OTHCC Chapter 99: items 1961

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Creation [CCC 280]

a.   exists apart from the history of salvation.
b.   reaches its fulfillment and conclusion in Christ.
c.   tells us how and when the universe arose physically.

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The mystery of Christ [CCC 280]

a.   hides the purpose for which ''in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.''
b.   partially reveals the purpose for which ''in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.''
c.   reveals the purpose for which ''in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.''

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At the Creation, God [CCC 280]

a.   already had in mind and saw the glory of the new creation in Christ.
b.   failed to see that everything has its final purpose in the new creation in Christ.
c.   had no intention of completing everything in the new creation in Christ.

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The account of Creation [CCC 284]

a.   does at least necessarily tell us how and when man appeared.
b.   does tell us exactly how and when the universe arose physically.
c.   does not necessarily tell us how and when the universe arose physically.

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The account of Creation

a.   does not tell us the meaning of existence.
b.   is evasive about the meaning of existence.
c.   tells us the meaning of existence.

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The account of Creation

a.   does not tell us the origin of evil and whether there is any liberation from it.
b.   is evasive about the origin of evil and whether there is any liberation from it.
c.   tells us the origin of evil and whether there is any liberation from it.

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The account of Creation tells us that the universe is governed by

a.   a purely random set of accidents.
b.   a set of fixed, deterministic laws.
c.   a transcendent, intelligent, and good being called ''God.''

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The account of Creation tells us that you are governed by

a.   a purely random set of accidents.
b.   a set of fixed, deterministic laws.
c.   a transcendent, intelligent, and good being called ''God.''

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Beware! If the universe is governed by a purely random set of accidents, or by a set of fixed, deterministic laws, then

a.   it is possible that you are, also.
b.   that does mean that you are, also.
c.   that does not mean that you are, also.

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In the Catechism [CCC 295] the Holy Father and bishops united with him profess that the universe and everything in it is

a.   not even partially the product of necessity, or of blind fate or chance.
b.   partially the product of necessity, or of blind fate or chance.
c.   the product of necessity, or of blind fate or chance.

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The Bible preserves the memory of the people of Israel as nomadic, living in tents with no permanent cities, before gradually settling in the land God had promised them. For example, the patriarchs live in tents (read Gen 12:8). After leaving Egypt, the people wandered in the desert for forty years. According to Exodus, the Ark of the Covenant was carried on poles, and the Jewish Tabernacle itself was a tent, the ''Tent of Meeting.'' All these show a nomadic existence prior to the time when the people of Israel settled in cities. <<

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Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy || Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings || 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah || Tobit* Judith* Esther 1 Maccabees* 2 Maccabees* Job

Psalms

Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Wisdom* Sirach* || Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations >> Baruch* << Ezekiel Daniel || Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi

The Old Testament books with a star * are not any more or less important than the others. The star indicates that the Catholic Church definitively professes and knows these books to be part of the sacred writings, the inspired Word of God [cf. CCC 120], but that they are specifically rejected by the Jewish people, and called ''apocryphal'' (of doubtful inspiration) by Protestants.

Most modern scholars believe that the book of Baruch originated

a.   among Jews living late in the exile in Babylon or after the exile ended.
b.   prior to the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile in Babylon.
c.   with Jeremiah's secretary, Baruch, during the exile in Babylon.

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Baruch's six chapters are concerned with:

- exiles and their faithfulness to the Temple and its worship in Jerusalem (read Bar 1:1-7)

- inculcating an understanding that the exile was a proper punishment for sin (read Bar 1:13)

- pleas for deliverance (read Bar 2:13-15)

- instruction to learn wisdom and follow the Lord (read Bar 3:9 and Bar 3:35-4:2)

- words to Jerusalem that her mourning will end (read Bar 5:1-6)

- (in chapter 6) strengthening faith by attacking and ridiculing the worship of idols, using the form of a letter from Jeremiah. <<

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Psalms

Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Wisdom* Sirach* || Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Baruch* Ezekiel Daniel || Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah >> Nahum << Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi

Read Nahum, Nah 1:1. Read Nah 3:1-3. Read Nah 3:18-19. The book of Nahum prophesies the utter destruction of Nineveh, the powerful and merciless capital of the kingdom of

a.   Assyria.
b.   Babylon.
c.   Egypt.

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Nineveh was utterly destroyed in 612 BC, just as Nahum had prophesied. The Lord speaks to Jerusalem in Nah 1:12. Read Nah 1:12. However, despite this promise, Jerusalem was more than humbled, it was leveled to the ground in 586 BC by the Babylonians. This means that

a.   God was plainly not speaking through the prophet Nahum.
b.   Nahum foresaw the end of Assyria, but not the rise of Babylon.
c.   prophecy is just wishful thinking by a pious person.

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The Holy Father and bishops in communion with him teach in CCC 60 that the people descended from Abraham would

a.   be the sole recipients of the promise God made.
b.   be the trustees of the promise God made.
c.   not be true recipients of the promise God made.

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''Trustees'' are

a.   the one and only true owners of something precious.
b.   those who can not receive or possess something precious.
c.   those who preserve and take care of something precious.

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After God made the covenant with Abraham, what was the status of the covenant he had made with Noah? The covenant with Noah

a.   became a metaphor for the covenant with Abraham.
b.   completed its purpose and so passed into history.
c.   will never be revoked and continues in force.

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There is a history of the covenants, a history in which God gradually reveals himself and his desire for an intimate and unbreakable relationship of love with men. According to the Catechism [CCC 288], this history begins with

a.   Creation.
b.   the Fall.
c.   the Flood.

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Read Ps 78. Now re-read Ps 78:56-72. The psalmist says that the sinfulness of the people caused God to forsake his dwelling at Shiloh and to choose the tribe of Judah and the city of Jerusalem for his dwelling. Many scholars think that by pointedly making the reference to Shiloh, the psalmist not only praises Jerusalem and Judah but also implies that

a.   Jerusalem and Judah will keep covenant with the Lord faithfully forever.
b.   no amount of sinfulness could cause God to abandon Judah and Jerusalem.
c.   the sinfulness of the people might cause God to abandon Judah and Jerusalem.

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