Philosophy
Definition of "hermeneutics"
What is "the process of interpreting Sacred Scripture"?
Torah/Pentateuch
What are the first five books of the Bible/the Books of the Law?
The definition of "pray"
What is "to petition"?
Does praying to Mary mean one wants her to speak to Jesus?
What is no
The sign of the Mosaic Covenant
What is Passover?
While science asks how, theology asks...
What is why?
Number of creation stories in the Old Testament
What is two?
The definition of "religion"
What is "to bind'?
How many prayers are in the Rosary
7
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
For Abrahamic religions, scriptures are reasonable because one trusts that God has truly revealed Himself in the written/spoken Word
What is yes?
Timelines that were not used during the Old Testament times
What is BC/AD?
Timeline 1
What is Adam/Eve -> Noah -> ABraham/Isaac -> Jacob -> Moses?
The definition of "theology"
What is "the study of God"?
Apostles creed
Again and again, Israel would fall into
What is idolatry?
Process that helps tell the difference between literal and spiritual interpretations of Scripture
Hermeneutics
Timeline 2
Joshua -> Samuel/King Saul/King David/Prophets -> Assyrian Conquest -> Babylonian exile -> Cyrus of Persia -> Alexander and the Greeks -> Sparta and the Romans
Definition of "covenant"
What is the "establishment of a bond of sacred kinship"?
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"
David became king
What is true?
Christians defend the "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
Is the Bible a historical document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
Lectio Divina
Divine Reading (meditating/praying over scripture)
Three stages of the formation of the gospels
1)Witness
2)Oral Tradition
3)Written Tradition
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke