Theology Final Exam Study Guide/ 135+ Q&A/ . Terms like:
What was the charge upon which Jesus was tried, sentenced and executed? - Answer: King of the Jews = Revolutionary
What were the two tribunals that existed in First Century Palestine and who presided over them? - Answer: Sanhedrin-Jewi...
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How does Jesus forgive the sinner? How does he communicate God's love and
forgiveness to the sinner? - Answer: He ate and drank with sinners. The act was
scandalous because Jesus was eating with the dregs of society. In doing so, he
communicates that God's love is unconditional. Forgiveness is for all, especially for
the sinner.
What was the charge upon which Jesus was tried, sentenced and executed? -
Answer: King of the Jews = Revolutionary
What were the two tribunals that existed in First Century Palestine and who
presided over them? - Answer: Sanhedrin-Jewish court
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,Roman court
In which court was Jesus tried? - Answer: Roman court
Was an armed rebellion the only threat to Roman rule? Explain your answer. -
Answer: No. Any popular movement—especially if it was religiously motivated
What does Nolan say that Pilate must have known about Jesus before his trial? -
Answer: That he was an influential leader and the man responsible for the riot at
the temple ("The Cleansing of the Temple")
Who arrested Jesus? - Answer: Jewish guards and Roman soldiers
Who appointed Caiaphas, the high priest of the temple, and controlled his
religious functions? - Answer: The Romans
Did Jesus defend himself? - Answer: no
Who is ultimately responsible for the death of Jesus? - Answer: The powerful—
both Jews and Romans—but ultimately the Romans who tried, convicted, and
executed Jesus.
According to Sachs, what is the heart of the Gospel message and the foundation
of the Christian Faith? - Answer: The resurrection of the Crucified Jesus
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,What is the meaning of the word "parousia"? - Answer: The imminent coming—
second coming
How was the general resurrection seen within the Pharisaic tradition? - Answer: It
was eventually seen as the ground of hope not only for Israel's vindication, but for
the apocalyptic revelation of God's mercy upon all nations.
For Jesus, is the resurrection merely connected with the idea of a just retribution?
Why or why not? - Answer: No. It is connected with God's faithful love
How do the Gospel narratives present the death and resurrection of Jesus? -
Answer: They present Jesus' death and resurrection, not as a personal privilege of
Jesus, but as the culmination of God's action for us and for our salvation.
What is "divine life" all about? - Answer: Life unto death for others is what divine
life is all about.
Sachs states that "it is the same Jesus, who died and was buried" who was now
alive after the resurrection. He also holds that the resurrected Jesus was not the
same. What does this mean? - Answer: He is not a corpse resuscitated, living as
he once did. Jesus does not "return" to life in the sense of going back to his
former state of living. Rather, through the power of the Spirit, God brings him
"forward," through death, to a new fullness and intensity of life.
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, For St. Paul, what is the resurrection proof of? - Answer: That God has begun the
divine act of saving judgment expected on the last day.
Catholic biblical scholar Pheme Perkins has shown that the resurrection is not
merely a future destiny of the believer but a reality that shapes Christian life even
now. What does this mean? - Answer: The resurrection of Jesus can be a source of
hope and an effective pledge of future glory only if Christians can
somehow experience the presence and activity of the risen Lord here and now in
the power of the Spirit.
What is the pattern or form of Christian life under the Lordship of Christ? -
Answer: Death and Resurrection—the participation of the Christian in the Paschal
Mystery
How is it that the resurrection of the body already begins now while we are alive?
- Answer: The bodily action of individual men and women forgiven and
empowered by grace
Christological Doctrines - Answer: Affirmations of the Church in regard to its
theological understanding of the person and work of Jesus Christ.
Christological doctrines - Answer: 1. Early Christian communities lived their faith
without giving much thought to Christological doctrines. Many in these
communities had personal experience with the Jesus of history and this
experience was sufficient to sustain their faith.
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