Vocabulary for Lesson 23 (Vocab Quiz/Test 6.2)

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Learning is work. There are multiple ways to study. Different study strategies will work differently for each student. Serious students should try all of them several (6-7) times to see how they work when done well. For the best learning, every student will likely need to use more than one strategy and switch between them. Here are some tips:

  1. Use multiple senses: read, speak, and hear the material aloud. Then, write your version with a pencil into your notebook and notice how that feels. Then, read your own definition aloud as you study. (combine with the next two strategies)
  2. Use your brain: condense the definitions into a form that makes sense to you. Identify key words for every definition. Think of synonyms that you would use. (combine with the other strategies)
  3. Use your body: say your definition and act it out with an expressiveness that fits the meaning.
  4. Use your friends and family: Ask someone to quiz you using spaced repetition for a set amount of time, from your notes. (Example: for 10 minutes, all questions get repeated, but the quicker and more accurate your answer, the longer the interval until that question comes back. Questions you get wrong are repeated sooner.)
  5. Use basic technology: Show all definitions and hide all the terms on this page. Try to remember each term before you show it (by clicking the definition) to check your answer. Then, show all terms and hide the definitions on the page. Only show a definition (by clicking the term) after you have made your best effort to remember your own version of it.
  6. Use tools: Make a stack of index cards with terms on one side and your definitions on the other. When reviewing, don't check the opposite side until you've made your best effort to remember. Sort them into three stacks: Easy, Hard, and Failed. Then re-sort the Failed cards and work through the Hard cards until they are all Easy.
  7. Use advanced technology: On the web (Example: SuperNotes with free signup or with subscription.) or on an app (Example: Anki), create a stack of virtual cards and let the software quiz you. It will use spaced repetition automatically.
  8. Use brute force memorization: Copy a term and definition from this page. Then navigate to Catechesis Contents > Memorization Tool and paste it into the box, then follow the instructions on that page. (Caution: this works quickly for memorizing texts, but must be repeated a few times after a break for long-term recall. It is less effective than the other strategies for understanding what you memorize.)
Divine Service
When God serves us with His gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation through the preaching of the Word and the giving out of Christ's sacraments, and when, by a faith born of the Gospel, we pray, praise, and give thanks for all His benefits.
NOTE: It is "divine service" in a broad sense whenever and wherever the Gospel is preached and taught, for it is in the preaching and teaching of God's Word that the Holy Spirit creates and nurtures faith in Christ. The public preaching of the Word and celebration of the Lord's Supper is the highest expression of that divine service. [193]
The Kyrie
The ancient prayer of the church that God would have mercy upon us sinners for Jesus' sake in all our needs of body and soul. It is the first of the five great songs of the Divine Service. In this hymn we pray to the Triune God for mercy: "Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us." Its Latin title comes from the first word of the hymn and means "Lord." [194]
The Gloria in Excelsis
The ancient hymn of praise to the Holy Trinity from the Divine Service that is based on the song the angels sang at the birth of Christ, "Glory be to God on high: and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Lutheran Worship, p. 138). It is the second of the five great songs of the Divine Service. Its Latin title comes from the first words of the hymn and means "Glory in the highest❞ to God. [195]
The Sanctus
The ancient hymn of heaven and earth that is sung in the Divine Service at the consecration of the bread and wine. This hymn combines the song of the angels at the commissioning of Isaiah, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth," with the song sung by the people at the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, "Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord" (Lutheran Worship, p. 148). It is the fourth of the five great songs of the Divine Service. Its Latin title comes from the first word of the hymn and means "holy." [196]
The Agnus Dei
The ancient hymn to Christ in the Divine Service, sung at the distribution of the Lord's body and blood, which is based on the proclamation of John the Baptist: "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). It is the last of the five great songs of the Divine Service. Its Latin title means "Lamb of God." [197]
The Offertory
The prayer of faith in Christ, sung in response to the Word of God after the sermon, in which the people of God are eager to receive His gifts of grace, and with contrite hearts offer to Him their lives and all that they have. [198]