Key Terms
God's making himself known to us is
What is Divine Revelation?
Total number of books
What is 46?
Total number of books
What is 27?
This is the speed at which God revealed himself to us
What is gradually, over time?
This is the true author of the Bible
Who is God?
The Three Persons in One God
What is the Blessed Trinity?
This is what we learn in the Old Testament
What is about God's relationship with the people of Israel?
This is what we learn in the New Testament
What is the story of Jesus, his mission, his first followers, & the beginning of the Church?
God's revelation began with this
What is the creation of the first human beings and their descendants?
This is another name for the Bible
What is Sacred Scripture?
The written record of God's Revelation and his relationship with his people.
What is the Bible?
One language the Old Testament was originally written in
What is Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek?
This is the language the New Testament was written in
What is Greek?
These are the 2 ways God's Divine Revelation is passed on
What are through the Bible and Tradition (the living witness of the Church)?
These are the 2 parts the Bible is divided into
What are Testaments (Old & New)?
The Revelation of the Good News of Jesus Christ as lived out in the Church.
What is Tradition?
This is about how long it took to assemble all of the books of the Old Testament
What is almost 1,000 years?
This is how long passed between the death of Jesus and the completion of the New Testament
What is 60-70 years?
This completed God's Revelation to us
What is by sending his only son, Jesus Christ?
This is what the word Bible means
What is books?
The special guidance that the Holy Spirit gave to the human writers of the Bible
What is Divine Inspiration?
This is when people started to write down stories in the Old Testament
What is in the 10th century B.C.?
This is what makes up the majority of the New Testament
What is the Gospels?
Through God's acts in history and interactions with people we are able to
What is to know God and respond to him?
This is what guided the human writers of the Bible
What is the Holy Spirit?