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Question 1

Give the bible passage to support the 3 gifts given in Matthew

Answer 1

‘presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh’ (Matthew 2:11)

Question 2

bible passage to support angles dreams directing Joseph

Answer 2

‘behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son’- Matthew

Question 3

how is Jesus presented in the Gospel of Matthew

Answer 3

ruler of Israel, God’s son and King of Jews who’s given all authority in heaven and earth

Question 4

what does Immanuel mean

Answer 4

A God with us

Question 5

Give the bible passage to support Mary being spoken to by the angels in Luke

Answer 5

‘the Holy Spirit will come upon you’ (Luke 1)

Question 6

Redaction criticism- give the german word for situation in life

Answer 6

‘sitz im leben’

Question 7

Doctrine of incarnation- biblical support

Answer 7

‘The word became flesh and dwelt among us’ John 1

Question 8

whats the word for Jesus being fully God and fully human

Answer 8

‘hypostatic union’

Question 9

Kenosis- biblical support

Answer 9

Paul’s letters to Philippians- ‘emptied himself, taking the form of a slave’

Question 10

What does Aquinas say about Kenosis

Answer 10

Aquinas saw this limitation of perhaps being in human likeness as more as an ethical move by Jesus- if christ ‘poured out like water….. The invisible made himself visible’

Question 11

define harmonisation in reference to the Gospels

Answer 11

As the accounts do not blatantly contradict one another there’s no reason both can’t be true- matthew may have had access to info that wasn’t available to luke and vice versa

Question 12

define redaction criticism in reference to the Gospels

Answer 12

Theory that NT writers altered existing material about Jesus to suit their own agenda

Question 13

define doctrine of incarnation in reference to the Gospels

Answer 13

Incarnation- God becoming flesh in Jesus