Chapter 2 Vocab

Question 1

Scripture

Answer 1

Written account of God’s Revelation and bus relationship with his people
(Aka the Sacred Scripture or the Bible)
(Gods word written by human authors under inspiration from the Holy Spirit)

Question 2

Divine Inspiration

Answer 2

Special guidance that the Holy Spirit gave to human authors of the Bible
(Guarantees the Bible contains God’s saving truth without error)

Question 3

Tradition

Answer 3

Revelation of good news of Jesus Christ as lived out in the Church, past and present
(Includes the teachings and practices handed on from the time of Jesus through his Apostles to the whole Church)
(Consists of all that the church has learned with the guidance of the Holy Spirit including his/her teachings, documents, worship, prayers, and other practices)
(The source of the Church’s ongoing understanding of the meaning of Revelation and the ways to apply it to our lives)

Question 4

Synagogues

Answer 4

Gathering places for studying Scripture

Question 5

Resurrection

Answer 5

Jesus’ rising from death to new life

Question 6

Epistles

Answer 6

Letters found in the New Testament to the early Christian communities about God’s Revelation in Jesus

Question 7

Gospels

Answer 7

The accounts of God’s Revelation through Jesus Christ

Question 8

Deposit of Faith

Answer 8

All the truth contained in Scripture and Tradition that Christ revealed and entrusted to the Apostles and thus to their successors, bishops, and entire Church

Question 9

Magisterium

Answer 9

The living teaching office of the Church consisting of the pope and bishops