RE 2-3 Cheat Sheet

Christology Christus and Logos	study of Christ; nature and person of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament
	about Jesus life (what he did and what he said)
Saint Paul	major component of the Christology of the Apostolic Age was that of ____which is the worship of Christ as Kyrios which means The Lord
Tender image of Jesus	the middle ages also witnessed the emergence of the ____as a friend and a living source of love and comfort
God became man and that God-made-man is the individual Jesus Christ	the purpose of modern Christology is to formulate the Christian belief that
TWO WAYS OF STUDYING CHRIST
History	trhu Bible, books, teachings and writings
Theology	study of the nature of the nature of God
TWO KINDS OF CHRISTOLOGY
christology from above	focuses on pre-existent logos (word) who became man Jesus Christ; emphasizes the divine nature of Jesus Christ
Christology from Below	flows from examination of Jesus Christ as presented in the synoptic gospels (matthew, mark luke); emphasizes the study of the life mission and the message of salvation brought about by jesus christ
the four gospels	faith-documents ; collection of stories about jesus' birth....

the nativity of jesus	referes to the accounts of the births in two of the Canonical gospels
luke and matthew	new testament accounts of the nativity jesus appear only in the gospel of
in Matthew	wise men follow a star bring gift to jesus ; king hetrod massacres al the toddler boys bethlehem
Common truths affirmed by matthew and luke
mary is the mother of jesus
joseph is the legal foster father of jesus
jesus is virginally conceived
jesus is born of abraham and descendant of david davidic blood
jesus spends his chuildhood in nazareth
salvation brought by jesus christ	main them of matthew and luke gospels

the nativity of jesus	accounts of the birth of jesus
THE MYSTERIES OF THE INFANCY NARRATIVES
the genealogy of jesus	traces the family tree of jesus
the announcment of john the baptist's birth	recalls the miraculous conception of john the baptist
the annunciation of the angel gabriel to mary	narrates the incarnation of the son of god in the womb of Mary
the visit of mary to elizabeth	an act of confirmation of the angelic words on the part of Mary
the birth of john the baptist	confirms john the baptist significant role ; that is to be the prophet of the most high
the birth of jesus	fulfills the old testament prophecies about the coming Messiah
the Circumcision of Jesus	was done according to the law of Moses on the 8th day after his birth
the visits of the magi and the shepherds	manifest jesus as the messiah of israel, the son of god and savior not jus for the jews
the presentation of jesus in the temple	jewish ritual of consecrating the first-born male child
the flight to egypt	recalls god's people's exile and anguish in the past in the land of egypt
the massacre of the innocents	signifies the jesus' life wil be a life of persecution
the return of the holy family to nazareth	begins the hiddem years of jesus as an ordinary Jew who was obedient to the law of god t
the losing and finding of the child jesus in the temple	shows jesus' total consecration and obedience to his mission that flows from his divine sonship

RE 2-3 Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by Lao