Divine Revelation
This is the "living transmission" of the Word of God, handed down from the Apostles.
What is Sacred Tradition?
The word "Creed" comes from this Latin word meaning "I believe."
What is Credo?
God created the world Ex Nihilo, which means this.
What is "Out of Nothing"?
This Sense of Scripture is exactly what the author intended to say (the facts/history).
What is the Literal Sense?
Knowing God just by looking at nature and using our brains.
What is Natural Knowledge?
This group is made up of the Pope and Bishops and serves as the teaching authority of the Church.
What is the Magisterium?
We call God "Father" because Jesus revealed him as "Abba," which implies this kind of relationship.
What is a loving (or intimate/close) relationship?
These represent the 2nd highest level of the Hierarchy of Being; they are pure spirit with no bodies.
What are Angels?
This Sense of Scripture tells us how to act justly or live a good life.
What is the Moral Sense?
The belief in only ONE God.
What is Monotheism?
This Saint used the "First Cause" argument to prove God exists using reason.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
The central mystery of the Christian faith: One God in three Divine Persons.
What is the Holy Trinity?
Humans are made in the "Image and Likeness of God" because we have these two special powers.
What are Intellect and Free Will?
This Sense of Scripture points toward Heaven or our eternal destiny.
What is the Anagogical Sense?
The doctrine that the Bible teaches the truth without error.
What is Inerrancy?
The official list of inspired books that belong in the Bible.
What is the Canon?
This attribute of God means He is "All-Powerful."
What is Almighty (or Omnipotent)?
The "First Gospel" or promise of a Savior found in Genesis 3:15.
What is the Protoevangelium?
This Sense of Scripture shows how people or events in the Old Testament foreshadow Christ (Typology).
What is the Allegorical Sense?
A specific angel assigned to protect one human person.
What is a Guardian Angel?
Divine Revelation is like a "Three-Legged Stool" made of these three parts.
What are Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium?
True or False: The Father is the Son, and the Son is the Spirit.
What is False? (They are distinct Persons)
The inclination or tendency to sin that remains in us like a stain even after Baptism.
What is Concupiscence?
In the Allegorical sense, the Crossing of the Red Sea foreshadows this Sacrament.
What is Baptism?
St. Jerome said, "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of _______."
Who is Christ?