St. Mary of the Assumption High School

Mr. Yalcin

Theology Department

Ch. 3 Test Review Handout (Theology G10)

What is a synagogue?
Who is John the Baptist?
Joseph and Mary followed raise Jesus under Jewish law?
What does the fact that Jesus was wrapped in swaddling clothes suggest?
What is Immaculate Conception?
Jesus is conceived by the power of what?
Matthew’s genealogy links Jesus to which Old Testament figures?
Where did Jesus grow up?
Which Old Testament event does Jesus’ departure from Egypt with his family reflect?

What was Joseph’s profession? What was Jesus’s profession before he began preaching the Good News?
How did the people of Nazareth respond to Jesus’ claim that he was the Messiah?
Which two books did Luke author?
John the Baptist leaped in his mother’s womb when in the presence of Mary? What does this signify?
When did the angel come to Mary? Before/after Mary and Joseph were married?
What happens to John the Baptist’s father after the angel Gabriel appears to him?
What does the Incarnation signify?
What is dogma?

Which important theological truths does the baptism of Jesus reveal?
Which messages does John the Baptist give? What does he preach?
What are the temptations Jesus faced in the wilderness?
Compare Matthew & Luke on the infancy narratives: know differences and commonalities
Which truths about the Incarnation are revealed in John’s Prologue?

Describe the relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus.
Identify two elements of the infancy narratives that are shared by Matthew and Luke, and then identify two unique elements in Matthew and then Luke.
Why is it important to emphasize that temptation itself is not sinful but rather like a test or a trial? Read the section on The Temptation of Jesus in Chapter 3 for this question.

Explain how the three Persons of the Trinity were present at Jesus’ baptism. Name two theological truths that Jesus’ baptism reveals. Read the section in Chapter 3 on the Baptism of Jesus for this essay question.