Literary Forms
The People of the Church:
Making Sense of Scripture
Terms to Know
OT
100

Advice & reprimands to the early churches on Christian living:

What is Letter

100

The highest teaching authority of the Church:

What is Magisterium

100

What the text has to teach us about living a good, just, and moral life.

Moral Sense

100

The critical interpretation and explanation of Sacred Scripture.

what is Biblical Exegesis

100

The name of Abraham's wife

Who is Sarah

200

Writing using symbolic imagery regarding the end times; written to offer hope to persecuted communities:

What is Apocalyptic Literature 

200

The pope in Rome is:

Who is Pope Leo

200

Comes from a Greek word meaning leading. It will lead us to eternity:

What is Anagogical Sense

200

The coherence of individual doctrines with the whole of Revelation. In other words, as each doctrine is connected with Revelation, each doctrine is also connected with all other doctrines.

What is the analogy of Faith

200

Another name for Law

What is the Ten Commandments

300

Instructions on living in right relationship with God & other people:

What is Law

300

The Bishop of Louisville is: 

Who is Bishop Shelton

300

A form of biblical interpretation that considers the explicit meaning of the text. It lays the foundation for all other senses of Sacred Scripture.

What is Literal Sense

300

Emotional and poetic expressions of connection with God, requests for guidance, strength, comfort, and so on

Prayer

300

What is the first five books of the Bible called?

What is the Pentateuch books

400

Teaching stories used to impart understanding, wisdom, guidance, & so on…………

What is Parable

400

The person who assists the priest in mass:

Who is the Deacon

400

A form of biblical interpretation that builds on the literal sense to consider what the realities and events of Sacred Scripture signify and mean for salvation

What is Spiritual sense

400

Narratives of past events infused with theological truths about the meaning of those events

What is Religious History 

400

Who wrote the book of Psalms?

Who is King David

500

An example of the Ten commandments is considered what type of Genre?

What is Law

500

The people in the Church who volunteer their time: 

Who are lay people

500

 Literary device in which characters, events, and other elements represent abstract on spiritual truths. When we examine the allegorical sense of a biblical text, we look at how it points in some way to the mystery of Christ.

What is Allegorical Sense

500

Short, wise sayings on living a life that is pleasing to God

Proverbs

500

How many divisions or sections of books are there in the OT?

What is 4