Spirit, Creed and Church – Sa Mạc Emmaus II

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Emmaus II - Part I: Spirit, Creed, and Church

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God created human beings:

to exist for about 80 years and then be gone

and then realized that without death the earth would get too crowded

for eternal life

knowing that they couldn't live forever

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"Catholic" means:

strict

the same thing as Christian

universal

belonging to the Pope

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When we say that Jesus was "conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary," we
are stating our belief that:

Jesus was once a helpless baby

Jesus would not have been born if Mary had not agreed to be his mother

Jesus did not have a father

Jesus was both human and divine

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Lent is a special time in the Church devoted to:

almsgiving (giving to charity)

fasting

prayer

all of the above

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The Catholic Church teaches us to ask saints to pray for us because:

saints are members of our community; their prayers affect our lives

we shouldn't bother God too often

God loves saints more than sinners, and is more likely to listen to them

saints understand us better than God because they were human

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The Catholic Church is for everyone. The word, "catholic" means:

love of God

body

universal

community

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Which of the following is true?

saints are people who never sinned

to be a saint you must do something really extraordinary

only some people were created to be saints

all of us are called to be saints

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When we say, "On the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and
is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty," we are stating our belief that:

Jesus is now in heaven. He can no longer help people the way he could when he was on earth

the resurrected Jesus, who is now with the Father in heaven, is the same Jesus who walked on earth

because Jesus is human, he can only be in one place at a time. Now he can be found in heaven

Jesus is no longer the same person he was before he died

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When we say, " I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord," we are stating our belief that:

all of the above

Jesus is not quite as important as God, but he is still important

we trust Jesus to take God's place if God gets too busy

Jesus is one with God and can help us understand God in a way no other person can

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"Amen" means:

"thank you"

"I believe, I accept, I trust"

"please accept my prayers"

"that's all there is"

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When we say "We believe in the Trinity," we are saying we believe that:

there is one main God in heaven Jesus and the Holy Spirit are God's messengers

there are three Gods: the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit

God has three faces and we can only see one at a time

there is only one God who has been revealed to us in three different persons

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The Holy Spirit:

is another name for Jesus

is with us as a helper

is an angel

is the Ghost of all Christians who have died

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When we say that we believe in "the resurrection of the body," we are stating our belief that:

we should not give our bodies to science because we will need them in heaven

our bodies will be exactly the same in heaven as they are on earth

what we do with our bodies affects our relationship with God

if you dig up the graves of holy people, they will be empty because their bodies are in heaven

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When we say "from there he will come to judge the living and the dead," we are stating our
belief that:

Jesus will make sure that we eventually get even with all the people who hurt us

Jesus knows things about us that no one else could know He will judge us fairly

Jesus will make the people who killed him suffer

Jesus will make us pay for our mistakes

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When we say, "I believe in the Holy Spirit," we are stating the belief that:

whenever people hear voices in their head it is really God

the Holy Spirit controls Christians so that they cannot do anything really wrong

the Holy Spirit is the ghost of Jesus

the Holy Spirit is God who dwells within us and gives the power to change our lives and the world

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Which of the following are the fruits of the Holy Spirit?

intelligence, kindness and faithfulness

patience, self-control and love

peace, joy and sorrow

gentleness, generosity and guilt

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The gifts of the Holy Spirit:

are all easy to see in every Christian

make it possible for us to see the effects of our actions

have to be earned

help us to understand and do what God wants us to do

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Sharing the "Good News" in order to raise awareness of God with others is an example of;

Revelation

Spiritualism

Mormonism

Evangelization

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Advent is a special time set aside by the Church to:

make a Christmas wish list

sacrifice and repent for our sins

cover our poinsettias so they are red at Christmas

prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus

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When we say that we believe "in the forgiveness of sins, "we are stating our belief that:

all of the above

all of us need forgiveness

there is no sin so great that God cannot forgive it

revenge is wrong

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Who belongs to the communion of saints?

all people who have seen God's love for them and responded by loving God and their neighbor

all people who have died

only people who have performed miracles

only those people canonized by the Church

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When we say that we believe in "life everlasting," we are stating our belief that

through his resurrection, Jesus won out over death

all of the above

death does not last forever

nothing that has been created by God should be treated as unimportant

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When we call God the "Creator of heaven and earth," we are stating our belief that:

God made the stars and planets from the stuff which has always been floating around in the universe

all creation is the work of God; therefore, all creation is good

God created heaven and earth, but all the other planets were the result of the Big Bang

science is a waste of time. God is the only answer

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When we say we believe in "the holy Catholic Church," we are stating that:

the Catholic Church is always right

we are called to welcome all people to share the gift of God's love with them

anything that we can do to make other people become Catholic is good

the Catholic Church is the only church in which God can be found

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Christians believe that death:

is never sad

cannot destroy the bonds of love and Christian community

is the end of all human relationships

puts an end to our ability to pray

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When we say "I believe in God," we are stating our belief that:

we believe in creation, not evolution

there are many Gods but ours is the best

modern medicine is unnecessary. We trust God to care for us

we will not let anything become more important to us than God and what God wants

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God can be found:

as a human being in the person of Jesus

all of the above

in the Scriptures and the teachings of the Church

in the Christian community

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When we say "we believe in the communion of saints", we are stating our belief that:

holy communion is for people who behave like saints

the New Orleans football team (the Saints) should go to Mass before they play

we believe that it is better to pray to saints for little things and only bother God with really important things

all Christians, living and dead, are connected to each other in Christ

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Pentecost is now celebrated:

50 days before Christmas

50 days before Easter

50 days after Christmas

50 days after Easter

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Believing in the one holy Catholic Church means believing that:

God prefers Catholics to all other people

any church that isn't Roman Catholic isn't really a church after all

people of every age, social status, nation, race, colour, and way of life can be part of the same church

Catholics are much holier than anyone else who believes in God

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When we call God the "Father Almighty," we are stating our belief that:

Fathers are more like God than mothers

God is male

God is the perfect parent who always loves us, but who lets us make our own choices

God is strong and tough more often than he is gentle and caring

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