Ch 7 Jesus Christ: His Mission And Ministry

Question 1

The _____ we use have great power to communicate or to mislead, which is why it is important to now what words _____. This is even more essential to ______ the words that are applied to Jesus Christ in _____.

Answer 1

words, mean, understand, Scripture

Question 2

What kinds of questions does Christology address?

Answer 2

1. Who is Jesus Christ?
2. What does it mean when we call Jesus the Son of God?
3. How can Jesus be human and divine at the same time?

Question 3

5 New Testament titles of Jesus and what do they mean

Answer 3

Emmanuel - God with us
Word (Logos) of God - Jesus always existent with God, all things including life came to be through Him
Son of Man - human & God’s divine agent who will usher in God’s kingdom
Son of God - God’s son
“I AM” - God

Question 4

The New Testament uses the term “_____” for Jesus ___ times, the Jewish word for _____. This title helps us to see that Jesus was known as a _____ and _____ teacher.

Answer 4

Rabbi, 14, teacher, respected, admired

Question 5

What was unique about Jesus’ teaching style compared to other rabbis?

Answer 5

Other rabbis quoted other authorities to support their teaching, Jesus quoted no one and taught with his own authority

Question 6

The title “_____” comes from the Greek word Christos which translates _____, a Latin word for “_____” or savior. The Messiah was God’s anointed one who would fulfill all the divine _____ made to the _____.

Answer 6

Christ, messiah, anointed one, promises, chosen people

Question 7

The contemporaries of Jesus had _____ ideas of what & who the Messiah would be.

Answer 7

Different

Question 8

Although Jesus accepted the title of Messiah, his concept of the Messiah _____ from that of his contemporaries.

Answer 8

Differed

Question 9

For Jesus, Messiah is the _____ who will come in glory at the _____ but he is also the _____ described in Isaiah. He would _____ his very life for his people.

Answer 9

Son of Man, end of time, suffering servant, sacrifice

Question 10

When did God the Father anoint his only begotten Son with the Holy Spirit?

Answer 10

At Jesus’ baptism

Question 11

Jesus told his _____ to keep his true identity _____ for the time being. Jesus did not want people to come to him for the _____, he wanted them to approach him in _____ and to accept and live his message of ____, peace, and service

Answer 11

Disciples, quiet, wrong reasons, faith, love

Question 12

One of the major themes in Mark’s Gospel

Answer 12

Following Jesus means picking up a cross in daily imitation of him

Question 13

God _____ still send prophets to the world.

Answer 13

Does (Mother Theresa, Pope John Paul II, Dorothy Day)

Question 14

Threefold office of the suffering servant

Answer 14

Prophet, High Priest, King

Question 15

A _____ is commonly thought of as one who predicts the future as Jesus’ prediction about the destruction of the _____. The word prophet also means “a person who _____” and works on God’s behalf to _____ the people.

Answer 15

Prophet, Jerusalem Temple, represents God, instruct

Question 16

Jesus is the very _____ who speaks for his _____ and teaches through his words and his _____ the full message of Salvation. His role as prophet involved testifying to _____.

Answer 16

Word of God, father, deeds, the truth

Question 17

A _____ is a mediator between God and _____. The Letter to the Hebrews calls Jesus the “_____” and the Perfect Sacrifice. Jesus the Christ continues his priestly role at each celebration of the _____.

Answer 17

Priest, humanity, a great high priest, Eucharist

Question 18

When Jesus responded to Pilate, “you say so”, Jesus meant “yes, just as you say, I am the king of the Jews”

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Jesus was the _____ and if all people. But he does not _____ it over others. He came as the Son of God to _____ rough suffering and dying for us to bring about our _____ and rules with gentleness, compassion, and love.

Answer 19

King of the Jews, lord, serve, Salvation

Question 20

What did sacrificial lamb symbolize for Israelites?

Answer 20

Salvation and freedom from the physical slavery of the Chosen People

Question 21

In the New Testament, St. Paul called Jesus our _____ who has been sacrificed. _____ declared that Jesus was not only the _____ but also the Son of God

Answer 21

Paschal lamb, John the Baptist, Lamb of God

Question 22

Significance of Jesus’ death as lambs were killed for Passover

Answer 22

The blood of the slain lambs saved the ancient Israelites during passover, the blood of the Lamb of God replaced the death of all sacrificial lambs; through God’s sacrificial lamb humanity was saved

Question 23

Every catholic Mass commemorates the sacrifice of the Lamb of God in an _____ manner.

Answer 23

Unbloody

Question 24

The word “_____” means one who _____ us from present or future _____.

Answer 24

Savior, protects, danger

Question 25

What does Jesus mean?

Answer 25

"Savior" or God saves

Question 26

When Christians apply the title "_____" to the name of Jesus, it translates the _____ word Kurios, which translates the _____ word Adonai. Adonai was the word the Chosen People used whenever _____ would appear in Hebrew Scriptures.

Answer 26

Lord, Greek, Hebrew, YHWH

Question 27

To give Jesus the title "_____" is to state that he is God.

Answer 27

Lord

Question 28

Other NT names for Jesus

Answer 28

Advocate, Author of Eternal Salvation, Deliverer, Divine Physician, Head of the Church, Living Water, mediator, Prince of Life

Question 29

A _____ is an external sign of some reality. Jesus is a symbol, the _____ symbol of his Father, God's own Word, and a visible sign of the invisible God.

Answer 29

Symbol, perfect

Question 30

Heresy

Answer 30

An obstinate denial after baptism to believe a truth that must be believed with divine and Catholic faith, or an obstinate doubt about such truth

Question 31

Whenever _____ challenge traditional Church teaching and misled people, the _____ must clarify what Catholics should _____ by issuing clear and precise statements that every _____ of believers will hold right _____ about our faith.

Answer 31

False teachings, magisterium, believe, generation, truths

Question 32

Catholics believe that Jesus _____ in his Church and promised to be with us _____ through the power of the _____. Jesus appointed _____, the Apostles, and their _____, to lead the Church

Answer 32

Lives, always, Holy Spirit, Peter, Successors

Question 33

Church Councils _____ teachings about Jesus

Answer 33

Clarified

Question 34

The _____ were Bishops, _____, teachers, and scholars whose writings have greatly contributed to Church _____ and _____. They helped _____ Church teaching about Christ's _____ and the blessed Trinity.

Answer 34

Church Fathers, theologians, doctrine, practice, clarify, identity

Question 35

The _____ and bishops gathered in several ecumenical councils that issued dogmatic teachings about the Catholic faith including the promulgation of the Nicene Creed.

Answer 35

Church Fathers

Question 36

The _____ heresy, which held that _____ only _____ human, was a form of _____ which falsely held that Jesus shared a _____ with just a few close friends. Both denied he true _____ of Jesus as well as his _____.

Answer 36

Docetism, Jesus, seemed, Gnosticism, secret knowledge, humanity, divinity

Question 37

Which Church Father taught that because the Roman Church traces her authority back to Peter, it is the true source of right teaching and belief?

Answer 37

St. Irenaeus

Question 38

Arius (who made _____) denied that Jesus was _____ to God the Father, rejecting the teaching of the _____, that God had become a _____. Arius taught that Jesus was God's _____ and an _____ Son of God, but rejected the idea that _____

Answer 38

Arianism, equal, incarnation, man, greatest creature, adopted, Jesus is God

Question 39

Explain St. Athanasius' teaching that Jesus had to be divine.

Answer 39

If Christ is not divine, then he could not be our savior. Only God could restore people to communion with himself.

Question 40

_____ taught that there were two _____ in Jesus – one divine, one _____. He also refused to call Mary "the _____" because he claimed she was mother only to the "_____".

Answer 40

Nestorius, persons, human, mother of God, human Jesus

Question 41

What does the title "Theotokos" say about Mary?

Answer 41

Mary (Incarnated) IS the Mother of God.

Question 42

_____ claimed that the divine nature of Jesus _____ his human nature, swallowed up "like a drop of honey into the sea". This heresy is known as _____ and in effect, it denies that Jesus was _____.

Answer 42

Eutyches, absorbed, Monophysitism, truly human

Question 43

What was the famous Chalcedon formula taught by the Council of Chalcedon?

Answer 43

Jesus is one Divine Person with two natures: both human and divine

Question 44

T/F the son always existed with the father, he was never "made" nor "generated" by the Father

Answer 44

True

Question 45

A _____ represents God, is sent by God, and performs works on behalf of God

Answer 45

Prophet

Question 46

Mediator between God and humanity

Answer 46

Mediator

Question 47

The only way to reverse the sin of Adam and Eve is to reverse the law with a _____. << God is proved human

Answer 47

New Adam

Question 48

Bible is fully _____ and fully _____

Answer 48

Human and divine

Question 49

Matter was thought to be bad, but is good because God made it ; the spirit is good

Answer 49

Dualism

Question 50

INRI

Answer 50

Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews

Question 51

Alpha and Omega

Answer 51

Jesus is in the beginning and end of all history

Question 52

Jesus Christ the Conqueror

Answer 52

Jesus Christ is victorious/the conqueror

Question 53

Chi-Rho

Answer 53

Identified Jesus as the Messiah

Question 54

Fish

Answer 54

Jesus Christ Son of God Savior

Question 55

IHS

Answer 55

First three letters of Jesus' name in Greek

Question 56

Lamb

Answer 56

Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world

Question 57

Arianism: Jesus is only a creature; he is not equal to the Father (which church teaching and council proved it wrong?)

Answer 57

St. Athanasius Council: Nicaea Church teaching: Jesus is consubstantial with the Father; he is divine

Question 58

Nestorianism: Jesus was two persons– one human and one divine (which council and church teaching proved it wrong?)

Answer 58

St. Cyril of Alexandria Council: Ephesus Church teaching: Jesus is one Person, a Divine Person; Mary is truly the Mother of God; Jesus is both human and divine

Question 59

Docetism: the body of Jesus was only an illusion. God did not really become one of us (which council and church teaching proved it wrong?)

Answer 59

St. Irenaeus Council: Chalcedon Church Teaching: Jesus is one divine person with both a divine nature and a human nature

Question 60

Monophysitism: Jesus only possesses a divine nature; he is not truly human (which council and church teaching proved it wrong?)

Answer 60

St. Leo the Great Council: Chalcedon Church Teaching: Jesus is one divine person with both a divine nature and a human nature

Question 61

Jesus is the only Son of God

Answer 61

Jesus and God share divine natures

Question 62

Jesus is "begotten not made, one in being with the father

Answer 62

Son always existed with the father, neither was made nor generated

Question 63

Mary, Mother of God

Answer 63

Mary, by conceiving God's son, is truly the Mother of God

Question 64

Jesus is true God and true Man

Answer 64

He he's intellect and free will

Question 65

Jesus, God made man, is our savior

Answer 65

We will share in the eternal life he has promised

Question 66

There are two distinct natures in the one person of Jesus Christ

Answer 66

Perfect in humanity and perfect in divinity