Chapter 8 Continues and Luke Chapter 2

1/31/2011

 
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First things first, Room 208, your Gospel Introduction Chart is due TOMORROW. Not sure where Thursday came from, but nevertheless, there you go.

Today we began Luke 2 and Matthew 1, comparing and contrasting the birth of Jesus Christ.

Notice how none of the information is inconsistent; Matthew and Luke have similar things to say, just different perspectives on the story.

Tomorrow we will talk more in depth on the similarities and differences between the stories.

For now, respond to the following prompt:
How, if at all, would your faith be affected if we had no infancy narratives in the Gospels?

Your response is due by Wednesday at midnight. To get a 100% I want at least 3-5 sentences explaining the importance (or non-importance) of the inclusion of these stories. Also explain one of the stories of the infancy narratives.

Any generic comment or any comment that lacks proper punctuation, grammar, or writing skills may receive 0 credit.




Alejandro D. 215
1/31/2011 08:52:14 am

Well I think the Infancy Narritives are important to our faith because with out them, we would not be able to understand that Jesus was born human, not send down from heaven(true He was but he did not just fly from the sky, he was born). If we did not know about the Infancy Narritives, we would have a real hard time understanding how God the Father sent us His divine Son to save us from sin. The Infancy Narritives also fulfilled the prophecies that were spoken by the prophets. If we did not know Jesus's geneology, then the prophecy about Jesus being a desecdent of King David may have not been known tyo be fulfilled. If we did not know the birthplace of Jesus, the prophecy that said He would be born in Bethlehem would also not be known to have been fulfilled. The Infancy Narritives allow all the prophecies to be fulfilled and also told us that Jesus was divine but human at the same time. He was also born just like any other child with the exception that he was concieved of the Holy Spirit.

VIctoria Roque 208\
1/31/2011 08:59:46 am

My faith would be affected because I would think that GOd was born like you and I; in a hosipital or in an Inn. Jesus wouldln't really be a part of my life if he were never born because no one would have known. And that means I really would have just heard that a Savior or some Guy was born. Though this would affect my faith because I would have thought that since God can do everything his way I don't hsve to listen to him nor pray to him. If Jesus' birth was never recorded no one would have known except for the people that saw it. But people wouldn't be there if it wasn't important enough to be recorded.

Andres D-208
1/31/2011 09:07:27 am

I believe that the Infancy Narratives would affect our faith, especially as Catholics. Without the knowledge of Jesus' birth we might not understand how He came to be. We know that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. If there were no Infancy Narratives, we wouldn't know this. Try and imagine someone tryin to tell you a really good story, except they leave out the beginning of it. You would probably be lost and it would be hard to explain the story well. This would defiantly affect our faith.

Jordan H. 208
1/31/2011 09:08:35 am

I believe that if we didnt have the infancy narritives then we wouldent Know only the birth of Jesus or understand that he is half human and half divine. Also the narritives fulfilled the prophecies that the virgin will bear the son of God and also the prophecy that John will lead Gods People back to God.

Erika C.-215
1/31/2011 09:14:51 am

I think our faith would be affected without the Infancy Narratives. This is how we know that Jesus became flesh. The Infancy Narratives also explain how God made it possible for Jesus to come into the world. This is central to our faith as Catholics. If we didn't have that, we would not have proof of how Jesus came into the world.

Sam D/215
1/31/2011 09:27:46 am

I think our Faith would be affected without Infancy Narrarives. This is how we know how Jesus was born and most of his life like Jordan said. We really wouldn't understand just about anything we wouldn't know who Jesus was because without knowing that he was born we wouln't know that he exist. We also wouldn't know that he came to save us from sin. We would have no proof because we would have no records, therefore we wouldn't know whether to believe it or not.

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Lauren G
1/31/2011 09:31:35 am

I think our faith would most definitely be affected without the Infancy Narratives because without them, we wouldn't know how our Messiah was born. Now, since we have the Infancy Narratives we know almost everything about Jesus' birth. One thing that we definitely know is that he was born of the Virgin Mary. If we didn't have the Infancy Narratives we would have a very hard time understanding how Jesus was born. Also if we didn't have the Infancy Narratives we would have no proof of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Jasmine H.
1/31/2011 09:34:33 am

I believe that the infancy narratives are very important to our faith. Through them we learn the Jesus was not only 100% human but He was also 100% divine. I believe that Jesus was sent down so that people could physically see something holy (like God) in a way that we understand. I think we would be effected without the infancy narratives, without them we'd just see Jesus as a thirty year old man with no childhood.

Julian A -208
1/31/2011 09:34:51 am

I think if we did not have the Infancy Narratives our faith would have been affected because we wouldn't know how our Great Savior Jesus Christ was born or anything about his youth. Also we wouldn't know about the genealogy of Jesus. It tracks back to 42 generations before Jesus. Because of the Infancy Narratives we know how everything came to be starting with the announcement of the birth of Jesus.

Daniel Camacho. 208
1/31/2011 09:37:07 am

Our life would be affected in a incredible way because without the infancy narratives we wouldnt know about Jesus birth and many people wouldnt believe in Jesus because they never knew how he was born and all that happend during Mary pregnancy.So thats how it would affect everyones life and ours too.

Nicole L 215
1/31/2011 09:54:38 am

I think the infancy narratives are extremely important to our faith. I say this because without them, we would not have the slightest clue about Jesus' childhood. They help us to understand that Jesus had a normal childhood, much like ours. They also explain how Mary could have said no, but as an example to us, she said yes to the Lord and carried his son. The infancy narratives are key to our faith since we get to know the holy family a little better through these first chapters of Luke and Matthew. Even though they are brief summaries they give us the perfect amount of information to be able to understand.

Jose D/ 208
1/31/2011 10:04:14 am

My faith would be affected a lot if there were no Infancy Narratives. We wouldn't know when Jesus(Messiah) was born. We wouldn't have known how the Annuntiation or the announcement of the birth of Jesus would come to be. Nobody would believe in Jesus or God.

Alejandra G. 215
1/31/2011 10:06:32 am

I think our faith would be affected if we didn't have the Infancy Narratives because the Infancy Narratives answer a lot of questions about how Jesus came to be. The Infancy Narratives are vital to our faith because they teach us how our savior was born. If we didn't have the Infancy Narrtatives we would never understand the stories the Bible tells us. We would always be confused when we read stories about Jesus' miracles. Without the Infancy Narratives, we wouldn't be able to understand anything else in the Bible. The Infancy Narratives are like cause and effect. The cause is the Infancy Narratives and the effect is everything else that happens during Jesus' life. Without that cause we wouldn't be able to understand the effect.

Lucy M 215
1/31/2011 10:10:18 am

The importance of the Infancy Naratives like many people have said wihout it we would have no religion and would still be waiting for Jesus to save us from evil. Through His brith, teachings, and death we have learned many things about God's works. But Jesus is the most inportant person ever like a world wide VIP. Without the Infancy Naratives wouldn't have a VIP. All I'm tryng to say is that the Naratives shape the New Testament and our religion they are VERY,VERY important. I can't tell you how important this is without sounding like a first grader.

P.s thank you Alejandro for texting me about the blog.=^-^=

Leslie C. 215
1/31/2011 10:32:23 am

I believe that our faith would be tremendously affected if we did not know about the infancy narratives. First, I feel, we would not see Jesus as a divine being, but just an ordinary man whom we might think crazy. Also, would we take for granted his birth -born of a woman without knowing the great importance of the Virgin Mary? The idea boggles the mind, because it would be a tremendous dominoe effect. It would be like eradicating our faith. Would we see Jesus in another light? Perhaps as a prophet. Would we, to this day, still be waiting for the messiah?

Anthony Rodriguez 208
1/31/2011 10:34:53 am

I think that our faith would be affected if we didn't have infancy narraive's in the Gospels because no one would know how Jesus came to be. If no one knew how he was created, less people would believe in him. We would probely just know him as any other guy in this world. That's why i think our faith would be affected. (:

Victoria L. 215
1/31/2011 10:43:59 am

I think the Infancy Narratives play an important roll in our faith. Without them we would not be able to understand that Jesus was not only 100% divine but 100% human as well. In addition to the birth account of Jesus, the Infancy Narratives explain the genealogy of Jesus. Here we are able to see that one of the Old Testament prophecies was fulfilled. On top of all this, the Infancy Narratives show us the Announcement of the Birth of Jesus. In this story, we see how Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and how Mary, even though not sure of what was going to happen, said yes to God. I think that without the Infancy Narratives we would not be able to completely understand our faith in God and Jesus.

MIichael B.208
1/31/2011 10:55:14 am

The naratives are so important that even people that are not Catholics know the story of Jesus being born in a manger. Knowing that Jesus was born just like us according to the phrophecies gives me a connection to
him. That is why he came in physical form so we could relate to him. Without those stories we would just see him holy and maybe feel that he did not understand us. Defenitelly the naratives are an important part of our faith. Knowing he was the son of God just makes it awesome!

Amanda S- 208
1/31/2011 11:05:19 am

I believe that the infancy narratives in the Bible are extremely important because without them we would not know how Jesus would be born, how Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, why Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, and finally how Joseph is related to King David. Also how He was born, like you said, divine and human. Without these narratives we would also not know that the Magi and the shepherds came to Jesus’ manger. If we didn’t know this and more from the infancy narratives we would somewhat be lost in Jesus’ ministry later on.

Rachel M.215
1/31/2011 11:13:30 am

I think thatour faith would be affected if we didn't have the Infancy Narratives because, without the Infancy Narratives, we would not know how jesus came to be and that Jesus is 100% divine and 100% human.The Infancy Narratives answer a lot of questions about how Jesus came to be. without the Infancy Narratives, we would not have any idea about Jesus' childhood and genealogy.


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Natalie G. / 215
1/31/2011 11:13:42 am

I think the Infancy Narratives are very important to our faith because, they teach us that Jesus was human but he was also God. Without the Infancy Narratives we would think that Jesus was just an ordinary man who was just like everyone else. We also would not be able to comprehend what Jesus was like as a child and what he did.

Mrs. Beadel
1/31/2011 11:18:37 am

Wow, great progress thus far, Seventh Grade!

I was wondering how the news traveled so fast that there is a post.... Ahhh, the texting world.

Kayla Rodriguez 208
1/31/2011 11:34:14 am

All of us have history. We have our mothers, fathers, birthplace, and pasts. Our history makes us who we are today and help other people to understand us more. It'll be pretty difficult to understand Jesus and who He is without knowing where he came from. He is more relatable knowing he was put through the same things we are; and we should have no excuse to not do what He asks of us.
Also, knowing about his past helped to prove many profecies and confirming some questions about our faith.
Not having the infancy narratives and being ignorant about Jeses' past would have taken a very large toll on our faith.

Alex R.
1/31/2011 11:42:48 am

I don't think my faith would be any different because its Jesus's ministry that is the most important.

Steven R - 215
2/1/2011 04:57:41 am

I think without the them, we might have known that Jesus, the Lord, was born. If He did'nt preform miricals, that might have also effected them.

Steven R. -
2/1/2011 05:00:29 am

... further more,we would'nt know about the announcment to Mary when she was told she would have the Savior, Jesus! ;D

Anthony R. 215
2/1/2011 05:22:30 am

I think it will afect our faith because we wouldn't know if jesus was really human, because maybe some people think that if jesus wasn't human than why should i live how God wants us to live.

Jonathan Sardina 215
2/1/2011 05:26:11 am

I think that our faith would be highly affected if there were no infacy narratives because Jesus was 100 percent human and 100 percent divine but we wouldn't know that he was 100 percent human because we wouldn't know he was born like all of us and we would think he was 100 divine only and 50 percent human. If he was 50 percent human he would be les than us which he isn't and we'd think he doesn't know what it feels like fully to be human.

Marlon 215
2/1/2011 05:32:30 am

My faith would be somewhat effected. The reason that it would have effect on me is because its very important to know where Jesus came from . If we just start were Jesus did his readings and know nothing about him I think people would keep questioning the Bible and be saying Jesus is not like a human. Then Jesus would not have such a big effect on us. Also Mary would not be in the Bible And that will effect our Catholic Religion. That is what I think would happen.

Marlon 215
2/1/2011 05:32:50 am

Hello

Amanda D - Hr 215
2/1/2011 05:59:57 am

I think my faith would be very effected if we didn't have the infancy narratives. Without the infancy narratives we woldn't know how humbly (if that even is a word) Jesus was really born. We wouldn't know how the shepards were affected by the angel coming to them or the kings not returning to King Herod. Without all this information we would miss alot of Jesus' childhood actually. As Catoholics, we are always wondering what it would be like at Jesus' birthplace. The infancy narratives kind of gives us an insight of what it was like then.

Alexa C./215
2/1/2011 06:00:52 am

I think my faith would be affected if we did not have infancy narratives. If we didn't have them we wouldn't know Jesus' geneolagy, how exactly He was born, and where He was born. We would be so confused and would always be wondering about Jesus' birth. There would be never ending questions about His birth. We wouldn't know about his early childhood, meaning Jesus getting lost in the temple. All those accounts of His birth play a big part in our faith today because if we didn't know about Jesus' birth, we wouldn't be able to defend our religion.The infancy narratives are so important to our faith because they tell us about how Jesus was truly human and divine. Basically what I'm trying to say is that if we didn't have those infancy narratives we wouldn't be advanced in our faith spiritually or in how much we know about it. We would all be lost and it would be a big mess.

That is why I think that if we didn't have the infancy narratives our religion would be confusing and hart to understand. Aren't we lucky that we have them?

Alexa C./215
2/1/2011 06:05:23 am

I meant to capatilize His in his early childhood, I spelled hard to understand(hart), and I spelled geneology wrong by saying (geneolagy).

Veronica Gonzalez 208
2/1/2011 06:09:57 am

Without the Gospels, we couldn't be Christian Catholics. We couldn't learn about Jesus Christ and sin would never be forgiven and we couldn't start fresh because of Confession. Jesus has made a HUGE impact on our lives. Without these Gospels, we wouldn't have the customs and traditions that we have today. He died on the cross for our sins, and we MUST know that! We would probably follow the Jewish traditions. Jesus loves us THAT much like Mrs. Beadel said in class. Jesus puts the "Christ" in "Christian."

anthony m 215
2/1/2011 06:14:42 am

antony m 215
2/1/2011 06:19:47 am

sorry about that, anyway, i think that the infancy narritaves are important because if we didn't know where Jesus was born, or who he was, we wouldn't know the place he was born to go there and place offerings. and if we didn't know who or what he did we would be almost completely helpless. what would we do in the morning for prayer? at night before you go to bed? before you eat lunch? you'd have nothing to do but science. right? So, yeah, that's what i thimk.

Alyssa Gancedo/208
2/1/2011 06:47:52 am

If there were no infancy narratives than I believe that our faith would be affected. This is because there would be no record that Jesus was born. In the Old Testament it said that a virgin will have a son and He will be our savior. In the infancy narratives it said Mary was a virgin and she gave birth to Jesus. If there was no record of this, than people wouldn’t have known that He was the one to save us from our sins because of His birth. With the infancy narratives we know that Jesus was born and was human like all of us.

Monica D. 215
2/1/2011 06:53:36 am

I think that the infancy narratives are important because they teach us about Jesus' genealogy and how he was conceived. We wouldn't know that the Magi went to see him or that King Herod tried to kill Him. The rest of His life wouldn't have made much sense to us. We would just see a man who made miracles, we could interpret that as a false prophet. I think that the narratives are a vital piece of His life and it would affect everyone who believes in Christ.

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Victoria J. 208
2/1/2011 07:16:00 am

I think if there were no infancy narratives we would not know Jesus as well. The prophets in the Old Testament give us clues about a savior. Without the infancy narratives, we wouldn't know how this message was fulfilled. I think they are important because I think without the infancy narratives, there would be a big mystery of how Jesus came to Earth.

Kendrick R. 215
2/1/2011 07:21:01 am

I think the infancy narratives are important beacause if we didn't know about Jesus that much then we would believe that Jesus was just another prophet that performs meracles like Moses. Their would probably be more Jews than Christians there are today if we did not know anything about the infancy narratives.

The Infancy Narratives tell us about Jesus' birth and how he was know as the savior. If we didn't know about them... well everything I said on the 1st paragragh.

Daniella M./215
2/1/2011 07:26:15 am

I think the infancy narratives are very important to our faith. Without the infancy narratives we would not know anything about Jesus’ life and how divine he was. They also explain when Mary did not know what was going on and why God chose her to have the Lord’s son, but she said yes. This story also explains how Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit. If the infancy narratives were never in the bible we would be so lost in what happened in Jesus’ life. We wouldn’t be able to understand God.

Mae-Lynn F. 208
2/1/2011 07:34:49 am

I think if the Infancy Narrative never existed,we would have ever known if an angel DID come upon Mary.If that was never told there would be no Christmas, and we wouldn't even know if that was the Son of God.We all wouldn't beleive Jesus.If that was never told Jesus would be another man that believed in God, and that completely efect our faith and what we,as Catholics believe in.

Amanda B./208
2/1/2011 07:54:13 am

I think the infancy narratives are very important, because without them we wouldn’t know Jesus’ genealogy, how He was conceived, and where He was born. If there were no infancy narratives it would be very confusing to understand and learn about His life. If they never existed we wouldn’t know that Jesus was born like any other person on Earth. We would just think that He came down from heaven. We also wouldn’t believe that Jesus is 100% human and 100% divine. The infancy narratives are very important to our faith.

Tommy B-215
2/1/2011 08:03:01 am

I think that it would be affected because without it we wouldn't know where Jesus was born, who His mother was, how she was conceived, and so on. Another reason is that how would we know what He did or about when he was at the temple. The last reason is that we would all be confused of how Jesus was born and stuff like that where He was born.thats how I think it was affected.

charles g 215
2/1/2011 08:17:57 am

i think if we did not have the infancy narratives that would be a problem. Because we would not know where Jesus was born. we will not be able to pray. That's what i think.

Alessi A. - 208
2/1/2011 08:26:47 am

I think that not having the infancy narratives would affect our faith. We would not know how Jesus, our savior, was born. We would not know how the promises and prophesies in the Old Testament came true. We probably would not have Christmas or know about the shepherds, the Magi, or how Jesus was born in a manger because there was no room in the inn. We would feel like something was missing in the stories. We would have many questions that would have no answer. The liturgical calendar would probably be different. Many people would not believe that Jesus was even born because there was not enough proof. Many Catholics would be Jews right now, still waiting for the Messiah. Not having the infancy narratives would really affect out faith.

Justin Acosta
2/1/2011 09:07:11 am

Justin A 215
2/1/2011 09:20:03 am

Hey sorry about the first comment. Mrs Beadel please delete it please. So what I think we can't comprehend the Bible or the true story of the preparation and the Birth of Christ without the Infancy Narratives. It would affect our faith. We wouldn't know all about the predictions and the prophesies all those prophets told in the Old Testament. They wouldn't have came true if we didn't have the infancy narratives

Annabelle Menendez - 208
2/1/2011 09:52:05 am

The Infancy Narratives are very important to our Catholic faith because first of all,we wouldnt really have a story or stories to focus on about Jesus's birth or how it happened. Jesus made a huge impact in the Bible and in our lives, if we didnt have the Infacny Narratives we wouldnt really know how he came to be or why.The Bible is one of our proofs to knowing the Catholic religion might be real. It says in the Bible that Jesus was concieved by the Holy Spirit, and the Son of God. Jesus came to us to save us from sin,(think about it, if Jesus wouldnt have saved us we would have a terrible world)he died the ultimate death, and rose up from heaven. If you trace this long and detailed story all the way back to the start, you see how important Jesus and his existence were.Without the Infancy Narratives we wouldnt really know Jesus.

Christina F. / 208
2/1/2011 10:05:19 am

I think the infancy narratives would affect my faith if we did not know about them. The infancy narratives introduce us to faith because they tell us how Mary and Joseph believed the message from God and trusted Him. This is an important message that should not be overlooked or left out. Without the knowledge of how Jesus was conceived, we might see him just as another of God’s prophets, instead of our Messiah who came to save us from sin. We might have only seen him as a normal human who believed in God so much that he died for Him. Jesus’ life builds on the faith that we first encounter and learn about in the infancy narratives.

Steven P. 208
2/1/2011 10:24:06 am

To me I think that the infancy narratives would affect my faith very much if we didn't know anything. I wouldn't know if our Messiah has came or not.Their would not be such thing as Catholics if we didn't know the infancy narratives. I would be still reading the Old Testament and be Jewish. I wouldn't know about the wonderful Prophets God has sent. This is why I think the infancy narratives would affect my faith.

Joseph B. 208
2/2/2011 06:05:31 am

I think that if we did not have infancy narratives we would be missing alot of details. It would very much confuse me also. Jesus' birth would not be known, or the Genealogy of his ancestors, or the Visit from the Magi, or the Massacre of the Infants, or the Annunciation. Without the infancy narratives the New Testament would be a blur.

Gaby A/208
2/2/2011 07:24:28 am

Hi well to me i think the infancy narratives is very important in the bible and it would affect our faith.The infancy narratives talks about Jesus as a kid how is life was when we he was little.It is so important in that way that without it we would kinda doubt our faith, like did this really happen what if he wasn't born just there .We would doubt much about Jesus, think if Mary and Joesph played a big role in his life or not.I think that the infancy narrative is one on the most important pieces in the Bible.

Bradley Chapman
2/2/2011 08:54:38 am

I think the infancy narratives are very important becuase without it we wouldn't know how Jesus was born or if he was even born at all. Also if we didnt't know about the infancy narratives it would be very hard to understand the blessed trinity. If we didn't know about the infancy narratives then we wouldn't know anything about the life of Jesus or what happened becuase he was here on earth. It's even more than that if we didn't know about the infancy narratives alot of what we know and believe today might be completely different

Danny P./208
2/2/2011 09:30:58 am

Danny P. 208
2/2/2011 09:38:44 am

Sorry for not posting before but I think the infancy naratives are important because without the infancy narratives we wouldn't know if the Messiah ever came. We would also not know if Jesus ever died on the cross and saved us from sin. But I guess what i'm trying to say is that if there were no infancy narratives none of us would be in a Catholic school and none of us would be Christian and believe in Jesus because Jesus never came.

Karina A. 208
2/2/2011 10:27:22 am

I think that the infancy narratives are very important in our faith. I think it's important because in order to understand how Jesus came into this earth we need some proof which is the infancy narratives in the bible. This is one way to help people know what God has done to help his people. Without the infancy narratives we wouldn't understand how Mary or Elizabeth gave birth to some of the most important people of time back then. These stories are another way of showing Jesus' childhood and how he was as a kid.

Karina A. 208
2/2/2011 10:34:03 am

Sorry in the third line His should be capitalized :)

Therese C.215
2/2/2011 11:48:52 am

Yes, I think that our faith would be affected if we didn't have the Infancy Narratives. Without them, we wouldn't know how Jesus Christ came to be! I think it is important that we know how He was born. We like to know about Jesus as a child and about the Magi and other important details abouit His lifetime. If we didn't have the Infancy Narratives, we also wouldn't know that Jesus was our Messiah! We would probably be Jewish or some other religion. This is why I think the Infancy Narratives are very important in our faith.


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