Theology 4 Exam

Scripture

100

Timeline 2

Joshua > 

Samuel > King Saul > King David, Wisdom and prophets >

Assyrian Conquest >

Babylonian Exile >

Cyrus of Persia >

Alexander and the Greeks >

Sparta and the Romans

200

Did David become king

yes 

They say hes the Lebron of 1442 BC

300

Were the AD and BC timelines used durng the time of the old testament?

No 

AD = after death

BC = before christ

400

Order the three stages in the formation of the gospels

1)Witness 

2)Oral Tradition

3)Written Tradition

500

Synoptic Gospels

Matthew, Mark, and Luke

Prayer

100

Does praying to Mary mean that we are asking her to talk to Jesus for us?

Yes

200

How many different prayers are in the Rosary?

1. The Apostles Creed

2. The Lord's Prayer

3. The Hail Mary

4. The Fatima prayer

5. The Glory Be prayer

6. The Sign of the Cross

7. Hail Holy Queen

300

Apostles Creed

used for baptism

400

Nicene Creed

uses language: 

"only begotten son of God" 

"begotten not made"

"of one substance (consubstantial)"

"God from God, light from light, true God from true God"

500

Lectio Divina

Divine Reading

meditating/praying over scripture

Scripture

100

Torah/pentateuch 

the books of the law / first five books of the bible

200

How many creation stories are there in the Old Testament?

2

300

Timeline 1

Adam + Eve > Noah > Abraham > Isaac > Jacob> Moses

400

The sign of the Mosaic Covenant is...

Passover

500

Again and Again, Israel would fall into...

Idolatry

Philosophy

100

Science asks how, theology asks....

why

200

The scriptures are reasonable because God has truly revealed himself in the written / spoken word?

Yes

300

What process helps you to tell the difference between literal and spiritual interpretations of Scripture?

hermeneutics

400

Is the Bible a historical document?

Yes

*Dead Sea Scrolls

*Note: the ancients did not understand history the same way we do today, the Bible is historical in the sense that it contains ancient documents

500

Christians defend the seeming "contradictions" in scriptures and church teachings with an explanation of _______________ and the doctrines of _______________ and ______________.

discrepancies

inerrancy / infallibility

*contradiction means "opposing"

*discrepancy means "not similar"

*inerrancy / infallibility means scripture/teachings cannot error / be false in matters of faith and morals

Vocab

100

Pray

word with Latin roots meaning, "To petition", "To ask"

200

Hermeneutics

The process of interpreting sacred scripture

300

Religion

"To bind"/ "Belief system"

400

Theology

study of god

500

Covenant

Establishes a sacred bond of kinship