Vocabulary
Pray
"to ask" / "to petition"
"Two truths cannot contradict one another"
Does praying to Mary mean that we are asking her to talk to Jesus for us?
Yes
Torah/Pentateuch
Timeline 2
Joshua
Samuel>King Saul>King David, Wisdom and Prophets
Assyrian Conquest
Babylonian Exile
Cyrus of Persia
Alexander and the Greeks
Sparta and the Romans
Hermeneutics
"to interpret"
If you are Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, are the scriptures an example of how faith
is reasonable because they trust that God has truly revealed Himself in the
written/spoken word?
Yes
How many different prayers are in the Rosary?
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
How many Creation Stories are there in the Old Testament?
2
Did David become king?
Yes
religion
"to bind" / "belief system"
*everyone 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
Timeline 1
Adam & Eve > Noah > Abraham > Isaac > Jacob (12 tribes) > (Levi)>Moses
*Levi is one of the 12 tribes
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Is the Bible a historical document?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"
The sign of the Mosaic Covenant is…
Passover
Order the three stages in the formation of the gospels
1)Witness
2)Oral Tradition
3)Written Tradition
Covenant
establishes a sacred bond of kinship
*Salvation history is the story of God's 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
Again and Again, Israel would fall into...
idolatry
*the worship of false gods
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew, Mark, and Luke