The announcement of the birth of Jesus that takes place when the angel Gabriel tells Mary that God has chosen her to be the Mother of the Lord.
What is the Annunciation?
100
A favorite teaching device of Jesus in which he told a short story with a striking, memorable comparison that taught a religious message, usually about some aspect of God's Kingdom.
What is a parable?
100
This story at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew links Jesus’ ancestry to Abraham, the Father of the Jews, and to King David.
What is the Genealogy of Jesus?
100
Teaching that the Kingdom of God is at hand.
What is the central theme from Jesus' preaching?
100
This type of miracle revealed Jesus' power over sin.
What are the Physical Healings?
200
The Latin title for the Canticle of Mary in Luke 1:46-55 that begins "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord". Her response to Elizabeth.
What is the Magnificat?
200
The presence of Jesus Christ in the consecrated species of bread and wine.
What is the Real Presence?
200
Luke's target audience for his Gospel
Who are Gentile Christians?
200
This challenged people who criticized Jesus for associating with sinners. He wished to show that God is compassionate and loving. God will forgive repentant sinners.
What is the Parable of the Prodigal Son?
200
These two OT figures appeared to Jesus and his apostles at the Transfiguration.
Who are Moses and Elijah?
300
The reign of God proclaimed by Jesus and begun in his Life, Death, and Resurrection. It refers to the process of God's reconciling and renewing all things through his Son and his will being done on earth as it is in Heaven.
What is the Kingdom of God?
300
The mystery from Christ's life in which God's glory shone through and transformed Jesus' physical appearance while he was in the company of the Old Testament prophets Moses and Elijah. Peter, James, and John witnessed this event.
What is the Transfiguration?
300
Matthew's target audience for his Gospel.
Who are Jewish-Christians?
300
-Salvation is here
the Kingdom is a pure gift of love
-God loves sinners
-Good News of the KoG requires an urgent response & demands repentance
-Following Jesus may bring suffering
What are some lessons taught through the parables?
300
The teaching that Jesus substantially becomes the bread and wine at the Last Supper.
What is the Real Presence?
400
Literally means "taking on human flesh". The dogma that God's eternal Son assumed a human nature and became man in Jesus Christ to save man from his sins.
What is the Incarnation?
400
Any thought, word, or act that expresses hatred or contempt for Christ, God, the Church, saints, or holy things.
What is blasphemy?
400
This divinely revealed truth (dogma) from the Prologue reveals that Christ is both true God and true man.
What is the Incarnation?
400
This parable represents the present and future dimensions of the Kingdom of God using imagery of something very small.
What is the Parable of the Mustard Seed?
400
The Greek word for ‘miracle’ used in the Synoptic Gospels. Literally means 'act of power'.
What is 'dynamis'?
500
A title for Jesus that indicates his ancestry can be traced to King David, as foretold in Scripture.
What is "Son of David"?
500
Means "supreme happiness". Eight of these were preached by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew's Gospel, that respond to our natural desire for happiness.
What are the Beatitudes?
500
At this event in the Gospel of Luke the prophets Simeon and Anna recognized Jesus’ as the expected Messiah
What is Jesus' circumcision and presentation in the Temple?
500
The coming of the Kingdom of God was accomplished through ___________ (CCC, 542)
What is the Paschal Mystery?
500
The Transfiguration revealed this mystery about God.