Vocab
What is Divine Revelation
How God reveals Himself to us directly.
Describe Cain and Abel
-Cain brought fruit from the ground.
-Abel brought his best calf, and Cain kills Abel because he is jealous and mad.
-God says Cain will be a wanderer of the earth
-No one is allowed to kill Cain
Describe what happens literally in the Creation story.
God creates the world from nothing in about 7 days. He then places humans in the garden that He made. Adam and Eve
Original Sin
The sin of our first parents in the garden of Eden. We are stained with it
The first 5 books of the Bible= (name and books)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
The Pentateuch
What does deuterocanonical mean
2nd canon, it is the 7 books Martin Luther removed.
Describe the story of Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot offers up his daughters
God tells Lot and his family to leave the city because He is going to destroy it.
They leave but his wife looks back and turns to a pillar of salt.
Describe what happens morally in Jacobs name change.
Jacob's name is changed to Israel, meaning "one who wrestles with God." This morally suggests that humanity will constantly struggle with God.
Promises to Abraham
To make him a great nation, to bless him and his descendants, the promised land
What comes after Judgesv
Ruth
what is Dogma
You must believe these teachings to call yourself Catholic, they are infallible.
Describe Noah's ark story
God tells Noah to build a big boat to save his family and the animals from the earth's sinfulness
He does, and they are on the water for over a year
They are floating in the water with dead people
They get the sign of a rainbow, and God promises to never kill humanity with a flood ever again.
Describe what happens Anagogically in Sodom and Gomorrah
-References the end of the world in Revelation
-We will look back at our lives during the final judgment
Infallible
Without error
What comes after Tobit
Judith
What is Doctrine?
You don't have to believe, but it is recommended.
Describe Abram's call to migration
God tells Abram to trust Him and leave his homeland.
He asks that he trust in God's plan and that He will make Abram a great nation.
Describe what happens allegorically in Isaac's near sacrifice on Mt. Moriah
-Isaac=Jesus
-Isaac almost gets sacrificed on the same mountain that Jesus died on to save the world.
-Both are the son of the father
Magisterium
The teaching authority of the Church
What comes after 2nd Chronicles
Ezra
What does Typology mean?
Things in the Bible that point or foreshadow the New Testament.
Describe the story of Ishmael and Isaac.
Abram and Sarai don't trust in God's plan, so she tells him to have a baby with her servant. They name the kid Ishmael.
Then, God fulfills His promise by giving Abram Isaac through Sarai.
God still cares for Hagar and Ishmael after they leave.
Describe what happens literally in Jacob's marriage.
Works for 7 years to marry Rebecca, but gets Leah instead. Works for another 7 years to marry Rebecca. They get married, and poor Leah is forced to be the 'ugly sister'
What is the word for the first promise of a savior in the Bible?
Protoevangelium
What comes after Ruth?
1 Samuel