The Bible or Science
This book of the Bible states that God created the entire world and all its inhabitants in just six days.
What is Genesis?
The descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Who are God's Chosen people?
The Bible was originally written in these three languages.
What are Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic?
The Church calls these two ways of approaching truth in the Bible.
What are the literal sense and spiritual sense?
The father or leader of a tribe, clan, or tradition.
What is a patriarch?
Abraham and Sarah's son's name, which is derived from a Hebrew word meaning "laughter".
What is Isaac
Science says the universe started with this.
What is the Big Bang?
God's self-communication through which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan.
What is Divine Revelation?
The Scripture scholar who completed one of the earliest translations of the Bible.
Who is St. Jerome?
This form of biblical interpretation considers the plain meaning of the text.
What is literal sense?
The history of our faith starts with God's relationship with these two people.
Who are Abraham and Sarah?
Abraham faces a test when God asks him to do this.
What is sacrifice, Isaac?
An interpretation of the Bible that ignores literary forms.
What is fundamentalist approach?
He is known for providing five proofs of the existence of God.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
There are this many Catholic English translations of the Bible that are most often used today.
What is 4?
This interpretation builds on the literal sense, considering what the realities and events of Scripture signify and mean for salvation.
What is spiritual sense?
The gift of God by which one freely accepts God's full Revelation.
What is faith?
This name comes from Jacob's experience of "wrestling with God".
What is Israel?
Takes into account various contexts to understand the truth God is revealing through the Bible.
What is contextualist approach?
The pattern of specific events in history where God reveals His presence and saving actions.
What is salvation history?
This phrase refers to the experience of words losing their subtle meaning when they are translated from one language to another.
What is "lost in translation"?
This sense has us asking what the text has to teach us about living a good, just, and moral life.
What is moral sense?
God established this with Abram in the book of Genesis.
What is a covenant?
Isreal is the name of the nation consisting of this.
What are the twelve tribes, descendants of Jacob's twelve sons?
Both are true, but in different ways.
What are the Bible and science?
The Christian name for the Biblical writings that record God's Revelation to the Chosen People.
What is the Old Testament?
The Latin version of the Bible, translated by St. Jerome.
What is the Latin Vulgate?
This sense has us examining the Bible by addressing the text's eternal significance.
What is anagogical sense?
An object, event, or action that conveys a meaning or represents something else.
What is a sign?
Jacob's twin brother.
Who is Esau?