Clause Chapter 4 Flashcards
Sacred Scripture. The books which contain the truth of God’s Revelation and were composed of human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit.
The Bible
A letter addressed to specific person or people.
Epistle
The 27 books written by the sacred authors of apostolic times.
New Testament
The 46 books of the Bible that record the events of salvation history from creation to the time of Christ.
Old Testament
Greek and Latin for rule. A statute promulgated to assist in practicing the faith or governing the Church fairly and consistently.
Canon
One of the original books of the Pentateuch, specifically Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomistic (D)
One of the supposed original books of the Pentateuch, perspective of Jews in the northern kingdom of Israel.
Elohist (E)
Greek word meaning five books. Referring to the Torah.
Pentateuch
Supposed original sources of the Pentateuch, later editor of the five books to reflect the concerns of the Jerusalem priesthood.
Priestly (P)
The five books of Moses
Torah
greek for “one who speaks for”, a person selected by God to speak in His name.
Prophet
One who proclaims the Gospel
Evangelist
The study of ancestry, or a chronological list of ancestors
Geneology
From latin testamentum, meaning covenant
Testament
Th Old Testament books that comprise the stories of the prophets who cast judgement and warn of divine retribution while calling Israel to repentance.
Prophetic Literature
Because God is Truth, there is an absolute unity and coherence of truths contained in the various books of the bible.
Analogy of Faith
A type of Sacred literature characterized by symbolic imagery pointing to the expectation of the powers of evil being destroyed and the righteous raised to a new life.
Apocalypse
The parts of the Old Testament that were removed from the Jewish or Hebrew canon of Scripture but appear in the Septuagint.
Deuterocanonical
An edition of the Old Testament, produced by Origen, that presented the texts in Hebrew ad Greek in side-by-side columns.
Hexapla
The portion of the Mass that includes the preparation of the blood and body of Christ, and the distribution of the Eucharist.
Liturgy of the Eucharist
The portion of the mass that includes the reading of Scripture and the homily.
Liturgy of the Word
The books of the bible that were included included in the Hebrew canon of Scriptures.
Protocanonical