OTHCC Chapter 8: items 141 - 160

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How can we be certain that we are not moving away from Christ when we choose between various ideas about what the Bible means?

a.   Due to the fact that all truly intelligent people agree about what the Bible means, we know that a committee of very smart people with university degrees will find the true meaning of the Bible every time.
b.   Even though history shows that we do not necessarily find the true meaning of the Bible on our own, Christ himself continues to give man what he needs to study the truth of the Bible through the sacrament of Holy Orders.
c.   Since people have been disagreeing about what the Bible means for thousands of years, we can't ever really be certain who is right when people disagree about the true meaning of the Bible.

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What is the awesome truth about the relationship between man and God?

a.   Each man has been created in freedom so vast that he can, if he wishes, walk away from God himself.
b.   God's love guarantees that a man can never do anything so terrible, that he would become separated from God.
c.   No matter what a man thinks or does, he is always moving toward a closer union with God.

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The Old Testament is actually

a.   a collection of 46 separate books, which were probably written by many different human authors.
b.   the exact collection of writings that the Jewish people consider to be their holy books.
c.   one single religious book written, over a forty-year period in the desert, by the prophet Moses.

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''Old Testament'' is

a.   a specifically Christian name.
b.   a term no longer used by Catholics.
c.   what the Jews call their sacred writings.

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The word ''testament'' can be used in place of the word

a.   brotherhood.
b.   covenant.
c.   meeting.

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Who first used the term, ''New Covenant'' regarding what Jesus established?

a.   Jesus.
b.   Saint Paul.
c.   Saint Peter.

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The name ''Old Testament'' is a specifically Christian name, used to contrast the Old Covenant (or ''Testament'') that God has made with the Jewish people, with the New Covenant that Jesus completed with his sacrifice on the Cross and extends to his disciples in the Eucharist, saying at the Last Supper, ''This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.'' [the Gospel according to Saint Luke, Chapter 22, verse 20 (Lk 22:20)] <<

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It is a historical fact that Catholics and other Christians have

a.   persecuted and killed Jewish people, and have been doing so, on and off, for many centuries.
b.   never actively participated in the persecution of Jewish people, but have sometimes failed to stop it.
c.   occasionally persecuted or killed some Jewish people, but almost always have treated Jews well.

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During the period 1933-1945 about six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis and their helpers, and millions more were persecuted and imprisoned. Although the Nazis were not officially religious, the leader of the Nazis, Adolph Hitler,

a.   came from a Jewish family himself.
b.   had been baptized a Catholic.
c.   was the son of a Lutheran pastor.

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Over the centuries, Catholic church officials, and other Christians, have

a.   always condemned the persecution of Jews by Christians.
b.   often ignored, or even justified, the persecution of Jews.
c.   said little or nothing about how Christians should treat Jews.

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When Catholics use the term ''Old Testament'' (or ''Old Covenant''), the word ''Old'' means

a.   used up, no longer in force.
b.   weakened and sick.
c.   what came before the New.

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In CCC 121 (Yes, you do have to look it up right now), the bishops teach plainly, so that no one can ever misunderstand again, that the Old Covenant

a.   ''had a temporary value.''
b.   ''has never been revoked.''
c.   ''has been revoked.''

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Catholics and other Christians have often decided that the word ''Old'' in the term ''Old Testament'' meant ''used up,'' which then supposedly justified the persecution of Jews. To avoid using the term ''Old Testament,'' some people have begun to call the Old Testament the ''Hebrew Scriptures.'' (''Hebrew'' can mean either the ancient Jews, or occasionally, all Jews). Calling the Old Testament the ''Hebrew Scriptures'' is

a.   more accurate.
b.   not accurate.
c.   praiseworthy.

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The word ''scriptures'' means ''sacred writings.'' So, ''Hebrew Scriptures'' would mean ''the sacred writings of the Hebrews.'' However, the actual Catholic Old Testament contains some writings that the Jewish people specifically rejected as not part of their sacred writings. Therefore, calling the Old Testament the ''Hebrew Scriptures'' is

a.   more accurate.
b.   not accurate.
c.   praiseworthy.

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Considering with what violence, sinful arrogance, and contempt Catholics have often treated the Jews over the last two thousand years, the least that modern Catholics can do is

a.   avoid the term ''Old Testament'' whenever and wherever we possibly can.
b.   stop trying to tell the Jews that the Old Testament is the ''Hebrew Scriptures.''
c.   use the term ''Hebrew Scriptures'' to refer to the Old Testament.

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The contrast between the covenant God has made with the Jews, with the one that Jesus established by his Sacrifice on the Cross, was first pointed out by

a.   Apollonius.
b.   Jesus Christ.
c.   Saint Paul.

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Who first used the term, ''New Covenant'' regarding what Jesus established?

a.   Jesus.
b.   Saint Paul.
c.   Saint Peter.

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The term ''New Covenant'' (or New Testament) is

a.   not something that the Church can ever replace with some other name, since the Son of God himself gave it at the Last Supper.
b.   something that the Church can replace with some other name, as long as it is replaced by another name Jesus himself gave.
c.   something that the Church must replace with some other name, since it has encouraged Catholics to sin against the Jews.

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The contrast between the covenant established by Jesus (New Covenant), and the one God has made with the Jews (Old Covenant), is

a.   not something that the Church can ever deny, since the Son of God himself first made the distinction.
b.   something that the Church can change, as long as the reality of the Son of God continues to be emphasized.
c.   something that the Church must reject, since it has encouraged Catholics to sin against the Jews.

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In the Catechism the bishops united with the Holy Father teach that the Covenant God has made with the Jewish people

a.   ''had a temporary value.''
b.   ''has never been revoked.''
c.   ''has been revoked.''

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