Chapter 2 - Vocabulary

Question 1

Scripture

Answer 1

Referred to as the Sacred Scripture, or the Bible, is the written account of God’s Revelation and his relationship with his people.

Question 2

Divine Inspiration

Answer 2

It guarantees that the Bible contains God’s saving truth without error.

Question 3

Tradition

Answer 3

Is the revelation of the good news of Jesus Christ as lived out in the Church, past and present.

Question 4

Epistles

Answer 4

Letters found in the New Testaments to the early Christian communities about God’s revelation in Jesus.

Question 5

Gospels

Answer 5

The accounts of God’s revelation through Jesus Christ were written.

Question 6

Synagogues

Answer 6

Gathering places for studying scripture

Question 7

Resurrection

Answer 7

His rinsing from death to new life.

Question 8

Deposit of Faith

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Magisterium

Answer 9

The living teaching office of the church, consisting of the pope and the bishops.