FRESHMAN 2024 UNIT 2 / CHAP. 6 - SYNOPTIC GOSPELS

Which of the following is NOT a synoptic Gospel:

Divine glory shining through Jesus’ physical body

feast that celebrates manifestation as the Savior of the world

means “God with us”

Kingdom of God can mean many things including that God has triumphed over physical evil, death.

Recent scholarship has concluded that Gospel of Mark was written before the Gospel of Matthew.

means “source”

The two events that are considered preparation for Jesus’ public ministry are

word means “learner”; a follower of someone great

The Gospel of John has the only account of the baptism of Jesus.

Only the Gospels of Matthew and Luke do not have “nativity” accounts.

The longest Gospel is not the Gospel of Mark.

The story of the magi can be found only in the Gospel of Luke.

This Gospel writer often used the title Son of David to refer to Jesus

all-powerful

St. Irenaeus taught that the Apostle Matthew wrote his Gospel in language Jesus spoke, Aramaic.

Because Jesus was sinless he did not need baptism.

In all but 1 of Gospels, Jesus is proclaimed Christ, Son of living God who has risen from dead.

This Gospel writer emphasized the link between Judaism and Christianity:

The Gospel that was written for Gentile-Christians who were being persecuted in Rome was

the story of the Savior’s birth in Bethlehem

The word which refers to God’s saving plan:

Christ’s work of Redemption accomplished through his Passion, Death, Resurrection, & Ascension

means “God saves”

This biblical writer also wrote The Acts of the Apostles:

In which event, on high mountain, did Jesus reveal his divine glory before Peter, James & John:

This Apostle was headstrong, brave, impetuous and upon him Christ built the Church:

The Gospels are not the primary source of information about Jesus.

these people paid special attention to stars

This Gospel contains the stories of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Prodigal Son: