This Mid-Term exam is distributed on Thursday, March 3, 2016 and is due by 8:00 am on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Please send as a Word document attachment to winn.mj@gmail.com. Please answer the following questions using appropriate footnotes when necessary. Please follow the stylesheet that is posted on the university website. Please start each question on a new page. Ensure that your name is in the header of each page.
- To the best of your ability, detail the Old Testament understanding of marriage (from Genesis to the Prophets). Be sure to include scriptural references. (Hint: be sure to include the account in Tobit) (20%)
- What book of the Old Testament exemplifies the Lord’s call to fidelity within a covenant relationship? How does this relate to marriage? (5%)
- Explain the difference between Betrothal and Marriage during the Talmudic period. (10%)
- What are the aspects of Christian marriage as found in the East between the 4th to 6th centuries as testified by the Church Fathers? (10%)
- In the present Service of Crowning, the Common Cup is a remnant of the rite of giving Eucharist to the newly married bride and groom. True or False. Explain. (15%)
- Give a mystagogy of the Mystery of Crowning. Discuss the betrothal (OT as history, expectation/fulfillment, etc.) and the marriage (how is an act of will expressed, themes of the Great Litany, significance of vows, crowning, binding of hands, scripture readings, common cup, procession, etc.) (20%)
- Create a comparative table of the 13th-17th century and the present ritual of the Service of Crowning (as found in the Ukrainian Catholic Church) and note the similarities and differences between the two. (20%)
Bonus Question (5%):
Which of the following is true and which is false:
- A Roman Catholic woman marrying a Ukrainian Catholic man in the Ukrainian Catholic Church is permitted to change Church sui juris.
- A Melkite Catholic man marrying a Roman Catholic woman in the Melkite Catholic Church is permitted to change Church sui juris.
- A Romanian Greek Catholic man marrying a Roman Catholic woman in the Roman Catholic Church is not permitted to change Church sui juris.
- A Russian Catholic woman marrying a Roman Catholic man in the Roman Catholic Church is not permitted to change Church sui juris.
- Christians have always used crowns with the marriage ceremony.