Chapter 8: We Learn about God’s Love

1. The Bible is the book where God’s word is written.

2. The Old Testament is the first part of the Bible. 

3. The Old Testament tells about God’s people who lived before Jesus. 

4. The New Testament is the second part of the Bible. 

5. The New Testament is about Jesus Christ and his disciplines. 

6. The Gospels are the four books of the New Testament that tell about Jesus’ life and teachings. 

7. The word gospel means good news. 

8. Jesus wants us to listen to his teachings. 

9. We can show that we listened well to Jesus’ teachings by loving God and helping others.

Unit  1 notes

1.A sacrament is a special sign given to us by Jesus.

2. The Holy Spirit was sent by the Father and Jesus to help and guide the Church.

3. The Blessed Trinity is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

4. At Baptism we become children of God and members of the Church.

5. Baptism frees us from original sin. 

6. Jesus’ rising from the dead is called the Resurrection.

7.  We worship and work together in communities called parishes.

8.  Those who follow Jesus and believe in him are his disciples.

9.  The Church is all the people who are baptized in Jesus Christ and follow his teachings.

10. The apostles were the twelve men chosen by Jesus to lead his disciples.

Chapter 5

1. The Holy Spirit was sent by the Father and Jesus to help and guide the Church. 

2. The Holy Spirit is always with us. 

3. The Holy Spirit helps us to love God and others.

4. The Church uses a picture of a flame to remind us of the Holy Spirit because like the Holy Spirit, fire gives us light, warmth, and energy. 

5. Confirmation is the sacrament that seals us with the Gift of the Holy Spirit. 

6. Confirmation strengthens us to live out our faith. 

7. At Confirmation, the bishop anoints us with holy oil.

Chapter 4

1. At Baptism, we become children of God and members of the Church.

2. Baptism frees us from sin, all of our sins are taken away.  

3. Water is an important sign of Baptism.

4. Water is a sign of Baptism because water washes things clean just as Baptism washes us of sin. 

5. Grace is God’s life in us. 

6. The first man and woman disobeyed God. 

7. The white garment means that we are friends and followers of Christ. 

8. The candle means that Christ is a light in our lives.

Chapter 3: We Celebrate God's Love

1. Catholics become members of the Catholic Church when they are baptized.

2. Catholics worship and work together in communities called parishes. 

3. Catholics throughout the world share and celebrate the sacraments and their faith in God and his love. 

4. When we worship God we give him thanks and praise. 

5. Faith is a gift from God that helps us to trust God and believe in him. 

6. A sacrament is a special sign given to us by Jesus. 

7. There are seven sacraments.

8. Every time we celebrate the sacraments Jesus is with us through the power of the Holy Spirit. 

9. Through the sacraments we share in God’s own life. 

Chapter 2: Jesus Gives Us the Church

1. A discipline of Jesus is someone who follows Jesus by doing what he taught.

2. The apostles are the twelve men chosen by Jesus to be the leaders of his disciplines.  

3. Resurrection is the word that we use for Jesus’ rising from the dead.

4. We celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection on Easter. 

5. Jesus died and rose to new life to save us from sin.

6. The Holy Spirit came to the disciples in a special way on Pentecost. 

7. The Holy Spirit helps us to believe in Jesus, pray, and to love one another. 

8. The Church is all the people who are baptized in Jesus Christ and follow his teachings.

9. Write how you think it was to be one of the first members of the Church.

Chapter One: Jesus is the Son of God

1. The name Jesus means “God saves”.

2. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph belonged to the Holy Family.

3. Jesus taught that God loves everyone. 

4.  The Good News that Jesus taught is that everyone can share in God’s great love. 

5. By Jesus’ actions, he taught people to care for others, like when he fed the poor. 

6. Jesus taught the prayer of Our Father so we know we can pray to God. 

7. People could see and hear Jesus because he was human. 

8. Because Jesus is divine he did things only God can do. 

9. Jesus could bring the dead back to life because he was divine. 

10. We call the Three Persons in One God the Blessed Trinity.

11. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity.