The first two books of law are
Genesis and Exodus
The historical books tell us of the Israelite's
arrival in the promised land, the judges who protected them, and the first kings
Who were the sons of Adam and Eve
Cain and Able
The Catechism defines sin as
an utterance, a deed or desire contrary to eternal law.
God promised ________ that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Abraham
The Genesis accounts of Creation reveal God's infinite wisdom and his loving goodness, which was
ultimately fulfilled in Christ, the New Creation - The Incarnation
Who murders Abel out of resentment and jealousy?
Cain
To save her infant son from death, Moses' mother places him in a basket and floated it down the
Nile River
In Genesis, we learn that Jacob's family came to Egypt in search of ....
food during a famine
The Israelites followed Moses into the wilderness, only to experience ________ years of hardship on their journey to the Promised Land.
forty
Challenging the forces of the Egyptian pharaoh, Moses was able to lead the Israelites through
the waters of the Red Sea
The Israelites reached Mount Sinai where God presented them with the
Ten Commandments
At some point, pharaoh orders the death of all ________________, hoping to eventually eradicate the Israelite people.
male Israelite babies
Sent by God and assisted by his brother Aaron, Moses stands up to Pharaoh and says,
Let my people go
After escaping Egypt, the Israelites had to cross a desert where their fate seemed uncertain. Food and water were
scarce and the natives were hostile
God promises that after the Israelites agree to the terms of the covenant, they will dwell in the
Promised Land
Like Moses, Jesus delivered the law from a
mountain in the Sermon on the Mount
Incarnation is described as
the Word of God became flesh in the person of Jesus Christ
Who proposed five proofs of God's existence?
St. Thomas Aquinas
The following are an effect of __________
- led to the loss of original holiness
- made humans subject to death
- made sin universally present in the world
Original Sin
What is the goal of scholastic theology?
to present the understanding of revealed truth in a logical and organized form
According to Saint Augustine, what are the four objects we should love?
God, our neighbors, ourselves, and our bodies
This history of how God's saving hand has been at work in and through human history refers to ______
salvation history
What do we call the process by which the original Apostles have passed on their authority to their successors, the bishops of the church?
Apostolic Succession
The following describes ________
- God's greatest invitation to us
- the perfect image of the Father
- the fullness of Divine Revelation
Jesus Christ
Who or what works in us and helps us to believe by preparing us to receive the gift of faith?
the Holy Spirit
What two senses of Scripture did Saint Thomas Aquinas identify?
literal and spiritual
The following are categories of ____________
- Acts of the Apostles
- Book of Revelation
- Pauline lteters
New Testament Books
What do we call the early Greek translation of the Old and New Testaments, used for many centuries in the early church?
Septuagint
If science and faith conflict, what does that mean, according to the church?
As humans we have an inadequate understanding of faith, science or both
The handing on of the message of God's saving plan through spoken words and deeds defines
oral tradition
Criteria used by early Church to determine whether to a book in Sacred Scripture
- community acceptance
- use in early Christian worship
- apostolic origin
Which approach interprets Sacred Scripture based on the most literal meaning of the Bible's words?
fundamentalist approach
The following are categories of the ___________________
- historical books
- prophetic books
- books of law
Old Testament Books
The spiritual sense of Scripture can be broken down into which three categories?
allegorical, moral and analogical
The following Hebrew people are described in the Old or New Testament?
- descendants of Abraham and Sarah
- people who became known as the Israelites after the Exodus
- people who became known as Judeans of Jews
Old
God made his first covenant, promising Abraham's descendants ......
as numerous as the stars in the sky
What does the word Passover refer to?
the feast that celebrates the deliverance of the Chosen People from bondage and the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land; the night the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites marked by the blood of the lamb, and spared the firstborn sons from dea
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are fathers to a people in faith, also called what?
patriarchs
Which strong leader had served Moses and was commissioned by God to lead the Israelites into the promised Land?
Joshua
What finally convinced Pharaoh to allow the Israelites to leave Egypt?
his son died as part of the tenth plague, the deaths of all firstborn males.
When the people were hungry, God rained down little flakes that the people could collect and then could bake into a substance like break. What were these little flakes called?
manna
Why did the Israelites, Jacob's descendants, first come to Egypt?
they came in search of food during a famine
What is God's sacred, divine name, as revealed to Moses?
Yahweh
On what sacred ground dd God from a covenant with his Chosen People?
Mount Sinai
Sacred Tradition
the handing on , or transmission, of the truths Jesus Christ taught
Paschal Mystery
the work of salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ mainly through his Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension
Theophany
God's manifestation of himself in a visible form to enrich human understanding of him. God's appearance to Moses in the form of a burning gush is an example.
Doctor of the Church
A title that the Church officially bestows on those saints who are highly esteemed for their theological writings, as well as their personal holiness
Deposit of Faith
The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
Dogma
Teachings recognized as central to Church teaching, defined by the Magisterium and accorded the fullest weigh and authority
Natural Revelation
The process by which God makes himself known through the natural and created order
Church Fathers
Teachers in the early centuries of the Church whose writings extended the Tradition of the Apostles and who continue to be important for the Church's teachings
Divine Revelation
God's communication about himself and his saving plan for us
Magisterium
Refers to the Pope and all the bishops in union with him under the guidance of the Holy Spirit
Acts of the Apostles
tells us about the early Christian community under the leadership of Saints Peter and Paul, guided by the Holy Spirit
Apostolic Origin
is one of the four standards used to determine whether to include a book in Sacred Scripture
Contextualist
the approach to studying Sacred Scripture taking into account the various contexts for understanding
In the historical books, the saving action of god can be traced to the
Israelites
Vulgate
Saint Jerome's translation of the Bible, used by the Church for more than a thousand years
Allegory
something is said to be like something else in an attempt to communicate a hidden or symbolic meaing
Dead Sea Scrolls
the most important modern discovery of ancient biblical texts, which contain copied fragments from nearly every book in the Old Testament
Hebrew is one of the three original ______________ of the bible
languages
Genesis
is the book in the Bible that explains our origins as people of faith
Messianic Hope
the Jewish belief and expectation that a savior would come to protect, unite, and lead Israel to freedom
Semitic
a term referring to Semites, a number of peoples of the ancient Near east
Primeval history
the time before the invention of writing and recording of historical data
Pentateuch
includes the five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
New East
the region commonly known today as the Middle East, including counties of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan
Through Original Sin the first humans and all their descendants lost their original ____ and became subject to death
holiness
Israel
God changed Jacob's name to this, which means "God-wrestler," after Jacob spent a night wrestling with God's messenger
Promised Land
The land Canaan God promised to the children of Abraham
Emmanual
a name that means "God with us
Creation
describes God's creative activity, structured as a seven-day week, and the second account describes the first man and woman
Original Sin
the lasting influence of this can be seen in the Genesis accounts of the brothers, Cain and Abel, of Noah and the Flood, and of the building of the Tower of Babel
The goal of _________ is to present the understanding of revealed truth in a logical and organized form
Scholastic Theology
The important theologian _____________ proposed five proofs of God's existence
St. Thomas Aquinas
Vatican Council I affirmed the Church's teaching that God can be known in and through creation, informed by ________________
human reason
Historical conditions and the consequences of _____________ often diminish our ability to fully know God's truth through natural revelation alone
original sin
Cardinal Newman's theory, known as __________, says that a number of probable hints point to the existence of God.
Convergence of probabilities
In the Bible, the book called the __________ details the growth of the early church under the direction of the Holy Spirit
Acts of Apostles
If things that lack intelligence still fulfill their purpose, there must be a/an ____________________ that directs all things to their appropriate conclusion
intelligent being
The process by which the original Apostles have passed on their authority to their successors the bishops of the church is called _________
Apostolic Succession
______________ is one single, transforming Word; the perfect image of the Father; the fullness of Divine Revelation
Jesus Christ
__________________________ tells us how God's saving hand has been at work in and through human history.
Salvation History
A biblical _______________ is someone who attempts to interpret the meaning of biblical texts.
...
The Ecumenical Council of Trent declared an infallible definition regarding the _________ of Sacred Scripture, the collection of books that the Church recognizes as the inspired Word of God.
canon
One way to study Sacred Scripture is to consider its ______________ - that is, different kinds of writing, determined by their literary technique, content, tone and purpose.
literary forms
____________ refers to the divine assistance the Holy Spirit gave the authors of the books of the Bible so the authors could write in human words the message of salvation that God wanted to communicate
Divine Inspiration
We look forward to the _________, the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time, when God's plan will be realized and humanity will be glorified.
Parousia
___________ refers to the doctrine that the books of Sacred Scripture are free from error regarding the truth God wishes to reveal through Scripture for the sake of our salvation.
Biblical Inerrancy
Interpretation and explantation of a biblical text is called _____________
biblical exegesis
The first five books of the Old testament are called the Torah, or the __________, a Greek word meaning "five books
Pentateuch
The ___________________ refers to the coherence among the truths of faith, so that understanding one truth helps us to better understand the others
analogy of faith
The term ________________ refers to the synthesis in written form of the message of salvation the has been passed down by word of mouth. This is made possible under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Written tradition
The Decalogue
another term for Ten Commandments
Zipporah
the wife of Moses who was a daughter or Reuel, a priest of Midian
The Sinai Covenant
covenant established with the Israelites that renewed God's covenant with Abraham's descendants
Chosen People of God
a holy nation governed by God's law
Yahweh
means "I am who am
Who discovers Moses in a basket and adopts him?
Pharaoh's daughter
The Torah are
books of law
The Book of Exodus
covers the period of 1500 BC and tells of a people, the Israelites, who were enslaved by the Egyptians
Where does God address Moses from a burning bush?
Mount Horeb
The Gospel
the New Law, revealed by Jesus