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Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Blessed Virgin Mary


  1. True or False. Because of her sin, Eve is not considered a proper anticipation of the role of Mary.

  2. True or false. Because Mary was conceived without sin, she did not come under the condemnation we incurred from Adam and Eve, and so she had no need of redemption by Christ.

  3. True or false. Mary, conceived sinless, remained without sin throughout her life.

  4. The Immaculate Conception refers to:

    1. the birth of Jesus from a virgin.
    2. the fact that Mary, due to her sinlessness, never had an impure thought.
    3. Jesus’ freedom from sin from conception onwards.
    4. the impregnation of Mary by the Holy Spirit.
    5. Mary’s freedom from all stain of Original Sin from her conception.

  5. True or false. The virginal conception of Jesus is most likely not an historical fact, but a theological addition to the Gospels that points to the uniqueness of Jesus.

  6. True or false. After the virgin birth of Jesus, Mary, as it says in Scripture, had other children.

  7. True or false. Mary is the symbol of the Church.

  8. Choose none, any combination, or all. Why did God want His Son to be born of a virgin?

    1. The Virgin Birth manifests God’s absolute initiative.
    2. Because Jesus is the New Adam, who inaugurates the New Creation.
    3. By the Virgin Birth, Jesus, the New Adam, ushers in the new birth of children adopted in the Holy Spirit through faith.
    4. The Virgin Mary’s virginity is the sign of her faith unadulterated by any doubt.
    5. It is the sign of the Virgin Mary’s undivided gift of herself to God’s will.

  9. Which is true?

    1. Mary is only the mother of Jesus’ human nature.
    2. Mary is the mother of the second person of the Holy Trinity.
    3. Mary is the mother of the human person Jesus, but not the second person of the Holy Trinity.
    4. Mary is the mother of both the human person and the divine person.
    5. None of the above.

  10. Why was it fitting that Mary be "full of grace" in order to be the Mother of the Savior?

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