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The spiritual sense that calls us to live good lives and act justly
Moral sense
How Scripture scholars determine how each book of the Bible was first oral tradition, before it was written down
Form criticism
A formal statement of religious belief
Creed
A sign instituted by Christ that is a source of grace
Sacrament
The official public worship of the Church
Liturgy
The process used by scholars to discover the literal meaning of the biblical text
Exegesis
Is used to try to determine the historical and cultural context of biblical text
Historical criticism
A story that gives the cause of something
Etiology
literally means “hidden,” a section in the back of protestant bibles that contains the seven Greek books
Apocrypha
The process of sharing stories and other important pieces of information by word of mouth
Oral tradition
A type of writing that has a particular form, style, or content
Literary genre
Scholars use this in an attempt to find out where biblical material came from
Source criticism
A record of one's ancestry
Genealogy
Saint Jerome’s translation of the Bible from Greek to Latin
Vulgate
Those who interpret the Bible literally
Fundamentalists
The official list of inspired books of the Bible
Canon
Focuses on the editor(s) who collected and arranged sources in a biblical chapter or book
Redaction criticism
An extended comparison in which many elements of a story stand for deeper realities like abstract ideas, moral realities, or spiritual realities
Allegory
Considered the earliest writers before literacy spread
Scribes
Benedictine tradition that helps a person meet God through prayer and scripture
Lectio Divina
The four Great Evangelists
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
The Ark of the Covenant
An inspired utterance made by a someone that expresses God's will
Prophecy
A second-century Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made at Alexandria, Egypt. Seventy scholars worked on the translation.
Septuagint
The prayer of the Church at specific times of the day
Liturgy of the hours