Symbolon Video
True or false: God is the author of Sacred Scripture because He inspired the human authors.
True
What are the 2 parts of the Bible?
Old Testament and New Testament
True or false: The Bible features a story in which a donkey talks.
True (Numbers 22:21-40)
Read vv. 28-30True or false: Joseph the foster-father of Jesus is the same Joseph who buried Jesus after the crucifixion.
False
How many people converted after St. Peter’s first speech after Pentecost in Acts 2?
About 3000.
Which was written first: the 4 Gospels included in the Bible, or the Gnostic Gospels?
The 4 Gospels
Did God dictate the Bible to human scribes who copied it down mechanically?
No (YC 14)
True or false: The David who killed Goliath is a different person than the David who is an ancestor of Jesus.
False. (1 Sam 17)
According to John, what are Jesus’s last words before he died?
”It is finished.” John 19:30
Race: Write the most in 1 minute.
Get your pens and paper ready…
How many Biblical place names can you write down in 1 minute?
How many books are there in the Old Testament? How many in the New? How many total?
46
27
73
In what century was the Canon of Sacred Scripture defined?
4th century (YC 14)
True or false: Ruth from the book of Ruth is an ancestor of Jesus.
True (See Matthew 1:5)
Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles?
Luke
An angel was sent to help Tobias, the son of Tobit, on his journey. What was this angel’s name?
Raphael (he goes by Azarias at times)
According to the video, what are the four criteria for the Church to discern if a book is canonical?
Orthodox
Universal (Catholic)
Liturgical
Apostolic
What is the one thing that the Church honors more reverently than Christ’s presence in the Scriptures?
The Eucharist (YC 19)
This book of the Bible tells the story of a prophet who tried to avoid God’s call to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh.
Jonah
What is the name of the place where Jesus was crucified?
Golgotha (“the place of the skull”)
Race: Write the most in 2 minutes.
Get your pens and paper ready…
How many Biblical mountain names can you write down in 2 minutes?
According to the video, do Catholics take the Bible literally? If not, then how do Catholics understand the Bible?
No, Catholics read the Bible literarily (taking into account what the author is intending to communicate).
According to the Youcat, what book of the Bible is a part of the Church’s daily prayer?
The Psalms (YC 17)
What is the name of the person who led the Israelites into the promised land after the death of Moses?
Joshua, son of Nun.
What is the shortest book in the New Testament (by number of verses)?
2 John (13 verses)
FINAL JEOPARDY
Each team gets one minute to submit a final answer (so don’t say it out loud!)
Make your wagers.
1) What language was most of the Old Testament originally written in?
2) What language was all of the New Testament originally written in?
0 = lose wager; 1 = keep score 2 = gain wager