Theology Basics
The study of religion and God
What is theology?
The biblical Revelation about the origins of sin expressed in the account of Adam and Eve.
What is the Fall?
One way we can come to know God exists is through this
What is creation?
Digital or hardcopy, the word Bible means this
What is books?
The Bible is a collection of books, like one of these
What is a library?
The entire People of God throughout the world
What is Church?
The sin of Adam and Eve, who disobeyed God, losing their access to the Garden and becoming subject to death.
What is original sin?
The One who is God most fully revealed.
Who is Jesus Christ?
Fire! The books of the Bible officially recognized by the Church as the inspired Word of God.
What is canon?
The handing on of the message of God's saving plan through word of mouth
What is oral tradition?
A set of beliefs and practices concerning the cause, nature and purpose of the universe agreed upon by a group of people
What is religion?
Any deliberate offense, in thought, word or deed, against the will of God.
What is sin?
The aspect of a human being that is made in God's image.
What is a soul?
The doctrine that the books of the Bible are free from error regarding the truth that God wishes to reveal for the sake of our salvation
What is biblical inerrancy?
The approach to the Bible that uses literal interpretation without regard to the historical or cultural context.
What is the fundamentalist approach?
Belief in God or in the doctrines and teachings of religion that is not based on proof.
What is faith?
A state of eternal life and union with God in which one experiences full happiness and the satisfaction of the deepest human longings.
Knowing God through the natural world and our human reason.
The Bible was written in three languages: Aramaic, Greek, and this language
What is Hebrew?
This preserves God's saving words and deeds in writing.
What is written tradition?
One's "inner voice" guided by human reason and Divine Law; enables us to make good moral judgments.
What is conscience?
The original state of Adam and Eve before the Fall, a state of complete harmony with each other and with all of creation.
What is original justice?
The source of our complete fulfillment, found only in our union with God.
What is ultimate good?
The seven examples of this are: Judith, Tobit, Baruch, Sirach, Wisdom, 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees.
What are deuterocanonical books?
This approach to the Bible takes into account the various contexts for understanding; historical and cultural background, literary forms and the senses of Scripture, for example.
What is contextualist approach?