Life of Jesus
Who is Jesus?
Jesus' Teachings
Paschal Mystery
Potpourri
100

Jesus was born in this small Judaean town.

What is Bethlehem?

100

This is Jesus' title as part of the Holy Trinity.

What is God the Son (Second Person)?

100

These are the special healings, supernatural phenomena, and other extraordinary deeds that Jesus worked during his public ministry.

What are miracles?

100

This is why Jesus was born.

What is to die?

100

This is a knowing rejection of a dogmatic belief of the Catholic Faith.

What is a heresy?

200

This is Jesus' hometown, but not his birthplace.

What is Nazareth?

200

This is the title in Greek meaning "the anointed one".

What is Christ?

200

These are the types of stories Jesus told in order to teach.

What are parables?

200

This term refers to the Life, Suffering, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ.

What is the Paschal Mystery?

200

These are the parts of the New Testament which were written to specific people, church communities, or the Church at large.

What are the epistles (letters)?

300

After the age of thirty, Jesus was baptized and began this part of His life.

What is His Public Ministry?

300

This is the meaning of Jesus' name, Jesus.

What is "God is Salvation", "Yahweh is Salvation", or "Savior"?

300

These are the four Books that tell us about Jesus' life (name all four!)

What are the Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?

300

This is the term for Jesus becoming a human being, literally "taking on flesh".

What is the Incarnation?

300

This is the heresy that taught that Jesus' divine nature overshadowed his human nature.

What is Monophysitism?

400

This is the most common term for Jesus' suffering, coming from the Latin word meaning "to suffer".

What is Passion?

400

This is the type of Messiah that Jesus was: not an earthly king or a military leader!

What is a suffering servant?

400

This is the reign of God in this world and in Heaven, which began with Jesus' public ministry.

What is the Kingdom of God?

400

This is another name for the second coming of Christ.

What is Parousia?

400

These are the four ways the Apostles preached (and so should we).

What are kerygma, didache, liturgia, and diakonia? (teaching unbelievers, teaching Christians, worship, and acts of service)

500

This is the Sea where Jesus walked on water.

What is the Sea of Galilee?

500

This is the Hebrew word for "Lord", so calling Jesus "Lord" equates Him with the Hebrew God of the Old Testament.

What is "Adonai"?

500

This is the name of Jesus' cousin, who prepared the way for Jesus.

Who is John the Baptist?

500

This is the term used to describe Jesus becoming manifest (or revealed) to all the nations of the world. It is also a holiday sometimes called Three Kings Day!

What is the Epiphany?

500

This was the name of the heresiarch who believed that God the Father created Jesus. He was slapped in the face by St. Nicholas.

Who is Arius?