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| MI1 | Pope John XXIII taught that Jesus, the great Church, and the Gospel represent the greatest truths in life |
| MI2 | Jesus taught with authority and prphesized that the Messiah had come |
| MI3 | Jesus was an exceptional teacher who used many teaching skills: he was genuine, available, understandable, dramatic, authoritative, a brillient debater, and challenging |
| MI4 | Jesus used paradox to help him dramatizehis message |
| MI5 | The regions where Jesus taught- Galilee, Judea, and Samaria- had different political, religious and cultural agendas |
| MI6 | Jesus taught that the Kingdom of God was at hand and that the Kingdom was the active presence of God's love, justice, truth, and Salvation working in the world |
| MI7 | Parables are story devices employed by Jesus, which use ordinary events while comparing them to spiritual matters |
| MI8 | Among the messages of the parables are the Kingdom of God is for all; sinners are welcome; Salvation has arrived in the person of Jesus; the Kingdom is for the poor and lowly; and the Kingdom should be rejoiced over |
| MI9 | Jesus' Sermon on the Mount resembles Moses' giving the Law on a Mountain |
| MI10 | The Sermon on the Mount includes Jesus' belssings, the Beatitudes; instructions on how to live and pray; and additional stories |
| MI11 | The Beatitudes fulfill our desire for happiness. Another word for Beatitudes is happniess |
| MI12 | The Lord's Prayer is included in the Gospel of Matthew |
| MI13 | Jesus was a miracle worker who performed these signs to show how the Kingdom of God is present in him, to prove that he is the Messiah, to show that he was sent by God the Father, and to invite us to believe in him |
| MI14 | Jesus' miracles are grouped as physical healings, nature, rasising from the dea, and exorcisms |
| MI15 | the physical healing miracles are described in five steps; an introduction, display of faith, cure, result, and the reaction of the people |
| MI16 | In nature miracles Jesus showed his mastery over the elements; the feeding of the thousand sands is a primary example of this type of miracle |
| MI17 | in his exorcisms, Jesus expelled evil spirits from people who were affected by them |
| MI18 | Jesus brought several people back to life |
| MI19 | Jesus' miracles revealed GOd's power and are a sign of God's Kingdom |
| MI20 | Jesus encountered many people in his ministry, including many common people and those in Jewish sects |
| MI21 | Women were treated with respect and dinity by Jesusand many of his colsest followers were women |
| MI22 | The events of the Paschal Mystery are at the center of the Gospel |
| MI23 | All sinners are respnsible for Death of Jesus |
| MI24 | Jesus was found guilty of blasphemy, turned over to Pntius Pilate by the jewish Sanhedrin, and accused as a political criminal in the Roman court |
| MI25 | It is wrong to hold the Jewish people responsible for Jesus; Death; it is a form of anti-semitism |
| MI26 | Jesus died for all human beings |
| MI27 | The Passion Narratives of the Gospels describe how the events of our salvation unfolded |
| MI28 | Jesus' Death removes the barrier sperating us from God |
| MI29 | The ressurrection of Jesus is the cenrtal truth of the Church; it is the fundamental event of Salvation History |
| MI30 | The Apostles and others came to believe in Jesus both from the empty tomb and his appearence to them |
| MI31 | The Ressurrection proves that Jesus is divine. Its effects are that it repairs our friendship with God and frees us from slavery to sin, death, and suffering |
| MI32 | Luke's Gospel describes in most detail Jesus' Ascension and his prmosie to return again |
| MI33 | At a future event known as the Parousia, Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead |
