Definitions

Question 1

Inerrancy

Answer 1

we believe that athere are some minor errors in scripture but there is no error in the main message

Question 2

Torah

Answer 2

what the Jewish call the first 5 books of the old testament. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Question 3

Tanakh

Answer 3

An acronym obtained from the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible

Question 4

Epistles

Answer 4

a letter

Question 5

Gospels

Answer 5

the first 4 books of the New Testament. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

Question 6

Scripture

Answer 6

Sacred writings in the bible

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Moral Truth

Answer 7

based on what is right and wrong in our world. It helps us understand what choices bring us closer to God

Question 8

Religious Truth

Answer 8

faith based. It is what we believe based on our faith

Question 9

Testament

Answer 9

Another word for covenant. It is an agreement

Question 10

Revelation

Answer 10

the last book in the bible. It is about the end of time

Question 11

Literal

Answer 11

Taking a reading as its literal meaning.

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Inspiration

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we believe the Holy Spirit has influenced the Bible’s writers to write only what is true and good.

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Proverbrial Truth

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Communicated in wisdom sayings or lived experiences

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Contextual

Answer 14

When we read a passage, we take into account a number of questions. Each of these questions has an effect on our understanding of a passage.

Question 15

Pentateuch

Answer 15

Greek term for the first five books of the bible. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)

Question 16

Evangelist

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A person who seeks to turn someone to the Christian faith

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Literary Forms

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Different types of writing (Myth, List, Poetry, Proverb, Prophecy, Law, History, Letter, Parable, Sermon, Drama)

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Prophets

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People who were chosen by God to spread his word/speak for Him

Question 19

10 Commandments

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a set of religious rules that outline how people should live and behave

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Parables

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Stories which serve to teach a lesson or provide insight into human nature

Question 21

Synoptic Gospels

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The first three books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, which are considered to be similar in context, structure, and wording

Question 22

Laudato Si’

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an encyclical (a letter to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church) of Pope Francis

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Sin

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free choices that harm and break our relationship with God and with others

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Covenant

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a sacred or solemn agreement made between God and another individual or group of people that freelt entered into and bound by love

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Contract

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an agreement for an exchange of goods or services based off of a condition

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Particular Judgement

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what happens at a persons death. God judges the person, who either enters into eternal life (purgatory and heaven) or hell. This judgement is “private” and occurs immediatly after death

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Final Judgement

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Occurs at the end of time when all dead are resurrected. The righteous inherit the new world and the wicked are condemned to hell. This second judgement is “public” and occurs on the Last Day at the resurrection

Question 28

Beatific Vision

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We will “see God face to face” when we go to heaven. This is not “seeing” God as we see with our eyeballs, but experiencing God and His love with an intellectual vision

Question 29

Typology

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a therory that interprets the Old Testament as a series of events that foreshadow the coming of Jesus Christ