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WorksheetsCHAPTER 3: THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH 2526
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 35mins
"God himself, as the Second Divine Person of the Blessed Trinity, entered human history in the birth of Jesus, the Son of Mary."
True
False
What does the name 'Jesus' mean?
God is my shepherd.
God is my light.
God saves.
All are correct
Jesus' name sums up his identity and his mission to rescue humans from political oppression.
True
False
Who gave Jesus his name ?
The Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Angel Gabriel.
Saint Joseph.
None of the above
Which of the following is an essential point to remember in regards to the name of Jesus?
Jesus Resurrection glorified his name.
Jesus' name is central to Christian prayer.
Scripture reveals that evil spirits feared the name of Jesus.
All are correct
The incarnation made Jesus an ally with human beings so that people could call out to him in their need for salvation.
True
False
The Hebrew word Masiah (Messiah) translates to the Greek word Christos (Christ); both mean:
God saves.
God with us.
Anointed one.
None are correct.
Many Jews and some Christians came to recognize early in his ministry that Jesus possessed the attributes of the Messiah.
True
False
Why was Jesus careful when using the title 'Messiah' in presence of his fellow Jews?
Some believed it to be a heavenly title.
Some believed it to be a political title.
Some believed it to be a priestly title.
All are correct.
Jesus was a political Messiah.
True
False
In his preaching Jesus referred to himself as God's Son multiple times. But what are the two occasions that God the Father clearly reveals it?
At Jesus Baptism and the Weddings of Cana.
At Jesus Baptism and His Transfiguration.
At Jesus Baptism and his resurrection.
None are correct.
The truth of Jesus' divinity and his words and teaching is confirmed by his resurrection.
True
False
"The Catholic Church reveres Mary above all Saints. Her greatest title is 'Mother of God', and therefore one of Jesus' most important title is:"
Savior
Jesus
Son of Mary
All are correct
All of the following are key teaching of the church about Mary EXCEPT:
Mary is 'ever-virgin' even though she gave birth to a child.
Mary is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity.
God chose Mary from all Eternity.
Mary is the Spiritual mother of all human beings.
Jews to this day can not pronounce the sacred name of God, YHWH, aloud. What word in the Old Testament is often used as a substitute for the word YHWH ?
Jesus
Lord
Messiah
None are correct
What two meanings those the word 'Lord' have in the New Testament?
It is used to refer to both God the Father and Jesus.
It us used to convey respect for a teacher, and to avoid pronouncing the Holy Name of God.
It us used by St. Paul in his letters to refer to God the Father, and the Holy Spirit.
All are correct.
"Because of their similar flow and content, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and look are called:"
The Synoptic Gospels.
The Pauline Letters.
The Gospels.
All are correct
The infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke have differences but they both agree in that:
Jesus identity is highlighted.
Jesus is conceived by the action of the Holy Spirit.
"Jesus is born of the Virgin Mary, as prophesied."
All are correct.
"The Gospels of Matthew and Luke agree in all of the following points of the infancy narratives, EXCEPT:"
An angel foretells Jesus birth.
Start with Jesus Baptism in the Jordan.
Jesus is Born in Bethlehem.
"Joseph, Jesus' foster father, is his legal father. Joseph is from the house of David; therefore Jesus is truly a descendant of David."
"In writing his Gospel for a predominantly Jewish audience, what is one major concern the Gospel sets out to show?"
Jesus fulfilled God's promises to the Jews.
Jesus is true God and true man.
Jesus is the Word of God.
All are correct.
"Joseph plays a key role in Matthews genealogy of Jesus, in part because of all of the following except:"
Joseph is David's descendant.
"A righteous man, Joseph took Jesus as his own son, making him legally a son of David."
Joseph conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.
"Joseph named his child 'Jesus', as the angel requested."
The church celebrates the feast of the Epiphany to remember which event that revealed Jesus' identity to the world?
The adoration of Jesus by the Wiseman from the east.
The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River.
The wedding feast at Cana of Galilee.
All are correct.
How does Matthew link Jesus to Moses?
"Jesus walks on water, and turns water into wine."
"Jesus sacrifices himself, and offers the last supper."
"Jesus liberates people from the slavery of sin, and gives the new law."
All are correct.
The Holy Family's flight into Egypt reveals that the forces of darkness opposed Jesus from the beginning of his life.
True
False
What is one thing that the genealogy and the visit of the Magi in Matthew gospel emphasize in terms of God's intention for salvation?
Salvation was for the Jews alone.
God ultimately wanted to extend salvation to the Gentiles through the Jews.
"Jesus was to liberate the Jews from Gentile oppression, so that they may worship God in peace."
None are correct.
"Unlike Matthew who wrote for an audience who consisted primarily of gentile converts to Christianity, Luke writes his Gospel for a primarily Jewish audience."
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False
"The Gospel of Luke clearly shows that Jesus is the Messiah, not John the Baptist. Therefore, John is described in this gospel as all of the following EXCEPT:"
John the Baptist is described as a bridge between the Old Testament and the New Testament.
"John the Baptist is described as a new Elijah, announcing the coming of the promised Messiah."
"He is Jesus' immediate forerunner, the one to prepare the way. "
"Receives the message from the Angel, that Mary is to conceive the Son of God."
"God singled out Mary among women and gave her the graces necessary to cooperate with his plan. Therefore, Mary's mother conceived her without Original Sin, a miracle called:"
Baptism.
Immaculate Conception.
Paschal Mystery.
None are correct.
Mary's compassionate concern for her aged relative prompts her to visit Elizabeth. Mary response to Elizabeth greeting is the famous canticle 'little song' called:
The Immaculate Conception.
The Song of Songs.
The Magnificat
All are correct.
"In the gospel of Luke, Zechariah loses his ability to speak because he doesn't believe the message of the angel. "
True
False
A major theme in Luke's gospel is that Jesus comes to preach to the Lowly and outcast. In his infancy narrative this is most evident by what?
The visit of the Magi from the east.
That Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
The Shepherds are the first to broadcast the news of salvation.
None are correct.
"When Jesus is 12 years old he goes to the temple with his parents and is lost. When they find him, Mary asks him why he remained in the city. What is Jesus response to her question?"
"A man doesn't live by bread alone, but from every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Did you not know that I must be in my father's house.
This is my beloved son whom I am well pleased.
Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand!
"Matthew and Luke begin their Gospels with the birth of Christ, and Mark, with his Baptism. "
True
False
"Unlike the Gospels of Matthew and Luke which begin with Jesus Birth, the Gospel of John begins with:"
The passion of Jesus.
The Beginning of Creation.
The Baptism of Jesus in the Desert.
None are correct.
"By retelling the Genesis account at the beginning of his Gospel, John the Apostle shows that creation came about through who?"
Adam and Eve.
The Holy Spirit.
The Word of God.
None are correct.
Johns Gospel introduces the foundational teaching on the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
True
False
"In whose Gospel do we hear that following words, 'in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God '."
The Gospel of Luke.
The Gospel of Mark.
The Gospel of Matthew.
None are correct.
The earth shaking truth the very Word of God became human in the Divine Person of Jesus Christ.
The Incarnation.
The Epiphany.
The Immaculate Conception.
None are correct.
"All of the following are correct about the Incarnation, EXCEPT:"
Jesus is the Son of God.
Jesus is both truly God and truly man.
Jesus becomes the Christ at the moment of his Baptism in the Jordan.
Jesus never ceased to be the second person of the blessed Trinity.
How does God ultimately reconcile us to himself?
By sending his Son to be the expiation for our sins.
Through the Ten Commandments.
Through the work of John the Baptist in the Jordan River.
None are correct.
"The verse from John's Gospel that reads, 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life' This verse is generally considered by scholars to be:"
The Protoevangelium.
The Gospel in miniature.
The Dogma of the Incarnation.
All are correct.
How has Jesus shown us the deepest meaning of his love.
"By his life, death, and resurrection."
By turning water into wine at the wedding of Cana.
Through Mary's and Joseph's presentation of Jesus in the Temple.
All are correct.
What does it mean to say that Christ became human to make you a partaker of the divine nature ?
Christ became human so that you may keep God's commandments.
Christ became human so that you might know how to speak with God.
Christ became human to adopt you into the Divine Family by the power of the Holy Spirit.
None are correct.
"All of the following are reasons for the significance of the incarnation, EXCEPT."
So that you might keep to God's law.
To save you by reconciling you to God.
So that you might partake of the Divine nature.
So that you might know God's law.
God showed his love by sending his son to reconcile people with him and to be an expiation for the sins of the world.
True
False
The Significance of the incarnation is that God sent his Son to judge the world for their sins.
True
False
"The eternal word of God, assumed human nature, both body and soul, and became a man in order to accomplish human salvation."
True
False
Which of the following is the source of the Dogma of the Divine Revelation.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The book of the Prophet Isaiah.
Divine Revelation.
None are correct.
How does the church understand a Dogma?
A revealed teaching of Christ.
A revealed teaching proclaimed by the fullest extent of the church.
A set of revealed truths that the faithful are obliged to believe as defined by the Church's Magisterium.
All are correct.
"The Gospel are unlike modern biographies in that they don't provide a physical description of Jesus, and provide no information about Jesus' hidden life. "
True
False
The Gospels primarily focus on Jesus' three years of public ministry that began when he was around thirty years of age.
True
False
Which of the following aspects of Christs' earthly is a revelation from God the Father ?
Christ words and deeds.
Christ silence and suffering.
Fidelity and obedience.
All are correct.
"What does Christ emptying himself of his infinite riches, power, and glory obtain for the world?"
It enriches our humanity.
Understanding of the eternal covenant.
The right to be called children of God.
None are correct.
"Christ, 'the second Adam' is able to atone for the disobedience of the first Adam through his what?"
Joy.
Miracles.
Obedience.
None are correct.
"Through his preaching, Jesus purifies us from our infirmities and diseases."
True
False
By bearing our infirmities and diseases Christ offered signs of his victory over which human realities?
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Sin, death, suffering and the devil.
Faith, hope, charity, and peace.
All are correct.
God's gracious action freeing a person from sin through faith in Jesus Christ and the Sacrament of Baptism:
Charity.
Dogma.
Justification.
None are correct.
Jesus Christ attains Justification to the world through his what?
Cross and Resurrection.
Baptism in the Jordan River.
Birth in Bethlehem.
All are correct.
Christ whole life is a mystery of redemption.
True.
False.
"The church teaches us that all of Christ's words, deeds, and sufferings have one purpose. What is this purpose?"
So that humanity's intentions may be clear to all to see.
To build the church, and establish it ultimately here on earth.
To restore humanity from the separation caused by sin to the original intimacy God desired to share with us.
None are correct.
"Jesus Baptism is linked to the figure of the three kings from the east who came to give him homage with their gifts of incense, myrrh, and gold. "
True
False
"By submitting to John's baptism Jesus, though perfect and sinless , identified himself with sinners therefore, the entire human race."
True
False
"While the Gospels accounts are not identical, all four gospels mention the following phenomena at Jesus Baptism:"
The Sky opens.
A dove descends from the sky.
A voice proclaims Jesus as the 'beloved Son'.
All are correct.
What two Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled through the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan?
"The love of God, and judgement of the world."
"The coming of the Messiah, and the servant who would suffer on behalf of the human race."
"The virgin will give birth, and God would restore the glory of Israel."
None are correct.
"All of the following are important theological truths revealed through Jesus Baptism at the Jordan, EXCEPT:"
Jesus has dominion over the natural elements in our world.
Jesus perfectly submits to the Father's will.
It serves as a model for the sacrament of Baptism.
It foreshadows Jesus Death for the remission of sins.
"According to the Gospels of Luke, and Matthew how many times was Jesus tempted in the desert?"
The devil tempted Jesus at three different occasions.
The devil tempted Jesus seven times while he was in the desert.
Jesus was never tempted in the desert as the Gospels are silent about these events.
None are correct.
Match the following according to the evangelist record of Jesus temptation in the desert: Satan challenged Jesus to throw himself from the pinnacle of the temple.
"One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God."
"You shall not put the Lord your God to the test."
"The Lord your God shall you worship and him alone you shall serve."
None are correct.
Match the following according to the evangelist record of Jesus temptation in the desert: Satan tempted Jesus to turn stones into loaves of bread.
"You shall not put the Lord your God to the test."
"The Lord your God shall you worship and him alone you shall serve."
"One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God."
None are correct.
Match the following according to the evangelist record of Jesus temptation in the desert: The devil offered Jesus the Kingdoms of the world.
"The Lord your God shall you worship and him alone you shall serve."
"One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God."
"You shall not put the Lord your God to the test."
None are correct.
