| A | B |
| Gospel | means "good news" |
| evangelist | means "announcer of the good news" |
| wrote the Gospels | Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
| emphasized what it was like to be a disciple of Jesus | Mark |
| paid special attention to the needs of the church community | Matthew |
| showed how Jesus' salvation embraces all people | Luke |
| tried to understand inner meaning of Jesus' words | John |
| wrote about how Jesus' miracles were full of signs and hidden meanings | John |
| number of stages the Gospels were formed in | three |
| the first stage of the formation of the Gospels | Jesus talked and acted on Earth |
| the second stage of the formation of the Gospel | the apostles and others preached about what Jesus and said and done |
| the third stage of the formation of the Gospels | Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wrote the Gospels down |
| when the kingdom of God will come | when Christ comes again at the end of time |
| heaven | our everlasting joy in living a life in communion with God |