Symbol (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Quizzes
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What does symbolic language use to express realities literal language cannot capture?
What does symbolic language use to express realities literal language cannot capture?
Pictures, comparisons, and symbols
Why can God or ultimate reality not be fully described using literal language?
Why can God or ultimate reality not be fully described using literal language?
They involve sacred, transcendent truths
What does symbolic language bridge by using imagery, poetry, and stories?
What does symbolic language bridge by using imagery, poetry, and stories?
The gap when words are too limited
What three aspects does symbolic language appeal to together?
What three aspects does symbolic language appeal to together?
Imagination, emotion, and reason
The Christian cross demonstrates which feature by representing suffering, salvation, and hope at once?
The Christian cross demonstrates which feature by representing suffering, salvation, and hope at once?
Multilayered meaning
What must people do to understand a symbol, rather than just observing it?
What must people do to understand a symbol, rather than just observing it?
Enter into it and experience it
In Christianity, what does baptismal water symbolise?
In Christianity, what does baptismal water symbolise?
Cleansing, rebirth, entry to community
What do prayer gestures in Islam, like bowing and prostration, symbolise?
What do prayer gestures in Islam, like bowing and prostration, symbolise?
Submission to God
What does 'M-O-P-E' help students remember about symbolic language?
What does 'M-O-P-E' help students remember about symbolic language?
Multilayered, Open, Participatory, Evocative
Which strength allows symbolic language to cross cultural and linguistic barriers?
Which strength allows symbolic language to cross cultural and linguistic barriers?
Universality
What challenge occurs when Christmas trees and Easter eggs become commercial?
What challenge occurs when Christmas trees and Easter eggs become commercial?
Secularisation empties religious meaning
What did Thomas Aquinas emphasise about language regarding God?
What did Thomas Aquinas emphasise about language regarding God?
Analogy - symbolic, pointing beyond itself
In 'I-E-S-T-C', what does the 'T' represent about symbolic language's power?
In 'I-E-S-T-C', what does the 'T' represent about symbolic language's power?
Transforms understanding