| A | B |
|---|
| Annunciation | Gabriel tells mary she will have Jesus |
| Visitation | When Mary goes to visit Elizabeth |
| Nativity | Jesus's birth |
| Presentation | Jesus is brought for purification to the Temple |
| Immaculate Conception | Mary was never in the state of sin |
| Virgin Birth | Mary conceived Jesus by the Holy Spirit |
| Assumption | Mary went to heaven |
| Infancy Narratives | Proclaim Jesus as Son of God and Savior of World |
| Mary's privelages | Immaculate Conception, Virgin Birth, Assumption |
| Matthew's version | basic - talks of Jesus's birth and wise men |
| Luke's version | Detailed, discusses John's birth as well as Jesus' |
| Zechariah | Elizabeth's husband |
| Elizabeth | bore John the Baptist |
| Joseph's Dream | tells him to accept Jesus |
| Wise men | tell them to flee to Egypt |
| historical statements | Facts told in the Bible |
| symbolic statements | Have another reason for being used in the story |
| Lukes infancy narrative | Shows Jesus as being poor and shows other outcasts |
| Matthew's infancy narrative | Shows Jesus as a King |
