The Canon
Important discovery made in 1947 in Qumran which led to discovery of a massive library of biblical documents?
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
The Incarnational presence of God in the world today.
What is The Church?
Saint Jerome's 3rd Century translation of the Bible into Latin.
What is the Vulgate?
To show respect, awe, and gratitude to saints for their exemplary devotion to God.
What is to venerate?
Artifacts from saints, often body parts or personal possessions, imbued with the holiness of the saint and believed to project God's grace to others (often in the form of healing).
What are relics?
Written by Saint Luke, this is considered the first recorded history of the Church.
What is Acts of the Apostles?
Four descriptions of the Church that are central to the Nicene Creed.
What are one, holy, catholic and apostolic?
What is Mystical Theology?
Mid-20th Century movement aimed at restoring Christian unity.
What is the Ecumenical Movement?
Eastern and Western Churches are thought to have developed along the same lines as those drawn by this Roman emperor.
Who is Diocletian?
Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, dating to 3rd Century Egypt. It overlaps with Deuterocanon.
What is the Septuagint?
Salvation theology which asks who is saved, by whom, from what, and by what means?
What is Soteriology?
Study of the interconnections among theological doctrines and sources.
What is Systematic Theology?
When Churches recognize one another as counterparts of a larger whole they are described as being in this.
What is full communion?
Object or action which enhances the sacred quality of worship or personal devotions.
What is a sacramental?
Thirteen letters believed to have been written by Paul the Apostle.
What are the Pauline Epistles?
Study of the least things or end times.
What is Eschatology?
Seeks to understand how oral traditions were passed down in the early Church.
What is Form Criticism?
Besides Baptists and Evangelicals, these Christian denominations teach that Tradition should play no formal role in theology.
What are Protestants?
A special gift or grace of the Holy Spirit given to an individual Christian or community, commonly for the benefit and building up of the entire Church.
What is charism?
Seeks to understand how gospel writers redacted or edited their sources. It is concerned with why the same stories reappear in the Bible and why accounts vary in interpretation, tone or theme.
Redaction Criticism
The Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
What is filioque?
Text written around the 10th Century by exacting and skillful Jewish scribes who had perfected a system for meticulous copying of books.
What is Masoretic Text?
They claim that "true" Christians must read the Bible as a literal record of natural history and reject findings of modern science.
What are Fundamentalists?
Greek word that means God-talk or "talk about God."
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