John the Baptist was a (priest ________), or immediate forerunner, sent to prepare the way for Jesus.

The official list of the 73 books that makes up the Old and New Testaments of the Bible is called the (canon ________).

Messiah is a title that means (________ “favored by God”).

Jesus began his public life on the banks of the Jordan River when John (________ praised) him.

A (bishop ________) uses water during the rite of Baptism.

Followers who submitted to baptism by John the Baptist did so as a sign that they accepted his message to:

Baptism frees us from (________ God’s promise), which is the consequence of Adam and Eve’s disobedience when human beings lost God’s blessing.

The most important books of the New Testament are the four (________ Torahs): Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

In the Old Testament, God made a (________ testament), a solemn agreement, between God and his people.