Holy Orders

Who was the first Israelite Priest in the Old Testament?

• Moses

• Jacob

• Issac

• Aaron

Why did the tribe of Levi become the Priests for Ancient Israel?

• Because their Jeans were the bluest

• They were the sons of Moses

• They were the sons of Aaron

• They were the only ones who stayed loyal during to God during the Golden Calf incident

Conceptual Question: What is significant about the fact that the Levite's inheritance was God Himself?

• Through their proximity to God, they prefigured what we are all called to: Heaven

• They had the greatest life-insurance plan you could ask for!

• They were priests and worked for God... but God does not pay very well

• They were God's favorite

When God gave some of the spirit to the seventy elders which He had given to Moses, what did God make them?

• Prophets

• Kings

• Priests

• Friends of Moses

Melchizedek was a priest-king who brought out blessed bread and wine to Abraham after His battle. What does the bread and wine prefigure?

• Moses

• The Sacrifice of Christ- the Eucharist

• The King of Israel

• A Party- kickin back 4000 BC Middle Eastern Style!

Why would all Priesthood both in the Old and New Testament have its source in Christ? (Mark all that apply)

• Priests offer Sacrifice of some sort- Both old and New Testament Priests do this

• Because New Testament Priests offer up the Sacrifice of Christ's Passion through the Eucharist in the Mass

• Because Christ Sacrificed Himself out of love for us on the Cross and gives us His very self in the Eucharist

• Because Old Testament Priests prefigure Christ by offering up the Sacrifice of animals

When did Christ institute the Sacrament of Holy Orders?

• At His Baptism

• On the Sermon of the Mount when He gave the Beatitudes

• At the last supper when He told the Apostles to consecrate the Eucharist in remembrance of Him

• In the upper room when the risen Christ appeared but disappeared once they broke bread

According to The Catechism of the Catholic Church (874), what is the purpose of Christ establishing the Church until the end of time and for the Apostles to hand down the Sacrament of Holy Orders?

• To celebrate the Sacraments which give people Sanctifying Grace and in turn salvation

• To make a social club where people have to unlock certain levels of achievement

• Christ did not establish the Church, Martin Luther did

• The Apostles were not Priests

The name Bishop comes from the Greek word: 'Episkopos"- what does this mean?

• Overseer

• Bishop

• King

• Lord

Bishops have the_____ of the Priesthood of Christ

• None

• Part of

• Fullness

• Greater