Scripture
The Word of God written by human authors under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
What is Scripture?
The living transmission of the Church’s faith and teachings.
What is Tradition?
God guiding the human authors of the Bible to write the truths of faith without error.
What is Divine Inspiration?
Where did the ancient Israelites gather to study Scripture?
What is in synagogues?
How does God reveal Himself to us?
What is through Scripture and Tradition?
The two main parts of the Bible.
What are the Old and New Testaments?
Give one example of Tradition in the Church today.
Examples: the Creed, the Mass, the Rosary, celebrating sacraments, prayers.
Who inspired the writers of Scripture?
Who is the Holy Spirit?
What is Jesus' rising from death to new life?
What is the Resurrection?
What is the living teaching office of the Church, consisting of the popes and bishops, that protects and interprets both Scripture and Tradition today?
What is the Magisterium?
The Gospels tell about whose life and teachings?
Who is Jesus?
Who helps preserve and hand on Tradition in the Church?
Who are the pope and bishops (the Magisterium)?
What does Divine Inspiration guarantee about Scripture?
What is that it teaches the truth God wanted to reveal for our salvation?
What are the four books that tell about Jesus' life and teachings?
What are the Gospels?
What connects all the parts of God's Revelation through time?
What is the Holy Spirit?
What are the four Gospels?
What are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
How did Tradition begin?
What is with the Apostles, who passed on what Jesus taught.
Does Divine Inspiration mean God dictated the Bible word-for-word?
What is No, God worked through human authors using their own words and styles.
What are the letters found in the New Testament that were written to early Christian communities called?
What are the Epistles?
How are Scripture and Tradition like two sides of the same coin?
What is that they are essential and work together to reveal God's truth?
Why is Scripture considered sacred and true?
What is because it was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Why is Tradition important if we already have Scripture?
What is because it helps us understand and live out God’s truth fully.
Why does the Church teach that both God and humans are true authors of the Bible?
What is because God inspired the message, and humans wrote it faithfully under His guidance.
How did the Apostles share Jesus’ teachings before the Bible was written?
What is through oral Tradition — by preaching and teaching.
Give one example of how you live out God's truth in your own life.
Answers will vary—examples: prayer, service, living the Gospel, following Church teaching.