critisism and senses

Question 1

(sense) teaches history; what the words say in a historical context

Answer 1

literal sense

Question 2

(sense) teaches what you should believe; what the words means in the larger context of Salvation History

Answer 2

allegorical sense

Question 3

(sense) teaches what you should do regarding how to live your life

Answer 3

moral sense

Question 4

(sense) teaches where you are going; building up the virtue of hope while leading us to Heaven

Answer 4

Anagogical sense

Question 5

(criticism) tries to determine the historical context of the biblical text

Answer 5

historical criticism

Question 6

(Criticism) helps to discover where the biblical authors got their material

Answer 6

source criticism

Question 7

(Criticism) involves studying small units of biblical texts to attempt to determine how each book took shape during oral tradition before being written down

Answer 7

form criticism

Question 8

(Criticism) how the various editors put together their sources and arranged them the way they did

Answer 8

redaction criticism

Question 9

what does to read the bible critically mean

Answer 9

to carefully consider the historical and literary context of what we are
historical and literary context of what we are reading in the Bible

Question 10

how to read the bible #1

Answer 10

Note the content and unity of the scripture

Question 11

how to read the bible #2

Answer 11

Recall that the Scripture is one part of the Deposit of Faith

Question 12

how to read the bible #3

Answer 12

Recognize that the faith truths in the Scripture cannot contradict themselves.

Question 13

how to read the bible #4

Answer 13

Remember that the Bible is God’s words written by human authors.