Translation/Authorship
Over how many years was the Bible written?
1000
This Criticism asks what genre a passage is.
This sense of scripture asks what the author's intended meaning is
The Literal/Contextualist Sense
Who are the successors to the Apostles?
the Bishops
With whom should we always read the Bible?
The Holy Spirit
What is canon?
The approved list of books of the Bible
This criticism asks what was happening at the time this story was written.
Historical Criticism
This sense of Scripture looks for a deeper meaning of the story
The Allegorical Sense
What is one thing Faith enables you to do?
Believe in God and all He has revealed.
Accept Jesus as Lord.
Live a Christ-like life.
Participate in the life of the Holy Spirit.
Open yourself to eternal life.
What type of truth are we looking for when we read the Bible?
Religious/Spiritual Truth
What was the first official Bible of the Church?
Vulgate
This criticism asks who wrote this story?
Source Criticism
This sense asks how the story tells us we should live
The Moral Sense
What do we call the teaching body of the Church?
Magisterium
Why should we read within Tradition?
To have an understanding of what has been taught about this scripture in the past
Which Biblical author focused on ritual, prayer, lists, and holy days?
Priestly
This criticism asks how a story may have been edited or changed
Redaction Criticism
This sense asks how a story points us towards heaven
The anagogical sense
What are the two parts of the Deposit of Faith?
Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
What is the Analogy of Faith?
Religious Truths in the Bible do not contradict each other
What did the Elohist focus on? What did the Dueteronomist focus on?
Elohist - Abraham and patriarchs
Dueteronomist - Moses and Law
Define Exegesis
Careful and Prayerful Interpretation of Scripture
Describe the difference between a Literal/Contextualist understanding of Scripture and a Literalist/Fundamentalist understanding?
Literal - author's intended meaning
Literalist - exact meaning of words on the page
Why do we need to hand down Sacred Tradition?
Because they are unchanging truths, but application must change with time
What is the overall purpose of Scripture? (Exact Wording)
To increase our love of God and Others