Bible Basics
Evolution and Science
Cain And Abel
Noah and the Ark
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How many books are in the Catholic Old Testament, how many are in the Protestant Old Testament
46 books in the Catholic Old Testament 39 books in Protestant Old Testament
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Who were Cain and Able's parents? Who was the oldest brother?
Cain and Abel's parents were Adam and Eve. The oldest of the two brothers was Cain.
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Why did God flood the Earth?
God flooded the Earth because of Polygamy, people were sleeping with multiple people. Extra information: God saw how awful it would be, the effects of not having a father, so he flooded the Earth.
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How many books are in the New Testament? How many in the Catholic Bible?
27 books in the New Testament and 73 books in the Catholic Bible.
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Who killed who in the story of Cain and Abel and why did he kill him?
Cain killed Abel out of jealousy because God accepted Abel's offering.
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God makes the 2nd covenant to Noah and his family. What does he promise to him, and what is the sign of the covenant?
God promises never to flood the Earth again and the sign of the covenant is a rainbow.
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What is the Septuagint?
The translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew to Greek.
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What does inerrancy mean? How does it relate to the Bible?
Inerrancy is accurate and totally free from error the Bible is inerrant in spiritual truths.
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Which offering out of Cain or Able did God accept and why?
He accepted Able's because Able gave his whole self.
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After God floods the Earth, Noah sends out what type of bird and what does it come back with? What does this show?
Noah sends out a dove and the dove comes back with an olive branch. The olive branch shows the waters are receding.
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Who was Martin Luther and what did he do?
He was a German Catholic priest who posted his 95 thesis on what he thought was wrong with the church. These 95 reasons caused the split and continuous split of the church. He caused the reformation of the church.
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What are Cain and Abel's jobs. And what did they each offer up to God?
Cain tends to the garden and offers fruit of the soil. Abel was a shepherd and offers the best sheep, firstling, and fat in portions.
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Why did God choose Noah?
Noah was chosen because he was the most righteous man on earth and he "'walked faithfully with God."
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What is revelation and what are the two types of it? What are examples from the two branches.
Revelation is how God reveals himself to us. The two types of revelation are natural and divine. Natural: creation, reason, people, your heart. Divine: bible, Mary, miracles, sacraments.
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Why does the Bible not contradict science?
The Bible doesn't contradict the Bible because the stories shouldn't be taken literally. It should be taken spiritually.
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What is the name of Adam and Eve's third son? What does his and Cain's name symbolize and mean?
Cain is the Canaanite's known for polygamy and his name means "sons of man." Seth is the righteous people and his name means "sons of God."
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Noah points to 2 things in the New Testament. (Typology) What are they and what points to them from the Old Testament?
1) Baptism; the flood washes away sin, the water and spirit in baptism washes away sin. 2)The Church; the ark represents salvation, being saved.
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