background to scripture- genesis creation stories Flashcards
revelation
gods revealing of himself and his will in our world
scripture
the word of god put into writing by human authors under the divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit
tradition
the core truths and teachings of the christian faith as taught by the apostles and passed down through the centuries
what are examples of things not found in the bible
rosary, creed, liturgical calendar
what does the name veronica mean
true image
what are the 3 branches of christianity
catholic, orthodox, protestant
catholic
1st
roman church, western church, mainstream church, apostolic
orthodox
11th
eastern church, russian, greek
protestant
16thc
lutheran, methodist, baptist, evangelical
def of apostolic
continues the teachings of the apostles
what was the catholic church founded upon
scripture and tradition
what was the protestant church founded upon
scripture only
translation of scripture alone, who called it this
sola scriptura
martin luther
authorship of the bible
god is the author not man
inspiration
describes the Holy Spirit working in and through human writers to communicate Gods word to the world
inerrancy
doctrine that states the bible is without erro
what does the bible teach
the truth God Reveals to us
literal truth
belief that the bible is true in every literal detail, both historically and scientifically
religious truth
belief that the bible is true in the sense that what each passage coveys is gods truth for us
translation of bible in greek
the books
describe the bible
one book written by many authors over many generations in many different languages
canon
the official list of divinely inspired books that make up the bible
OT synonyms
hebrew scriptures
jewish bible
the original covenant
septuagint
Septuagint
greek translation of OT
how many books are in the catholic bible
73
how many books are in the OT
46
how many books are in the NT
27
what are the OT subdivisions
the torah
the historical books
wisdom literature
prophetic books
NT subdivisions
four canonical gospels
the acts of the apostles
st.pauls letters
the book of revelation
torah
means jewish law
refers to the first five books of the OT
synonym for torah
pentateuch
what does pentateuch mean
5 books
first five books of the bible
genesis exodus Leviticus numbers Deuteronomy
bc means
before christ
ad means
anno domini
what does anno domini mean
in the year of our lord
what are the religious perspective abbreviations
bc and ad
what are the historical perspective abbreviations
bce, ce
bce means
before the common era
ce means
common era
adjective to describe the historical perspective
secular
secular means
not religious
how much does 1 day equal in the creation stories
not 24 hours
what weird about the statement:
let us make man in our image and likeness
reference to the trinity-our triune god
dominion means
humanity is responsible for caring for all of gods creations
what does adam mean
human person or soul
who is made in gods image and likeness
human person not man
characteristics of god
loving forgiving and compassionate
gen 1 starts with
god….
gen 2 starts with
lord god
