Jesus' Infancy and Hidden Life


  1. True or false. There is so little known of Jesus' family and their lives together that they cannot realistically represent a model of family life today.

  2. True or false. Jesus did not know beforehand that he would die when he went up to Jerusalem.

  3. True or false. The call of the Christian is to partake in the mysteries of Christ's life.

  4. True or false. The teaching of Christ on earth is completely contained in his words.

  5. (A) condition(s) for entering the Kingdom is (are):

    1. being born from above.
    2. humility
    3. adoring God hidden in the weakness of a new-born child.
    4. becoming a child in relation to God.
    5. Pick a combination of the above.

  6. The temptation of Jesus by Satan in the desert is the reenactment of:

    1. The forty years of wandering by the Israelites in the desert.
    2. The temptations and toils of the desert land of Egypt and its Pharoah.
    3. Adam's temptation in the Garden.
    4. The temptations of Israel during the Babylonian exile.
    5. Pick a combination of the above.

  7. True or false. Jesus' entry into Jerusalem signified the coming of the kingdom he was to accomplish by his death and resurrection.

  8. Which of the following is not true?

    1. The greatest evils that the Kingdom opposes are those of hunger and injustice.
    2. The Kingdom of God was inaugurated in Jesus in the calling of all people to come together around him in the family of God.
    3. The Kingdom belongs to those who have accepted it with humble hearts.
    4. The entrusting of the keys of the Kingdom to Peter means he has the authority to govern the house of God.
    5. The miracles and wonders Jesus performed showed that the Kingdom was present in him.

  9. What connection does Jesus' baptism at the hands of John the Baptist have with his Passion and Death?

    1. Like his baptism at the Jordan, his Passion is also a "baptism."
    2. There is no connection; Jesus was simply fulfilling the requirements of Jewish law.
    3. The death of John the Baptist signified the type of death Jesus would suffer.
    4. His baptism signified his consecration to his redemptive mission, which reached its peak in his Passion and death.
    5. Pick a combination of the above.

  10. Which of the following is not true?

    1. The ascent onto the mount of Transfiguration prefigures the ascent to Calvary.
    2. In the Transfiguration, Christ manifests what his Body contains in the sacraments.
    3. The appearance of Moses and Elijah represents the Law and the Prophets.
    4. As Jesus' own baptism represents our baptism, so the Transfiguration represents our resurrection.
    5. The revelation of Jesus' divinity to Peter, James, and John at the Transfiguration was a reward for their faithfulness.

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