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Theo I Test 2
Term | Meaning/Definition |
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Epiphany | A celebration of when the Magi (three wise men) came to Jesus when he was born and gave him gifts. |
Jesus’ Ministry | The three year Jesus spent spreading the word of God, healing, performing miracles, teaching and spending time with His Apostles. |
Resurrection | The rising of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his Death on the Cross—the core of our faith. |
Annunciation | The announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that God wanted her to be the mother of the Savior, Jesus Christ. |
Mystery | A truth about God and his saving plan that is beyond human understanding. |
Paschal Mystery | The redemptive Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ through which Jesus not only liberated us from sin, but also gave us new life through his Resurrection. |
Paradox | A figure of speech or statement that seems contradictory but actually contains a hidden truth. |
Blasphemy | A sin against God’s dignity (where either you place God at your level or you put yourself at His level). |
Presentation in the Temple | A ritual observed by Jewish families where they bring their firstborn son to the Temple with an offering. Joseph, Mary, and Joseph brought Jesus and met Simeon. |
Docetism | A first-century heresy (false teaching) that taught that Jesus only seemed to be human. |
Incarnation | The teaching that God became flesh (human) through the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the child of the Virgin Mary. |
Heresy | A false teaching about God or his Church. |
Nativity | The birth in Bethlehem of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and of the Virgin Mary. |
Transfiguration | The glorious transformation of Jesus, on a mountain top, that showed his identity as God for Peter, James, and John. |
Jesus | A word that means “Yahweh is salvation” or “savior.” |