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Catechism of the Catholic Church
 Jesus Christ, Son of God
- True or false. To be a Christian, it is necessary that one believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
- True or false. Jesus Christ is God by adoption, which is the reason we also can become partakers of the divine nature.
- Why is the child born of Mary called "Jesus"?
- Because the name "Jesus" means "God saves."
- Because he will save his people from their sins.
- Because the name "Jesus" means "the anointed one."
- Because the name "Jesus" means "the sinless one."
- a and b.
- True or false. The assertion of Jesus as "Lord" is an implicit recognition that we submit our personal freedom to Jesus and the Father.
- True or false. It is because Jesus is both God and man that he alone can be the mediator between God and man.
- Which of the following are true? Choose none, some, or all of the below.
- The Word became flesh for us in order to save us by reconciling us with God.
- The Word became flesh so that we might know God’s love.
- The Word became flesh to be our model of holiness.
- The Word became flesh to make us partakers of the divine nature.
- Which of the following statements is false?
- The word "Christ" comes from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Messiah, which means "anointed."
- Jesus fulfilled the messianic hope of Israel in his threefold office of priest, prophet, and king.
- The term "Christ" became the name proper to Jesus only because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission that "Christ" signifies.
- God called Joseph to take Mary as his wife so that Jesus, who is called Christ, would be born of the wife of Joseph into the messianic line of David.
- Jesus accepted his righful title of Messiah, understood as one who would break the political oppression of the Chosen People.
- True or false. The truth that Jesus is true God and true man means that he has both a human and a divine nature.
- True or false. Jesus is a human person.
- True or false. Jesus has not only a divine intellect and will, but a human intellect and will.
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