The Incarnation

Question 1

what is the Incarnation?

Answer 1

the word became flesh

Question 2

what is Salvation?

Answer 2

deliverance from sin and its consequences

Question 3

what is Theological?

Answer 3

academic study of God and religious ideas

Question 4

what is the Virgin birth?

Answer 4

the belief that Jesus was not conceived through sex

Question 5

why is the Virgin birth important to Catholics?

Answer 5

• Jesus was the Son of God
• God was in him and he was in God
• Jesus had two natures - human nature (human being), divine nature (as God)

Question 6

why is the Incarnation is important for Catholics?

Answer 6

• God came to Earth in Jesus to save people from their sins, showing he cared for the world
• in Jesus, humans can see what God is like
• through the Incarnation, God began the process of salvation from sin

Question 7

what is a Source of wisdom for the Incarnation?

Answer 7

St Paul says that in Colossians that ‘the Son is the image of the invisible God.’