body and soul—into Heaven
• Eastern Catholics and Orthodox Christians call it

  Mary's Dormition (or "falling asleep")
• Fulfills means that Jesus perfects the law, reveals its ultimate meaning, and redeems any sins people had committed against it+
• Fulfills means that Jesus perfects the law, reveals its ultimate meaning, and redeems any sins people had committed against it
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  Beatific Vision

  -        Direct encounter and sight of God in the glory of Heaven.

  -        During our life after death, we will experience the Beatific Vision, enjoying God’s presence and glory forever.
• Circumcision


  The physical sign of God's Covenant with the people of Israel
• Circumcision


  • Sign of Jesus' incorporation into Abraham's descendants, into the people of the Jesus' human heart felt joy, happiness, temptation, and pain
  • Sign of his submission to the Law and his deputation to Israel's worship, in which he will participate throughout his life
• Scribes


  Jewish government officials and scholars of the Law
• Pharisees


  A Jewish sect at the time of Jesus known for its strict adherence to the Law
• Sadducees


  A Jewish sect at the time of Jesus known for its strong commitment to the Temple in Jerusalem
• Anti-Semitism


  Prejudice against the Jewish people
• Titles given to Jesus:

  -        Lord

  -        Redeemer
• Jesus is sometimes referred to as the Alpha and Omega. Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. Together they signify the eternal presence of Jesus Christ
• the title Kyrios to Jesus indicates his divinity
• Pluralistic - Characterized by the presence of many different ethnic, religious, or cultural groups.
• Nestorianism - which said that in Jesus existed two separate persons, one divine and one human.
• • hypostatic union the union of Jesus Christ’s divine and human natures in one Divine Person.
• Arianism - Jesus was a kind of in-between creature; he was more than a man but less than God.
• Chalcedon - officially established the doctrine of the hypostatic union. The bishops who convened for that event issued a decree summarizing the agreements they had reached.
• circumcision

  The act, required by Jewish law, of removing the foreskin of the penis. Since the time of Abraham, it has been a sign of God’s Covenant relationship with the Jewish people.
• Collects - Prayers offered by the person leading an assembly in communal prayer