Bible Basics
This is the total number of books in a Catholic Bible.
What is 73?
This is the most basic level of reading—just looking at what the words actually say.
What is the Literal Sense?
This is the belief that "The Bible is all you need," which Catholics say is not actually found in the Bible.
What is Sola Scriptura (Bible Alone)?
This saint translated the whole Bible into Latin so more people could read it.
Who is St. Jerome?
You should always start reading the Bible with this.
What is Prayer?
The Bible is divided into these two main sections.
What are the Old and New Testaments?
This sense looks at how things in the Old Testament (like Noah's Ark) point to things in the New Testament (like Baptism).
What is the Allegorical Sense (or Typology)?
Catholic Bibles have 7 more books than Protestant Bibles. These 7 are called the...
What is the Deuterocanon?
This was the very first book ever printed on the printing press.
What is the Bible?
This 4-step method of "Holy Reading" involves reading, thinking, praying, and resting with God.
What is Lectio Divina?
This term means God "breathed" His truth into the human writers.
What is Inspiration?
This sense helps us figure out how we should act or live our lives.
What is the Moral Sense?
Besides the Bible, Catholics also look at this "living" passing down of the faith from the Apostles.
What is Sacred Tradition?
For the first few hundred years of the Church, most Christians didn't have a Bible; they learned the faith through this.
What is Preaching/Tradition/Oral Teaching?
Father Chacon suggests that beginners should start with this Gospel, not the Book of Revelation.
What is the Gospel of John (or Mark)?
Because God is the author, the Bible cannot be wrong about the truths needed for our salvation. This is called...
What is Inerrancy?
This "future-focused" sense looks at how Bible stories point us toward our final home in Heaven
What is the Anagogical Sense?
This is the official teaching office of the Church (the Pope and Bishops) that helps us interpret the Bible correctly.
What is the Magisterium?
This 16th-century movement led to many people leaving the Catholic Church and removing books from the Bible.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
The "Analogy of Faith" means that no Bible verse can _____ a teaching of the Church.
What is Contradict?
Father Chacon says the Bible is not just a book, but a "Library" because it contains these different styles of writing (like poetry, history, and law).
What are Literary Genres?
**** This person is the "Key" to unlocking every sense of the Bible.
Who is Jesus Christ?
While some people think the Church "added" books, the Church actually did this to the list of books in the 300s.
What is "Defined" or "Closed" the Canon?
This famous Greek translation of the Old Testament was the one used by Jesus and the Apostles.
What is the Septuagint?
To understand a verse, you have to look at the "Context," which means looking at the verses _____ and _____ it.
What is Before and After?