Old Testament
The section that Genesis is a part of.
What is the Pentateuch/Torah?
This set of books is our principal source for the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, our Savior.
What are the Gospel?
The aspect of the Bible that cannot change.
What is God's Revelation?
What is catholic?
A Greek term for the first five books of the Bible.
What is the Pentateuch?
These books address the ways that God works in individuals' everyday lives.
What are the Wisdom Books?
Continues the story of the Gospel of Luke.
What is the Acts of the Apostles?
The names of the four Gospel writers.
Who are Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John?
A letter. Most often found in the New Testament.
What is an epistle?
Military leaders who led Old Testament Israelite tribes in battle with their oppressors.
Who are the judges?
This set of books includes, generally, reminders to the Chosen People to change their behavior when they strayed from the covenant with God.
What are the Prophetic Books?
These letters addressed the specific needs of particular communities.
What are the Pauline Epistles?
Sacred Scripture is part of this that also includes Sacred Tradition.
What is the Deposit of Faith?
A word meaning "Good News".
What is the Good News?
A large region in the north of the modern nation of Israel, north of Samaria at the time of Jesus.
What is Galilee?
These books describe how God remained faithful to the covenant and how the Israelites struggled to live according to the Law through time.
What are the Historical Books?
These were letters intended for all; they offered “universal” advice helpful to all churches.
What are the Catholic Epistles?
The reason why the Gospel writers waited to write.
What is most people could not read?
This helped the Israelites live in conformity to God's will.
What is the Law?
The Greek word for "revelation".
What is Apocalypse? Or Apocalyptic
The shortest book in the Old Testament.
This letter was originally attributed to St. Paul, but was more likely a sermon or homily by someone else.
What is the Letter to the Hebrews?
The heart of the Bible.
What are the Gospels?
A Greek word that means "teaching".
What is the didache?
The core or essential message of the Gospel that Jesus is Lord.
What is the kerygma?