last revised 10/26/00
St. Louis U. High 2000-2001 M. Sciuto's class
1st Semester Freshman Theology Review
INTRODUCTION
1. What is the Jesuit vocation?
2. What is the ultimate goal of Jesuit education?
3. Jesus revealed what will happen at the end of time in the parable of the Last Judgment. The King will come and separate them as sheep and goats. What does Jesus say is the criteria by which the good will be separated from the bad?
4. What did Jesus reply when asked �what is the greatest commandment?�
5. List one thing from your parent interview that either strongly echoed or strongly contradicted an idea in chapter one. You need to list two ideas clearly and completely. Show how your parent and Zanzig contradict each other or how they agree.
6. There is an important St. Louis U. High document called �Profile of the Graduate at Graduation.� This is our very idealistic statement of the kind of person we hope our graduate will become. List the five general characteristics of the Grad at Grad.
7. Give the one most significant thing you personally earned in the first weeks of this class. Make clear the idea learned, how you learned it and the significance of the learning.
Vocabulary | identity | adolescence | puberty popularity | consumerism | individualism | immediate gratification | sexual permissiveness | technological fixes | effective criticism | reflection
Study skills
1. List the recommended �five step process of really getting an assigned reading.�
CHAPTER ONE
IDENTITY AND DEVELOPMENT: BECOMING WHO YOU ARE CALLED TO BE
1. According to the Catholic vision, why are you here on earth?
2. According to the Christian tradition, in what ways are human beings made in the image of God?
3. Name the three crucial tasks of adolescence. How does the deepening capacity for friendship relate to each?
4. Briefly list and describe society�s answer to life�s longings.
5. What does it mean to be critical (Zanzig's "effective criticism") of something we have learned, seen or heard in the media?
From the video �Ad Libbing It.�
1. What is a �life style illness?� Give three examples.
2. Why did Dr. Robert Jaffe begin trying to make kids aware of advertising. You have to use the word �life-style illnesses� in your answer.
3. What is the major difference between the major death threats to people in the United States 100 years and major death threats to us today?
4. According to the video, who are the major targets of cigarette advertising? Remember what David Gerlitz said that R.J. Reynold�s told him.
CHAPTER TWO
FAITH: RESPONDING TO GOD'S INVITATION
1. What is a worldview? How do we get a worldview?
2. What is a metaphor? Why are we limited to speaking about God in metaphors?
3. What are the two aspects of faith in God?
4. Is having trust in God a matter of the heart or a matter of the head?
5. Give three examples from the text of inadequate answers to the question, Why would God let tragedy happen?
6. What is an honest Christian response to tragedy?
7. Briefly describe four different sources of evidence of God�s existence.
8 . What is revelation? On what belief about God is this concept based?
9. Briefly describe the ways that God�s Revelation takes place.
10. What is the difference between faith and religious practices? Why do they need each other?
vocabulary | worldview | metaphors | faith | Sacred Mystery | atheists | problem of evil | revelation religious practices | religious freedom
video �A Time for Justice�
1. Know the date and major content of these two important U.S. Supreme Court decisions: Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.
2. Identify: | Emmett Till | Rosa Parks | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Freedom Riders | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 | James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner
3. Which key idea of chapter one does this video best illustrate? Explain (with concrete and specific details) how the video illustrates this key idea.
The Story of Ignatius
1. Know what happens at these places and on these dates.
1491 at Loyola
1521 at Pamplona
1521 recovery at Loyola
1523 Manresa
1540 Regimini Militanis Ecclesiae
1556 Ignatius death
2. What was Ignatius worldview in his youth?
3. What event began his conversion?
4. What happened during his recovery that led to his metanoia?
5. These are important places in Ignatius life. What happens at
| Manresa | on the banks of the Chardoner River | Montserrat
6. What is Ignatius �First Principle and Foundation?�
7. What are the Spiritual Exercises? What is its �basic premise?�
8. What is the core of Jesuit training?
9. What are the two �chief instruments of the Society�s mission in the Church?�
10. How does the life of Ignatius illustrate these key ideas of chapter one and two in Zanzig? Explain with concrete and specific details.
| cultural values | worldview | conversion
| Adolescence: Journeying from Childhood to Adulthood
| Finding Answers to Life�s Longings | Our Hearts are Restless | A Question of Worldviews | The Meaning of Faith
| When We Do Not Have All the Answers | How Can We Know About God?
CHAPTER THREE
JUDAISM: DISCOVERING OUR RELIGOUS ROOTS
1. Describe how the bond between God and a person of faith is like a marriage bond. How is God�s faithfulness different from the faithfulness of marriage partners?
2. How is Judaism related to Christianity?
3. What is Abraham�s story? Why is he considered so important in salvation history? Who are his descendants?
4. How did the Israelites end up living in Egypt, what was their life like there, and why did they leave? What was their destination? What happened during the Exodus?
5. What occurred on Mount Sinai? Why did the Israelites experience the Mosaic Law as freeing them rather than burdening them?
6. What was the Israelites� desert experience like? How long did it take them to reach the Promised Land? Describe an experience you have had in which hardships and even feeling the absence of God may ultimately have helped you trust God more deeply.
8. Briefly describe three different factions of Jews who were active around the time of Jesus. What happened to the Jewish community after Jesus?
9. Summarize the extraordinary features of Judaism throughout history that make Judaism �a light to the nations�. Also, what does the history of the Jews show about the qualities of God?
10. Key question of this chapter
Why is it important for a Christian to know and understand Judaism?
vocabulary
| covenant | polytheism | monotheism | Israel | Yahweh | Exodus | Promised Land | Passover | Sinai Covenant | Law | Mosaic Law | Ten Commandments | patriarchs | Moses | Palestine | Holy Land | David | Solomon | Temple | prophets | Sabbath | Remnant | suffering servant | Messiah | Jesus | Pharisees | Sadducees | Zealots | Essenes | the poor
CHAPTER FOUR
JESUS: REVEALING GOD IN HUMANITY
1. What is the Christian belief expressed in the doctrine of the Incarnation?
2. How was the Jesus� idea of the Kingdom different from what people expected the Kingdom to be?
3. How did Jesus address God? What name of God did Jesus use that indicated his intimate, personal sense of sonship?
4. What powerful message about God did Jesus preach and live by his example?
5. Give five examples from the text of the upside-down values of the Kingdom of God.
Vocabulary | Incarnation | parable | synagogue | doctrine | Immaculate Conception | grace | dogma | Abba | Assumption | Beatitudes | Kingdom of God
CHAPTER FIVE
JESUS AND THE PASCHAL MYSTERY
1. Summarize the evidence that supports Jesus� Resurrection.
2. What is the meaning of the Paschal Mystery.
3, How is Jesus� death on the cross and his Resurrection like an exodus for us?
4. In Christian symbolism, why is Jesus known as the Lamb of God?
Vocabulary | Last Supper | Holy Thursday | seder Palm Sunday | chief priests | Resurrection | Paschal Mystery | Lamb of God
CHAPTER SIX
THE CHURCH GATHERING IN THE SPIRIT OF JESUS
1. Give a definition of the church, including its mission.
2. Describe the images of the Church as People of God, Body of Christ and Temple of the Holy Spirit.
3. In what way is Mary the model of the Church?
4. What is the Christian teaching about how humankind will be saved? According to Catholic belief, can non-Christians be saved?
Vocabulary | Acts of the Apostles | Ascension | Pentecost | the Way | gentiles | epistle | communion of saints | Council of Jerusalem
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE SCRIPTURES: HEARING THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD
1. Why do stories have the power to affect people's lives?
2. What is the Christian belief about the power of Scriptures? Where does this power come from?
3. In what sense is the Bible like a library? How many books are in each of the two major divisions of the Catholic Bible?
4. List the four major sections of the Hebrew Scriptures and briefly describe what is in each.
5. List the four major sections of the Christian Testament and briefly describe what is in each.
6. Explain a distinctive characteristic about each of the Four Gospels.
7. What is meant by the canon of the Bible? Why were certain books chosen to be part of the canon?
8. What is the five-step process of development that most of the books of the Bible went through? Describe each step in a sentence or two.
9. What was God's role in the process of development of the Scriptures?
10. What is the Catholic approach to finding the religious truth in any given biblical passage? Offer an example from the the versions of the Nativity given by Matthew and by Luke.
11. What does it mean to say the the Bible is inspired by God?
12. What is the underlying truth that God has revealed in the Scriptures? Write out Zanzig's "few statements that attempt to summarize the Bible's underlying message."
Vocabulary | Hebrew Scriptures | Christian Scriptures | Pentateuch | historical books | wisdom books | prophetic books | Gospels | Evangelists | Gospel of the Holy Spirit | epistles | canon | oral tradition | inspiration | Revelation/Apocalypse
CHAPTER EIGHT
TRADITION: HANDING ON A LIVING FAITH
1. What is meant by saying that Catholics share a unity of faith? Who symbolizes and guarantees the church�s unity?
2. What is the meaning of church Tradition? How does it differ from traditions in the church?
3. What is the Catholic understanding of a �Scriptures and Tradition� approach to knowing God�s truth?
4. What is the Church�s Magisterium? Why is it needed?
5. Give three examples of ways that church teaching may be expressed by the Magisterium.
6. What are doctrines? What are dogmas? Give three examples of dogmas from the text.
7. Give the �simple� explanation of the Trinity.
8 What is meant by a sense of the sacramental?
9. Describe the Catholic understanding of how reason and faith are both needed to know God, the meaning of life and how to live.
Vocabulary | Tradition | doctrines | dogmas | Magisterium | infallibility | Creed | Trinity
CHAPTER NINE, pgs. 219-225
THE SACRAMENTS: CELEBRATING THE GRACE OF GOD
1. What is the understanding about humanness and creation that comes from the doctrine of the Incarnation?
2. What is a saving moment?
3. What is a symbol? Give two examples (one from the text , and one from your life) of how a symbol can have different meanings.
4. What is a ritual? Give two examples of ritual actions from the church�s sacraments.
5. What does it mean to say that Jesus is the fundamental sacrament of God?
6. What does it mean to say that the church is the sacrament of Jesus?
Vocabulary | symbol | ritual | sacrament | grace | saving moment
CHAPTER 10, pgs. 247-258, 266-267
THE LITURGICAL YEAR: CELEBRATING SACRED TIME
1. In the liturgical year, what do Christians walk through?
2. In what way does the liturgical year transform us, if we are open to it?
3. What are the two major seasons of the liturgical year, with their preparation periods? What are the time periods in between the two major seasons called?
4. What is the heart of the liturgical year, and why is it considered the heart?
Vocabulary | seasonal time | liturgical year | Advent | Christmas season | Easter season | Easter ordinary time | holy days of obligation
CHAPTER ELEVEN, pgs. 269-280, 287, 290-293
SPIRITUALITY AND PRAYER: GROWING IN LIFE WITH GOD
1. What is spirituality?
2. With what kind of love does God love each person? How does that kind of love affect a person who is open to it?
3. How did Jesus respond to his fears?
4. What Christian belief is the foundation of trust and hope in God?
5. Describe how genuine spirituality can affect a person�s whole life.
6. What is prayer? How is it related to spirituality?
7. Briefly describe the five different forms of prayer.
Vocabulary | spirituality | unconditional love prayer | prayers of conversation | prayers of petition prayers of thanks and praise | prayers of meditation | formal prayers
CHAPTER TWELVE, lectured
CHRISTIAN MORALITY: LIVING IN THE SPIRIT OF JESUS
1. Recall the story that opens this chapter about the woman who daily visited church. Was she filled with love for God? Explain your answer.
2. What is the difference between morality in general and Christian morality? Give an example of a statement of basic morality. Also quote or paraphrase the great commandment.
3. Write a letter to a friend or relative who is struggling with faith and explain what difference being open or closed to God�s love makes in a person�s life.
4. List the Ten Commandments. Choose three Commandments and explain their meaning, reflecting on both the letter and the spirit of each.
5. Briefly summarize each of the three major themes emphasized in Catholic moral teaching in the last few decades, listing a specific way the church has spoken out on at least one of the themes.
6. Explain why we are responsible for our actions. Give two examples of circumstances that might lessen our responsibility. How do we form our conscience correctly?
7. Define character, virtues, vices, and moral acts. Offer an example to illustrate the character cycle in which a virtue, compassion, is involved.
8. List your virtues and vices. What kind of a person do you think you are, and what kind of a person do you want to become?
9. What do Christians believe is our final destiny, both of individuals and the whole world? Briefly describe the four �last things.�
Vocabulary Decalogue | mortal sin | common good | hell | Christian morality | theological virtues | sin | virtues | temptations | conscience | fortitude
EPILOGUE
A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY
Other key ideas of the first semester
* List and describe the suggested practice of "Reading Scripture on Three Levels."
Make sure you include Mike Carotta's How to Apply the Bible to Your Life.
* Give and describe Fr. Tetlow's "Three Manners of Praying With Scripture"
* Describe five different forms of prayer.
* List the recommended five step process of really getting an assigned reading.
People you have studied a bit in this class: John Paul II, Deion Sanders, Craig Kielberger, Ignatius Loyola, Ruby Bridges
These are passages and idea you have been asked to think about this semester. You should not only know the content of each, you should have taken time to reflect upon these and apply their truths to your life here and now.
The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25)
St. Paul's image of all of us being "one body, many members." (I Cor 12, 12-26)
Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15)