Annunciation Flashcards
Annunciation
God ful fills his promise to send a saviour
Luke 1:26-38-• Focuses on Mary’s role
• Mary is told she will
conceive and give birth to
Jesus, who will be the Son
of God
• Jesus will be conceived
through the power of the
Holy Spirit
• Mary has a choice (free
will)
• Gabriel’s message is for ALL
believers
Matthew 1:18-24-• Focus is on Joseph’s role
• Tells that Joseph planned to
break up with Mary because
she was pregnant
• But an angel tells him Mary’s
child was conceived by the
Holy Spirit
• The angel calls Jesus
‘Emmanuel’ meaning ‘God with
us’
Simillarities and differences in annunciation
Similarities Mary was a virgin An angel announced Jesus’
birth
Jesus was conceived by the
power of the holy spirit
God worked through humans
enable his plan for humanity
to come about
Differences
Angel Gabriel appears to
Mary (in Luke) & to Joseph
(in Matthew)
To Mary, Gabriel appears in
person– to Joseph he
appears in a dream
In Luke he is named Jesus, in
Matthew he is named
Emmanuel
Joseph did not question the
role he had to play
Titles of jesus-word of god
• The Word (Jesus) is eternal
• The Word of God is God - God’s self expression
• The Word and God are united yet distinct
• The Word of God gives life, light and guidance
‘…and the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have
seen his glory….full of grace and truth.’
(John 1:14)
Grace = love … so Jesus is an expression of God’s love for humans
Titles of jesus-son of man
• Jesus called himself this when referring to his future
suffering
• It emphasises that he was fully human
“Jesus began to teach that the son kf the man must undergo great suffering”-mark 8:31
Titles of jesus-son of God
• At Jesus’ trial by the Sanhedrin he was asked ‘Are
you the Son of God?’
• Jesus replied ‘I am’
• This shows that he was also fully God
• During his life on earth he limited himself to the
human condition
The ICHTHUS
• Greek word ‘ICHTHUS’ meaning ‘fish.’
• It is also an acronym:
I – Iesous (Jesus)
CH – Christos (Christ)
TH – Theou (of God)
U – Uios (Son)
S – Soter (Saviour)
Alpha and omega
• Alpha (A) is the first letter of
the Greek alphabet
• Omega is the last letter
It shows that:
• God is involved in everything from beginning to end
• It is on the Paschal candle and represents the risen Christ
Chi-Rho
• The first two letters of
the Greek word for
Christ (capitals)
• X and P
• Reminder of Jesus’ death…that he was sent by
God to save humans
• Inspires Christians to follow Jesus’ teachings
Christ the redeemer,scared heart and crucifix
- God’s continuous love for all
2 Jesus’ love and obedience in death - Flames from the heart symbolise Jesus’
burning love for all - Jesus shows his peace and love
1.Through his death Jesus freed us from
sin and death and reminds of jesus suffering that he went through for us
2. The love of God was poured out in
Jesus
Catholics attitudes to religious art
• Statues of Jesus help us focus on his qualities, his life and
helps us pray
• Note: the statue itself is not being worshipped
• Jesus was fully human
• Jesus can be shown as any ethnicity – all people were saved
-some christians belive that a statue of jesus can help people to concentrate on aspetcs of jesus teachings and life so it can inspire us to be more like jesus
-guves us a better understanding of what jesus might of felt so we can feel the same pain and love as him
-it can guve people hope and courage if ever down as brungs closer to God
Contrasting views to religious arts
• It goes against the second commandment ‘do not worship idols’
– this is the view of Jews
• People may think the statue itself is being worshipped
• We cannot portray an infinite God accurately. Some christians think its therefore wrong to hse humanity of jesus as a basis for any depiction,as it could destroy people understanding of divinity of jesus
• Art can be misleading– we do not know what Jesus looked like so wrong to depic him in a physical way
• Jesus was a human – not stone or wood…. So the proper way
to worship is to serve others
Moral teachings of jesus
Sermon on the Mount
A sermon (talk) Jesus gave to
teach people how to please God
(Matthew 5-7)
Beatitudes:
A list of eight kinds of people
who are blessed (made holy) in
God’s eyes.
‘I have not come to abolish the law but to fulfil it’
(Matthew 5:17)
• Jesus developed the Jewish laws to make them
more perfect
• The Old Testament law focused on actions people
should or shouldn’t do
• Jesus taught that people’s attitudes are more
important – this will please God
10 commandments
Jesus’ two great commandments
Sermon on mount-moses teaching and jesus teaching
Do not commit adultery-even looking at a person lustfully is wrong
Do not commit murder-do not get angry with someone or insult them
An eye an eye-do not take revenge
The beatitudes
Jesus blesses certain attitudes and says how people will be
rewarded:
Blessed are:
1. The poor in spirit (humble)
2. Those who mourn (sorrowful, bereaved)
3. The meek (not pushy or arrogant)
4. Those who hunger to do God’s will
5. The merciful (show compassion, love, forgiveness)
6. The pure in heart (unselfish)
7. The peacemakers (try to solve conflict)
8. Those who are persecuted (for a righteous (right) cause)
Each blessing comes with a reward…
‘Blessed are the
meek, for they will
inherit the earth’
‘Blessed are the pure in
heart for they will see God’
‘Blessed are the
merciful, for they
will receive mercy’
Parable of the sheep and goats
Fed the hungry
Gave drink to the thirsty
Welcomed strangers
Clothed the naked
Visited the sick
Visited those in prison:
HEAVEN
Did not feed the hungry
Did not give drink to the
thirsty
Did not welcome strangers
Did not clothe the naked
Did not visit the sick
Did not visit those in prison:
HELL
