Revelation
Tradition
The Bible
Key Words
Potpourri
100
This is God's making himself known to us.
What is Divine Revelation?
100
This is the definition of tradition.
What is the Revelation of the good news of Jesus Christ as lived out in the Church, past and present?
100
This Bible is a collection of these.
What are books?
100
This is the name for the three Divine Persons in one God.
What is the Blessed Trinity?
100
This word refers to God or to gods/deities.
What is divine or divinity?
200
This is where we can find God.
What is everywhere? -or- What is in all things?
200
These Church leaders are the successors of the apostles.
What are bishops?
200
This is the number of books in the entire Bible.
What is seventy-three (73)?
200
This is the word for the special guidance that the Holy Spirit gave to the human authors of the Bible.
What is divine inspiration?
200
The acronym "B.C.V." stands for these three words.
What are Book, Chapter, and Verse?
300
God's Revelation is complete and full only in this person.
Who is His Son, Jesus Christ?
300
This person is the head of all the bishops.
Who is the pope/Bishop of Rome/Pope Francis?
300
These are the two major parts or divisions of the Bible.
What are the Old Testament and New Testament?
300
This word means a type of writing used to get a message across. Examples found in the Bible: ancient folktales, histories, novels, short stories, advice on living, codes of law, letters, prophecy, visions, poetry, hymns, and many others.
What is literary form?
300
Two parts: These are two names for Christians, both in the time of Jesus and today. The first means "follower" and the second means "one who is sent away."
What are (1) disciple, and (2) apostle?
400
The Blessed Trinity contains these three Divine Persons.
Who are God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit?
400
This person and this book are the major sources of Catholic tradition (e.g. practices, belief, liturgies, sacraments, creeds, teachings, etc.).
What are Jesus and the Bible?
400
This is God's relationship to the Bible, a collection of books written by many human authors.
What is the true author of the Bible?
400
This word means the good news about God at work in Jesus Christ.
What is gospel?
400
This is what we learn about in the Old Testament.
What is God's relationship with His Chosen People, the people of Israel.
500
These are two of the ways God continues to reveal Himself to humanity. (Hint: Think "B" and "T")
What are Bible and Tradition?
500
This word describes the living, teaching office of the Church. It is made up of all the bishops (the successors of the apostles) and has at its head the pope.
What is Magisterium?
500
This is the number of books in the Old Testament.
What is forty-six (46)?
500
This is the act of passing on memories of persons or events to the next generation by sharing recollections and stories about the person or event with others in the community. (Hint: think spoken word)
What is oral tradition?
500
This religious order of Catholic priests and brothers was founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540.
What is the Society of Jesus? -or- Who are the Jesuits?