Final Flashcards
Define primeval history
Time before invention of writing and recording historical data
Give me five truths of Gods creations.
God creates humans in his image and like ness. God freely created on orderly and good world out of nothing. God is present. God is beyond us. God guides creation through Devine providence
According to genesis what was the condition of the earth before creation began?
Without form
On what day God create human beings?
6th day
What name does the Hebrew text use for God in the story of the garden of Eden ?
Elohim
What did God do the day after creating human beings?
Rested
how did God create a form during the first three days of creation ?
In Union with the Holy Spirit and the word
List four consequences of the fact that humans were created in God’s image and likeness
1.) God is our father 2.) we are like God 3.) human life possess great sacredness 4.) our work has special values
When was marriage instituted ?
When man and woman were created by God
What relationship did God establish between man and woman?
Complementary persons
How was marriage created?
Created by God to be a divine institution not man made
In Genesis 1:2 our creation event begins with what?
God’s spirit hovering over the waters of the earth
What does Hebrew word ruah mean?
breath, spirit, wind
Who wrote “The Bible tells us how to go the Heaven, not how the Heavens go” ?
Galileo
In Genesis 1:5 we see reputation of the phrase indicating that the “day” progressed from the night and ended each day at sunset.
“And there was evening and there was morning one day”
What has transpired in the creation of the earth in the first three days?
Places like the land, waters, and air.
Give me two word reputations in the creation account.
“God said” “and there was”
What was created on the 4th day?
Sun, moon, stars, and planets
How many times is the phrase repeated that God “saw it was good” between Genesis 1:3 and 31?
7 times
What does the number 7 symbolize?
perfection
In Genesis 1:26 how did God express the way he would create man?
In His image and likeness
When is the next time Genesis uses the terms “image and Likeness”?
Genesis 5:3
What does Image and Likeness equal?
Sonship
What does it mean to be “like” God?
We are made to do good; we have his mindset; Rational Souls; free will
As Catholics we believe that every human life possesses great sacredness, Why?
Because we are made through God’s image and likeness
The image of God is expressed by individuals but what is another way it is expressed?
Through nature
Besides reproduction what does the statement “be fruitful and multiply” mean?
To Love each other