Bible Basics
The two major divisions of the Bible
What are the Old Testament and New Testament?
The first 5 books of the Bible which are about creation and the laws God gave to his chosen people and are known collectively as...
What is the Pentateuch?
The Gospels tell the story of the life and death of this man.
Who is Jesus?
The first man and woman.
Who are Adam and Eve?
What we call the sin of Adam and Eve that has been passed on to all of their descendants.
The two senses of Scripture as defined in the Church document Dei Verbum.
What are Literal and Spiritual?
The books that tell about the formation of the Kingdom of Israel and its rise and fall, which include Joshua, Judges, 1st & 2nd Kings, Ezra, and Esther (plus 10 more books).
What are the History Books?
Of the four Gospel writers, which two were apostles.
Who are Matthew and John?
This Old Testament patriarch is called the "Father of Faith" and is held in common by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Who is Abraham?
The doctrine that the second person of the Holy Trinity took on human flesh and came to dwell on earth with both divine and human natures.
What is the Incarnation?
(Could also accept hypostatic union)
The three Spiritual senses of Scripture
What are allegorical, moral, and anagogical?
The collective name for poetry of the Psalms and the Song of Songs, the sayings of Proverbs and Wisdom, and the books of Job, Ecclesiastes, and Sirach.
What is the Wisdom Literature?
The book that contains the story of the beginnings of the Church.
What is The Acts of the Apostles?
The apostle that Jesus named the Rock on whom the Church was built.
Who is Simon Peter?
An agreement between God and his people that makes us family; more than a contract, it is an exchange of persons.
What is a covenant?
The number of books in the bible
What are 73? (46 Old Testament, 27 New Testament)
***Some sources say 72 because they combine two Old Testament books
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Malachi are just a few of the books written by these oracles.
Who are the Prophets?
Although Paul wrote the majority of the Epistles, many were written by other apostles. Name two of the other apostles whose epistles are included in the New Testament.
Who are John, Peter, Jude, and James?
This apostle actually persecuted Christians before he encountered the Risen (and Ascended) Christ on the road to Damascus.
Who is Paul?
Jesus died on the cross for our _______________
What is Salvation?
The Bible is best described as a collection of books about God's love for his people inspired by...
Who is the Holy Spirit?
True or False: The Old Testament isn't really important because Jesus's coming made most of it irrelevant.
What is False?
Written by the apostle John, it is the most misunderstood book in the Bible.
What is the book of Revelation?
This disciple travelled with Paul and is credited with writing a Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles.
Who is Luke?
When we say that God is one God, in three divine persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we are talking about this doctrine.
What is the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity?