Bible Basics
Literary Styles
In the Beginning
God's Green Earth
Making Good Choices
100
The two main sections of the Christian Bible
Old and New Testaments
100
What type of literary form is the Book of Psalms
Poetry or Song
100
Who are they?
Adam and Eve
100
A simple act of caring for the environment that you can do in the lunchroom with your empty drink bottle. T or F
True
100
_ _ _ is to freely choose to disobey God and break our relationship with him
sin
200
The Bible isn't just one book, but a collection of many books. That is why the Bible is compared to a __________ (type of building)
A library
200
A story that uses symbols to teach a deep truth about God an the world, like the story of Creation, is called______
A myth
200
On the seventh day of Creation, God ____________
rested
200
God entrusted humans to take care of the world. This is called_________
stewardship
200
The State of Grace is being in _____________ with God.
Friendship / Good Relationship
300
The total number of books in the Catholic Old and New Testaments combines is _______
73 books
300
Short stories told by Jesus to teach a lesson, like the story of the Good Samaritan are called_____________
Parables
300
First humans lived in harmony with God in the ___________ of ___________
Garden of Eden
300
Pope ________ wrote a letter about creation called Laudato Si.
Pope Francis
300
The first sin of Adam and Eve that broke their perfect relationship with God is called ________ ____
Original Sin
400
The first book of the Bible is called_____________
Genesis
400
Writing that gives us rules to follow as a people of God are called: ___________
Law
400
God created human beings in His own __________ and ____________.
Image and Likeness
400
Who is he?
Saint Francis of Assisi
400
_________ ___ is like choosing to walk off God's path and get lost in a dark forest.
Mortal Sin
500
The four Gospels are:
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
500
Letter contained in the New Testament, authored by St Paul and others are called_________
Epistles
500
Catholics read the Creation story to understand ___________ truth, not to learn about science.
Religious truth
500
Pope Francis says we must listen to the "cry of the earth" and the "cry of the ____"
cry of the poor
500
God gives us _____ ______ as a gift so that we can choose to love and follow him freely.
free will