Vocabulary 1
A solemn agreement between human beings or between God and human beings in which mutual commitments are made
What is Covenant
One of the four accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus in the Bible written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, respectively.
What is Gospels
The seven Old Testament Books that Catholics include in the Bible but Protestants do not
What is Deuterocanconical Books
Because Scripture is God’s ________________, we meet God when we read it or hear it proclaimed. Whenever we read Scripture, our loving Father in heaven talks to us.
What is WORD
The image of the eagle represents _____________because the Gospel opens with sublime theological thoughts, -The Divine Word that existed in the beginning with God, so his symbol is the eagle that sours high and according to the legend is the only creature able to look into the sun.
What is John
The study of the Bible that uses a number of methods and criticisms to interpret the Scriptures.
What is Exegesis
The official list of books that the Church declares are part of the Bible, the inspired Word of God
What is Canon of Scriptures
Approved by the Church as a book to be included in the Bible
Canonical
The Bible is a collection of 73 books that contain the story of ___________________
a. Historical Facts
b. Jesus's Life
c. Salvation History
d. Our Sin
What is C. Salvation History
The Old in Old Testament may suggest to some people that the Old Testament is out of date or not important, thus a better term might be ______________
What is First Testament
The first part of the Bible composed of forty-six books written by the Israelites. It records salvation history prior to Jesus
What is Old Testament
The second part of the Bible that tells how God’s promise of salvation made in the Old Testament is fulfilled in the saving acts of Jesus. It was written by Christians and contains twenty-seven books: the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
What is New Testament
The guidance of the Holy Spirit in the development of the Scriptures, whereby the Spirit guided the human authors to teach without error those truths of God that are necessary for our Salvation.
What is Biblical Inspiration
The image of the Lion is used to represent ____________because the Gospel opens with the voice of John rewarding in the Wilderness.
What is Matthew
Around AD 382 Pope Damasus I commissioned this Saint to translate the Bible into Latin, the language of the people.
Who is Saint Jerome
A document that biblical scholars believe was used by Matthew and Luke as they wrote their Gospels. It is named for the German word quelle, which means “source”.
What is Q Source
The passing down of sacred wisdom, parables, regulations, and rules of life revealed to the ancestors from generation to generation by telling them. Many stories and teachings in the Bible were passed on by oral tradition before they were written down.
What is Oral Tradition
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke means that these Gospels follow a similar pattern in both their overall structure and individual narratives
What is Synoptic Gospels
The image of the man represents ________________because the Gospel begins with the human genealogy of Jesus.
What is Mark
The Gospels are not historical documents or biographies as we know them, rather they are four ______________________ of faith written from four different perspectives.
What is Testimonies
A literary form associated with the end times or the last things that anticipates the time of Last Judgement when Jesus returns. It generally appears in times of turmoil and uses symbols and images to communicate a message to the intended audience while preventing enemies from understanding its true meaning.
What is Apocalyptic Literature
One of the four Gospel writers
What is Evangelist
God's Self-communicating disclosure of the divine plan to humankind through creation, events, people, and most fully, in Jesus Christ
What is Revelation
The image of the ox represents ________________because the Gospel starts with the priest Zechariah’s offering a sacrificial animal.
What is Luke
The Acts of the Apostles is a narrative about the early Church and its growth in particular to the Gentiles. it is thought to be written by ___________________as the second volume to his Gospel
What is Luke