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OK 8th graders, here are the standards you have been working on this week in case you missed any. The quiz has been moved until Wednesday, 3/20, and will be taken only from the first 36 standards below. It will be all short answer, no essays.
8th Grade Standards
- The Most Holy Trinity – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit – is the central mystery of the Christian faith. This is obvious, because God is the center of our faith.
- God is transcendent: beyond and outside of space and time.
- The desire for God is written on the human heart because we were created by God and for God.
- There is no contradiction between faith and reason, because both come from the one true God.
- Original Sin is the sin of Adam and Eve that broke humanity’s relationship with God and corrupted humanity by giving it concupiscence: built-in desire to do evil.
- Incarnation: God acquires human nature. It is the mystery of the union of the divine and human natures in the one Person Jesus Christ.
- Jesus died for our sins, opening the possibility of eternal union with God for all people.
- Jesus’ death has the power to save all people, even those who do not know him, through Baptism by desire.
- God gives each one of us only one life, after which if we die in God’s friendship we will live forever with Him in Heaven.
- The Holy Spirit is central to opening the eyes of those who read scripture and moving them to have faith in God. The Holy Spirit does not force anyone to believe however.
- There are two senses of scripture: literal and spiritual. The literal sense is the meaning expressed by the actual written words of the Bible. The spiritual sense is the deeper meaning behind the words.
- The spiritual sense is three fold: allegorical (what it says about Christ), anagogical (what it says about Heaven), and moral (what it says about how we should live).
- Revelation can also be called the Word of God, and it is composed of both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, entrusted to the Magisterium.
- Magisterium = the teaching office of the Church; the pope and the bishops.
- In order to know the biblical author’s intention, one must take into account the human author’s culture and type of writing (literary form).
- The human author of Luke also wrote the Acts of the Apostles.
- The major figure in the Acts of the Apostles is the Holy Spirit, who came to the apostles on Pentecost.
- Pentecost = the event 50 days after Easter when the Holy Spirit first came to the apostles, and gave them power to preach in other languages.
- Pentecost was 10 days after the Ascension of Christ into Heaven, which happened 40 days after Easter.
- The Holy Spirit told Peter that salvation is for Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews), and Peter welcomed them into the Church through Baptism.
- The New Testament contains 21 letters written by early church leaders to instruct Christians how to live as God would have them live.
- The benefits of the sacraments are both personal (they help the receiver) and ecclesial (they help the whole church).
- RCIA = Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults.
- RCIA is the process by which the Church welcomes new members by preparing them for the sacraments of Initiation.
- Confirmation is a sacrament of initiation that gives the Confirmand (person getting confirmed) an indelible character (mark) on the soul.
- A Confirmand must be a baptized Catholic, in a state of grace (no mortal sin on the soul), prepared by the Church to receive the sacrament.
- The essential elements of Confirmation include the renewal of baptismal promises, the laying of hands by the bishop, the anointing with chrism, and the sign of peace.
- The 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit are Wisdom, Knowledge, Counsel, Understanding, Piety, Fortitude, and Fear of the Lord.
- The bishop is the ordinary minister of Confirmation because the apostles were originally the ones who confirmed the faithful, and the bishop is a modern day apostle.
- Because Christ is at work in the sacrament, they are effective regardless of how holy or not holy the priest is.
- The 4 parts of the Mass are the Introductory Rites, the Liturgy of the Word, the Liturgy of the Eucharist, and the concluding Rites.
- The role of the assembly during Mass is one of active participation.
- The special signs of the bishop are the miter (hat), crosier (staff), pectoral cross (crucifix worn over the chest), and bishop’s ring.
- The Eucharist is Christ truly present in the appearance of bread and wine.
- The Eucharist is also thanksgiving and praise to the Father, and a representation of the Paschal Mystery.
- The Paschal Mystery is Christ’s suffering, death, resurrection, and Ascension to Heaven.
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