Scripture and Senses
The Bible is called this type of text because it connects us to God in a personal way every time we read it today.
This Gospel writer was a former tax collector who wrote to show Jesus as the promised Messiah with over 65 OT prophecies.
Who is Saint Matthew?
A primary spiritual truth taught in both Creation Stories (Genesis 1:1-2:4) regarding humanity's identity.
What is that humans are made in God's image and likeness (or given stewardship)?
Unlike a secular contract that deals with services/goods, a covenant is a sacred agreement that deals with these.
What are Promises with God?
How God first appeared to Moses while he was tending sheep in the desert.
What is a Burning Bush (that was not consumed by fire)?
This sense of Scripture focuses on the direct, historical meaning of the words written by the sacred authors.
What is the Literal Sense?
This Gospel writer was a Greek physician whose writing emphasized Jesus' compassion for vulnerable and marginalized people.
Who is Saint Luke?
Good habits and positive attitudes that make us likely to do what is good and avoid what is evil.
What are the Virtues?
The visible sign given to Noah that God would never flood the entire earth again.
What is a rainbow?
The mountain where God delivered the Ten Commandments to Moses.
What is Mount Sinai?
This sense of scripture uses stories that might be exagerrated to tell a story with a deeper and sometimes hidden message.
What is the Allegorical Sense?
This Gospel Writer was a persecutor of Christians before converting to Christianity - his original name was Saul.
Who is Saint Paul?
This Theological Virtue keeps us searching for true happiness in God, prevents discouragement, and is nourished through prayer.
What is Hope?
The covenant made with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is affirmed by us when we accept which sacrament?
What is Marriage?
The idol the Israelites made and worshipped while Moses was away on the mountain, causing Moses to break the stone tablets in anger.
What is The Golden Calf?
The four writers who detailed the life of Jesus Christ are referred to as the what writers?
who are the Evangelical Writers?
This Gospel writer is sometimes referred to as 'the Baptist' and was the person who baptized Jesus Christ.
Who is Saint John?
The most basic Christian virtue, which uses Jesus' unconditional care for others as its ultimate model.
What is Love (Charity)?
The promise God makes to Noah.
What is to never flood the Earth again?
Moses is the name given by the Pharaoh's daughter and describes how he was taken in by the Pharaoh's family.
What is "Drawn out of the water"?
This sense of Scripture teaches us how a passage points toward eternal life, Heaven, and our final destiny with God.
What is the Anagogical Sense?
Genesis 7:11-15 (detailing the Great Flood) belongs to this literary genre in Scripture.
What is Narrative/Myth?
What is that it affirms that Man and Woman were created equal?
This sign of the Covenant is made with Moses atop Mount Sinai.
What are the 10 Commandments
The action the Israelites performed during the Passover to protect their firstborn from the final plague.
What is smearing lamb's blood on their doorposts?