Ch. 2

Question 1

What is the bible?

Answer 1

God’s word written to us by humans: sacred scriptures

Question 2

What is the divine foundation for the stories and texts of the bible?

Answer 2

Inspiration

Question 3

What is a canon?

Answer 3

The body of sacred texts; Bible

Question 4

Who are the authors of the gospels?

Answer 4

Evangelists

Question 5

What is your conscience?

Answer 5

The ability to know right from wrong

Question 6

What are stories in the bible that surprise?

Answer 6

Parables

Question 7

What do miracle stories teach?

Answer 7

How God’s power and healing transform the world

Question 8

What is Jesus’s prayer and song book?

A: Proverbs B: Hymns C: Psalms D: Hymns and Psalms

Answer 8

D

Question 9

What is a proverb?

Answer 9

A short sentence of wisdom

Question 10

Jesus Christ is the what?

Answer 10

Central Person in the Gospels

Question 11

What is the Central books in Scripture?

Answer 11

Gospels

Question 12

What are two layers of meaning that can be seen in Scripture?

Answer 12

Literal and Spiritual Sense

Question 13

What are the three dimensions of spiritual sense?

Answer 13

Allegorical, Anagogical, and Moral Sense

Question 14

What is the Allegorical sense about?

Answer 14

Jesus and his life on earth

Question 15

What is the Moral sense about?

Answer 15

Living humbly and justly before God

Question 16

What is the anagogical sense?

Answer 16

Signs of our heavenly future

Question 17

Who were the 4 gospel evangelists?

Answer 17

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

Question 18

What are the three stages of development in the Gospels?

Answer 18

1. Witnessing and Experiencing who Jesus was
2. Passing on stories by mouth
3. The evangelists wrote the bible

Question 19

Where do we hear the Scripture read?

Answer 19

Mass