CMC - New Testament and Incarnation

The Essenes

these groups withdrew completely from the world and avoided all contact with foreign cultures and they believed in 2 messiahs: one a king and one a priest

Galilee

the northern most region on the map where Jesus grew up that consisted of non-Jewish people

John

which gospel is not a synoptic Gospel?

Mary being conceived without sin

the immaculate conception refers to what event?

Scribes

they were interpreters, scholars, teachers of the law who were closely affiliated with the Pharisees and Sadducees

The Sadducees

they didn’t believe in anything that wasn’t in the torah, and they were a wealthy, aristocratic class

The Pharisees

most influential religious sect who focused on keeping the Jews faithful to the law

hellenization

the spread of Greek culture before and after the death of Alexander the Great

Samaria

it was conquered by Assyria in 721 and people were mostly poor and intermarried in the family

luke

written by a friend of Paul’s to greek audience and has the image of Jesus being a comapssionate leader

Matthew

written by a jewish christian to jewish Christians and the image of Jesus is a rabbi/new Moses

the God Bearer or Mother of God

Mary is known as Theotokos, meaning…

John

written by a disciple of john to all christians and the image of jesus is the divine savior

Mark

written by a friend of peter to gentile christians and the image of Jesus is a suffering servant

The Zealots

formed a rebellious movement of militant jews who battled for jewish independence

Judea

the wealthiest region and the center of worship

Josephus

a Jewish historian who referred to Jesus in his writings

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

this ruler was responsible for the profanation of the temple

the Incarnation

the theological word for when the Word became flesh

Bethlehem in Judea

which city and region was Jesus born in?

The Word

this refers to God the Son at the beginning of the Gospel of John

Pontius Pilate

the Roman ruler of Judea during the adult life of Jesus

collecting taxes and preserving the peace of Rome

what were the Romans concerned about in a conquered territory?

Nazareth in Galilee

what town and region did Jesus grow up in?

Jesus Christ

who is the Word who became flesh?

to save us by reconciling us with God, that we may know the depths of God’s love, to be our model for holiness, to make us partakers of the divine nature, and to destroy the power if the Devil

why did the word become flesh?