Chapter 3 - Tre'-Anthony Longino

Question 0

Annunciation

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The visit of the Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary to inform her she would be the Mother of the Savior, commemorated on March 25. Having given her consent to God’s word, the Blessed Virgin Mary became the Mother of God the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Question 1

Anna

Answer 1

The prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented in the Temple. Anna, or Ann, is also the name of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Question 2

Atonement

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Reparation for an offense through a voluntary action that expiates the injustice done.

Question 3

Elizabeth

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The wife of St. Zechariah, mother of St. John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Question 4

Finding in the Temple2

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Described in Luke 2: 41-52; Christ and his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. On the return journey, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph discovered Christ was not with them and, after three days, found him in the Temple, discoursing with the teachers of the Law.

Question 5

Fiat

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Latin for “Let it be done” This was the Blessed Virgin Mary’s response to God’s plan of redemption; it was her consent to become the Mother of God.

Question 6

Gabriel

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One of the archangels named in the Sacred Scripture and the special messenger of God to the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Annunciation.

Question 7

Geneology

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From the Greek for “tracing of descent” ; the study of ancestry or a list of someone’s ancestors. Sts. Matthew and Luke contain genealogies of Christ in their Gospels.

Question 8

Immaculate Conception

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In light of God’s free choice of the Blessed Virgin Mary from all eternity to be the mother of his son, it was ordained, from the first moment of her conception; she – by a singular grace of God and by virtue of the foreseen merits of Jesus Christ– was persevered from al stain of Original-Sin. Believed from antiquity, this dogma was formally defined by pope Bl. Pius IX in 1854

Question 9

Incarnation

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From the latin for “to become flesh” ; the mystery of the hypostatic union of the divine and human natures in the one divine person of the world, Jesus. To bring about man’s salvation, the Son of God was made flesh and became men

Question 10

Indwelling of the Blessed Trinity

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The Blessed Trinity- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- are present in the soul from the moment of Baptism and remain as long as the soul is in a State of Grace.

Question 11

Justification

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Being made right with God. It is free and undeserved gift of God through the sacrifice of Jesus.

Question 12

Magi

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The wise men described in Matthew 2. They came from the East to adore the newborn King of the Jews and brought them gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Tradition has given them the names Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar.

Question 13

Mary

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The Mother of Jesus. The Blessed Virgin Mary greatest privilege is her divine Motherhood and, hence, her title Bearer of God, or Mother of God.

Question 14

Nativity

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The Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ in Bethlehem as well as the events surrounding its Birth.

Question 15

Paschal Mystery

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Christ’s work of redemption accomplished by his Passion, Death, and Resurrection, and Ascension, whereby, “dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life”.

Question 16

Presentation

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The Presentation of Christ in the Temple was performed in obedience to the Mosaic Law. Which required the offering of the firstborn male, as well as the ritual purification of the Mother.

Question 17

Sanctifying Grace

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The free and unmerited favors of God dispensed through the sacraments. This grace heals human nature, which was wounded by sin, giving man a share in the divine life, which is infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit.

Question 18

Simeon

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St. Simeon recognized Jesus as the Christ at the Presentation at the Temple.

Question 19

Virgin Birth

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The Blessed Virgin Mary conceived Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. She therefore was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus Christ.

Question 20

Visitation

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The Blessed Virgin Mary visited her kinswoman St. Elizabeth.