Religion Final on 4 Gospel Writers

St. John begins his Gospel with the words, In the beginning..."What do these words help to present Jesus as?

• The new Adam

• The new David

• The new Moses

• The new Isaiah

Which story from Luke's Gospel teaches us that God is a loving Father who will always accept us back when we repent of our sins and ask for forgiveness?

• The Annunciation

• The Nativity

• The Parable of the Lost Son

• The Parable of the Good Samaritan

We call the visit of the angel Gabriel to Mary the

• Incarnation

• Annunciation

• Visitation

• Assumption

St. Matthew began his Gospel with a genealogy of Jesus so that his readers could better understand that Jesus was a descendant of Abraham.

• True

• False

Jesus was never tempted to sin

• True

• False

Jesus appeared to his disciples after He rose from the dead, and asked Peter three times if he loved him.

• True

• False

A genealogy is a list of one's ancestors.

• True

• False

God's particular call to holiness for a person is called a vocation.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements best describes the main focus of Matthew's Gospel?

• Sharing the message of Jesus' ministry to all the nations.

• Presenting Jesus as the promised Savior and Messiah foretold in the Old Testament.

• Revealing the spiritual realities of Jesus' life especially Jesus as the Incarnate Word of God.

• Jesus calls all people to follow Him and with the help of the Holy Spirit to receive His Mercy and Forgivness.

Who was the Primary audience of Mark's Gospel?

• Gentile converts to Christianity

• A mainly Jewish audience, but decades later than the other Gospels

• An audience witha Jewish background

• Gentile converts to Christianity specifically in Rome