unit 2: Names of Jesus & Revelation/Trinity

Name “Jesus”

Means “God saves”

Title “Christ”

Means “Anointed One”

Title “Son of God”

Signifies Jesus’ unique and eternal relationship with God the Father

Title “Lord”

Indicates divine sovereignty

Revelation

God revealing different parts of Himself to help humans understand Him and build a relationship

God’s self-revelation through stages

Through creation, covenants, and prophets

Complete revelation

Revealed fully in Jesus

Transmission of revelation

Passed on through Sacred Scriptures and Apostolic Tradition

Ways God reveals Himself

Through Scripture, Jesus, people, events, and the world around us

Jesus revealing God

Jesus shows God as loving and caring, calling God “Abba” (Father)

New Covenant

Through Jesus, God’s covenant becomes more personal and intimate with humans

Incarnation

God became human and dwelt among us in the flesh in Jesus of Nazareth

Christology

Study of the nature and person of Jesus Christ as revealed in Scripture

Trinity

Catholics believe in ONE God in 3 distinct but inseparable persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit

Jesus in the Trinity

Jesus is the second person; fully human and fully divine

Human nature

Human: relating to people

Divine nature

Divine: relating to God; sacred or God-like

Example of the Trinity

Three-in-one relationship, like water existing as ice, liquid, and vapor; one substance, three forms