Notes for Grade 8 November 18th Assessment
A. Vocabulary:
a. Student Planner
1. catholic – means “universal.”
2. Jesus’ suffering and death, including events from the Last Supper through the crucifixion, are called
his Passion.
3. Pharisees – were Jews who wanted to protect the faith by calling for strict obedience to the laws and
traditions.
4. Jesus called all people to eternal life, to live forever with God in the happiness of heaven.
b. Vision Weeklies October 19, 26, and November 2, 9
1. Responsibility The dignity of the human person requires each of us to pursue the common
good and improve the conditions of human life for all.
2. The prayer of the Faithful is the part of Mass that links Word and Eucharist, at which we ask
God for our needs and for the needs of the world.
3. Communion of Saints are believers in Jesus of all time and all nations, including members of the
church on earth, the saints in heaven, and the people in purgatory.
4. A cathedral is the church where a bishop has his chair of office. A cathedral is the official seat or
center of the diocese.
5. A basilica is a church of great religious importance. The Lateran Basilica is the official church of
the bishop of Rome, the pope.
c. Additional words:
1. “Basilica is the name for the style of many Roman government buildings. The entrance to a
Roman basilica or mansion led to an atrium, a large, rectangular hall with pillars. The atrium was
either open to the air or lighted by a skylight. The floor of the atrium held a tank of water that the
Christians used as a baptismal font. A stone table stood at the end of the atrium opposite the
entrance. Christians used the table as an altar.” 11/9 Vision Weekly page 5.
2. A church is a building used for religious activities, particularly worship services.
B. Gospel stories:
October 19, Matthew 22:15-21: The Pharisees want to trap Jesus into taking sides on the
controversial question of paying Roman taxes. The Pharisees oppose paying taxes. Members of
Herod’s Roman party support paying taxes. Jesus traps his questioners by asking to see their coins.
Jesus examines the Roma coins and says, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is
God’s.”
October 26, Matthew 22:34-40: The Pharisees question Jesus on the Torah (the laws of Moses), for
the Pharisees taught the law. There were 613 Thou-shalt and thou-shall-not laws. The Pharisees
asked Jesus what laws were most important. Jesus says, “ Love the Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest law (commandment.) “Love
your neighbor as yourself.” This is the second greatest law (commandment.)
November 2, John 6:37-40: The Feast of All Souls is a time we remember and pray for those who
have gone before us. It celebrates the communion of saints – all Christians of all time who belong to
the family of God and live in our hearts and memories forever. There are many saints among us, and
they walk the world incognito. Canonization is for the few; communion is for all.
November 9, John2:13-22: The Church celebrates a feast in honor of one of Christianity’s oldest
churches, St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the bishop of Rome. In the Gospel Jesus’
followers witness the zeal and respect Jesus has for the Temple – God’s dwelling on earth.
C. St John Lateran and Baltimore Basilica
A. St John Lateran*
1.Roman Times; the year 324
2. Emperor Constantine donated the
Estate to the Catholic Church
3. Rome, Italy
4. Dedication: 324 Christ
10th C. St. John Baptist
12th C. St. John the Evangelist
5. The Mother Church of all Catholic Churches
B. Baltimore Basilica
Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1. 1800’s
2. Bishop John Carroll commissioned Benjamin
Henry Latrobe to build the church
3. Baltimore, Maryland
4. Dedicated: 1816 Christ
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
5. The Seat of the Baltimore Archdiocese (In 1816
it was the Seat of the Catholic Church in the
United States.)
*Lateran is the family name of the Roman Family who lived in the buildings during the rule of Emperor
Nero.
D.WCBT:
The Common Good of the Human Community, page 31
The New Law, page 36: Forms of Prayer, page 40
Resurrection and New Life, page 14
Matrimony, page 26: Holy Orders, page 25