Vocabulary
The first human beings were in harmony with God, themselves, and creation.
What is Original Justice?
The ___ sense of Scripture is what the words mean at the surface level and as it was understood at the time it was composed.
What is Literal?
This was created in an orderly way to share God's own self.
What is the world?
Humans are created in this way.
What is equal and different?
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What is in God's image?
A word that comes from the Greek, which generally means "a messenger from God"
What is an Angel?
The first human beings shared intimately in God's divine life.
What is Original Holiness?
The ___ sense of Scripture refers not just to the words themselves, but to what is signified by the words.
What is Spiritual?
Babylonians and others believed in multiple gods, but the biblical authors affirmed this.
What is only one God?
These two people were born in a state of original holiness and original justice.
Who are Adam and Eve?
Deliberate exaggerations as a figure of speech to make a point.
What is a Hyperbole?
The human attempt to provide rational explanations for why things are the way they are.
What is Philosophy?
The ___ sense of Scripture seeks instruction for living and behaving.
What is Moral?
Made in God's own image and likeness, ___ alone are called to share, by knowledge and love, in God's own life.
What are humans?
This is neither male nor female and is pure in spirit.
Who is God?
An explanation of the cause of something.
What is Etiology?
The accounts humans have told and recorded about the origins of the earth, humans, other creatures, languages, and cultures.
What is Primeval history?
The ___ sense of Scripture derives heavenly matters from earthly matters described in the narrative.
What is Anagogical?
God used this to create the universe.
What is nothing?
God willed for these two people to be for each other
The Second Coming of Christ, when the Lord will judge the living and the dead.
What is Parousia?
The Babylonian epic or myth of creation
What is Enuma Elish?
interpreting Scripture in a ___ manner recognizes the unity of the Old and New Testaments
What is Typological?
Jews and Christians have a ___ view of created reality.
What is positive?
God communicated that the two genders are this.
What is good?
Attributes human characteristics or experiences to God.
What is Anthropomorphism?