Chapter 3

Question 0

Allegory

Answer 0

A prolonged metaphor

Question 1

Allegorial Sense

Answer 1

The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that shows how people and events in history suggest future events and people. Also known as the typical sense

Question 2

Anagogical Sense

Answer 2

The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that shows how events un Scripture point to what will be in Heaven

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

A way of understanding by drawing a comparison or likeness or dissimilarities between two things or relationships

Question 4

Apostles

Answer 4

From the Greek for “one sent forth”. Refers to the Twelve chosen by Jesus during his course of his public ministry to be his closest followers, as well as Sts. Matthias, Paul of Tarsus, Barnabas, and the enlighteners of whole nations

Question 5

Apostolic Fathers

Answer 5

Those fathers of the Church who were direct disciples of the Apostles and wrote during the end of the first century and the beginning of the second century

Question 6

Apostolic Succession

Answer 6

Term used to describe the lineage of the Catholic bishops and pope through the ages by which each holds office in a direct link to the Twelve Apostles

Question 7

Apostolic Tradition

Answer 7

The passing on of the Faith of the Apostles to each generation

Question 8

Bishop

Answer 8

A consecrated successor to the Apostles, usually charges with the spiritual and administrative care of a given territory or diocese. Comes from the Greek word “episkopos”

Question 9

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Answer 9

A summary of Catholic teachings

Question 10

Church Fathers

Answer 10

See Fathers of the Church

Question 11

Council

Answer 11

See Ecumenical Council

Question 12

Council of Jerusalem

Answer 12

Recounted in Acts 15, this synod of the Apostles around AD 49 or 50 spoke with the authority of the Holy Spirit in deciding that Gentile converts to Christianity did not have to be circumcised or obey the Law of Moses

Question 13

Deposit of Faith

Answer 13

The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed on in the Church from the time of the apostles, from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed

Question 14

Ecumenical Council

Answer 14

From the Greek oikoumene, meaning “the whole world.” A formal synod of bishops (sometimes with other ecclesiastics) from the whole inhabited world convened to define doctrine, regulate the Christian life, or apply discipline in the Church. The first ecumenical council was held in Nicaea in AD 325.

Question 15

Fathers of the Church

Answer 15

Refers to a number of Christian writers from the first through eight century whose lives reflected the teachings of Christ and whose teachings were in perfect harmony with the Church. Their value is in fact that the doctrine they developed faithfully communicates the Faith they received from Christ and contributed to a deeper spiritual and theological understanding of natural and supernatural truths.

Question 16

Infallibility

Answer 16

Immunity from error and any possibility of error. The Church and the pope posses this quality. Pope has this as defined in the First Vatican Council (1870)

Question 17

Eschatology

Answer 17

From the Greek “eschaton” meaning “last”. Is the study of the end of time

Question 18

Fable

Answer 18

A story, often fanciful, that is not based on fact and is used to illustrate a moral lesson, usually with animals or plants as characters

Question 19

Infallibility (Part 2)

Answer 19

The dogma that the pope cannot err when speaking ex cathedra (when formally exercising his office as chief shepherd and teacher of all Catholics) and defining doctrine concerning faith and morals to be held by the whole Church. The term can also refer to the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church whereby the pastors of he Church - the pope and bishops in union with him - can definitely proclaim a doctrine of faith or morals for the belief of the faithful, with that proclamation being free from error.

Question 20

Hyperbole

Answer 20

A literary device used to exaggerate to make a point

Question 21

Improper Literal Sense

Answer 21

See Literal Sense

Question 22

Magisterium

Answer 22

The name given to the universal teaching authority of the pope and the bishops in communion with him, which guides the members o the Church without error in matters of faith and morals through the interpretation of the Sacred Scripture and Tradition

Question 23

Inerrancy

Answer 23

Making no mistakes or errors

Question 24

Sacred Tradition

Answer 24

See Tradition…

From the Latin “traditio”, meaning “handing down”. Sacred Tradition is part of the Deposit of Faith. If the Word of God entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and their successors and communicating by preaching and teaching to every generation of Christians under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who keeps it free from error. Sacred Tradition preceded Sacred Scripture, which grew out of Sacred Tradition with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Human traditions and traditions of men are man-made acts and rituals that did not originate with Christ

Question 26

Inspiration

Answer 26

The gift of the Holy Spirit that assisted human authors to write the books of the Bible

Question 27

Literalistic

Answer 27

A way of reading without regards to the particular literary forms being used. Takes everything as “literary” true

Question 28

Literal Sense

Answer 28

Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meaning of words in the literary and historical content. Words are understood figuratively and symbolically.

Question 29

Literary Analysis

Answer 29

Reading a story with full care and regard or the literal forms and styles being used

Question 30

Literary Forms

Answer 30

Refers to the various styles of writing that communicates a message through particular creative means

Question 32

Metaphor

Answer 32

A word of term that refers to another by comparison, not using “like” or “as”

Question 33

Metaphorical Sense

Answer 33

See Literal Sense

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Moral Sense

Answer 35

The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that portrays the heroes of Scripture as a pattern for Christians of every age

Question 36

Orthodoxy

Answer 36

Correctness or soundness in the theological faith and beliefs

Question 37

Parable

Answer 37

A story that is told in order to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth

Question 38

Proper Literal Sense

Answer 38

See Literal Sense

Question 39

Tradition

Answer 39

From the Latin “traditio,” meaning “handing down.” Sacred Tradition is part of the Deposit of Faith. It is the Word of God entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and their successors and communicated by preaching and teaching to every generation of Christians under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who keeps it free from error. Sacred Scripture grew out of Sacred Tradition with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Human traditions and traditions of men are man-made acts and rituals that did not originate with Christ

Question 42

Sensus Fidelium

Answer 42

Literally “the sense of the faithful,” the term refers to the inerrancy possessed by all the faithful when they share a universal consent in matters of faith and morals

Question 43

Simile

Answer 43

A word or term that refers to another by comparison using the words “like” or “as”

Question 44

Spiritual Sense

Answer 44

The interpretation of Scripture that seems not only the literal meaning of the text but also the people, events, and things they describe as signs

Question 46

Tropological Sense

Answer 46

See Moral Sense

Question 47

Typical Sense

Answer 47

See Allegorical Sense

Question 48

Veracity

Answer 48

Reliability in communicating the truth