Christian Theology Concepts and Figures

What is the truth that the Son of God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, became man?​ (a)  

• incarnation
• Mary
• God saves
• the hidden years

Of all God's holy people, who does the church honor as the greatest saint, as Jesus's first and most faithful disciple?​ (a)  

• Mary
• Peter
• John
• Luke

How did Zechariah regain his ability to speak?​ (a)  

• He wrote on a tablet that his son's name was John
• He dreamt about it
• He told his wife that he was hungry

What does "Jesus" mean?​ (a)  

• God saves
• incarnation
• truth

When Jesus was presented at the Temple, who spoke about Him being the Messiah?​ (a)  

• Simon and Anna
• John and Mary
• Luke and Peter

What are the years called between Jesus' birth and when He began His ministry around the age of thirty?​ (a)   ​ ​

• the hidden years
• the dark ages
• the blank times

The baptism of John showed people's willingness to change their lives. What did he tell them they should do?

• Mary had faith, Z. did not believe

• When Mary visited with Elizabeth and also when Zechariah's child was born, they both gave a song of praise. What is similar about both Mary and Zechariah's songs of praise?

• They fulfilled prophecies of the Messiah

• Why did it matter that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and that Mary was from the line of David?

• show humility and give praise to God

• Both Mary and Zechariah were visited by an angel and received news of an upcoming miraculous birth. How were Mary and Zechariah's response different?

• it shows what it is to follow Jesus

• What happened at Jesus' baptism and how can we live as one of Jesus' disciples as we are called to do in our Baptism?

• Those with more, give to less

• The baptism of John showed people's willingness to change their lives. What did he tell them they should do?

Match the following:

• John

• I am a holy man. The Holy Spirit revealed to me that I would not see death until I had seen the Messiah of the Lord.

• Elizabeth

• I lost my ability to speak when I did not believe the angel's announcement that I would have a son.

• Zechariah

• I preached and encouraged the people to repent and to ask God for forgiveness.

• Simeon

• I saw the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, and I spoke of him as the fulfillment of God's promise of salvation.

• Anna

• I expressed joy when I recognized the presence of the God in an unborn child.

_____ told Mary that her relative Elizabeth was with child.

• Anna

• An angel

• Zechariah

_______ prepared the people for the Messiah.

• Elijah

• Zechariah

• John