Vocabulary
Pray
To ask/ "to petition"
Plato's law of nincontradiction
" two truths cannot contradict"
Does praying to Mary mean that we are asking her to talk to Jesus for us?
Yes
Torah/Pentateuch
the books of the law/ first 5 books of the bible.
again and again israel would fall into
idolatry
* the worship of false Gods
Hermeneutics
"to interpret"
the scriptures is reasonable because God has truly revealed himself in the written/ spoken word.
yes
How many different prayers are in the Rosary?
7
The Apostles Creed
The Lord's Prayer
The Hail Mary
The Fatima prayer
The Glory Be prayer
The Sign of the Cross
Hail Holy Queen
Timeline 1
adam & eve> Noah> abraham>issac> jacob> 12 tribes > levi> moses
Timeline 2
Joshua<samuel> king david> wisdom and prophets>
Assyrian
babylonian
cycus of persia
Religion
" to bind"/ "belief system"
* evryone has a belief system(including atheist)
What process helps you to tell the difference between literal and spiritual interpretations of Scripture?
hermeneutics
Apostles Creed
used for baptism
The sign of the Mosaic covenant is
Passover
Were the AD and BC timelines used during the time of the Old Testament?
No
*AD = after death
BC = before Christ
Theology
" study of god"
Is the Bible a historical document?
Yes
*Dead Sea Scrolls
*Note: the ancients did not understand history the same way we do today, the Bible is historical in the sense that it contains ancient documents
Nicene Creed
uses language:
"only begotten son of God"
"begotten not made"
"of one substance (consubstantial)"
"God from God, light from light, true God from true God"
who was the burning bush reveal himself
i am the God of abraham isaac and jacob
Order the three stages in the formation of the gospels
1)Witness
2)Oral Tradition
3)Written Tradition
Covenant
establishes a scared bond of kinship
* salvation history is the story of God saving plan through his covenant
Christians defend the seeming "contradictions" in scriptures and church teachings with an explanation of _______________ and the doctrines of _______________ and ______________.
discrepancies
inerrancy / infallibility
*contradiction means "opposing"
*discrepancy means "not similar"
*inerrancy / infallibility means scripture/teachings cannot error / be false in matters of faith and morals
Lectio Divina
Divine Reading
meditating/praying over scripture
Does praying to Mary mean that we are asking her to talk to jesus for us?
yes
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew, Mark, and Luke