Archelaus d) Herod the Great . 6) Jesus moved from the town of Nazareth to: a) Capernaum b) Antioch c) Bethlehem d) Jerusalem . 7) The ____________________ are contained in the Sermon on the Mount and are unique to the Gospel of Matthew. a) Parables b) Beatitudes c) Calling of the first four disciples d) Passion narratives . 8) What was the affliction with which Peter’s mother-in-law suffered? a) palsy b) fever c) leprosy d) paralysis . 9) The word "synoptics" means: a) To provide a
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Advocates of endless hell view the parable of the rich man and Lazarus as a description of the eschaton‚ a “sneak peek” of what heaven and hell will be like in the hereafter. Purgatorialists‚ on the other hand‚ argue that the parable of the rich man and Lazarus is a story of the Hebrew Sheol‚ which is not in anyway related to heaven or hell‚ and that the purpose of the parable is not to provide Christians with a “sneak peek” of the eschaton‚ but is instead
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This passage is from Luke 6:46-49 and is his interpretation of one of the many parables that Jesus used on his sermon on the Beatitudes in Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount (7:24-27). In Luke’s version it is referred to as the sermon on the plain. Jesus is introducing to his followers through a parable‚ how a person should live and conduct himself in his religious activities. This section of scripture is one of many parables connecting material things with the way a Christian should act and apply himself
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Roland Paul N. Rayco Dr. Esmeralda Sanchez IBES2 November 10‚ 2014 1) Theology of Creation God has revealed everything He wanted to reveal to us about who He is and what He intends for our lives. God’s revelation of Himself comes to us in three ways: Scripture or the Bible‚ Tradition especially the liturgy of the Church the Mass and the sacraments and lastly the Magisterium or the Church’s teachings‚ such as its dogmas and creeds. The historic teaching of the Christian Church
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The poem "On his Blindness" is about a man’s acceptance of his disability. The form the poem takes is that of a sonnet. In the first eight lines‚ the speaker draws an extended allusion to the Biblical parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30). In the parable‚ a man gives each servant talents (money) to manage for him according to their abilities before he goes on a trip. The servant who received five coins and the one who received two doubled their master’s money through
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The people who the Jews were married to‚ began to worship the Jews’ God‚ but they would not give up their idols so the other Jews tried to force them to be divorced‚ and when they wouldn’t‚ they took on the name of Samaritans. With this known‚ the parable of the Good Samaritan can be understood a little better. The passage begins with a lawyer asking Jesus two questions‚ the first of which is essential to Jesus’ teaching His intended meaning of the Old Testament “love command” in Leviticus 19:18
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What Did Jesus Teach About Repentance With the Parable of the Unjust Steward? In a previous writing we looked at what it means to repent. Repentance was one of Jesus’ chief messages spanning his entire ministry. Repentance was also an integral part of John’s and the Church’s message to the world. But what can we learn from Jesus about repentance by his teaching of the parable of the unjust steward‚ Luke 16:1-13? Let us try to understand this parable (in part) by understanding who is a steward. In
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In Plato’s parable‚ The Allegory of the Cave‚ he writes it as a dialogue between his brother and Socrates. Plato thinks of a “game”. It consists of a few prisoners‚ who are chained down and cannot turn their heads in any direction‚ a cave‚ a fire‚ and some objects with a group of people who carry them. The prisoners can only look straight ahead at a wall‚ and the people behind them put objects in front of the fire. The objects in front of the fire cast shadows onto the wall that the prisoners are
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Mark only tells four parables and Matthew tells about fifteen. Mark says nothing about the Householder. It’s different in Mark because he says nothing about the householder hiring laborers‚ instead he shows Christ in a position of laborer. He also omitted the parable of the Talents. According to Mark’s theme of servant‚ Jesus doesn’t give talents or reward for them. Mark also never says anything
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A parable is a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. A parable is thrown alongside the truth in order to help the reader understand the deeper truth behind the story. The parable in this story is that you can’t hide your darkest sins or any sin at all from God. By wearing the veil upon his face‚ the Minister is carrying the people’s
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