HOS Tri 1 Flashcards
God
The supreme Being who made us, keeps us in existence, and who has revealed Himselfto us as Trinity, Father Son Holy Spirit
Scriptures
The inspired books of the Bible that contain God’s message for our salvation
Biblis
The Greek word for “books”. Our English word “Bible” comes from it
Canon
The final list of the (73) inspired books in the Bible
Testament
From the Greek word meaning either last will or an agreement
Old Testament
(Hewbrew Scriptures) The religious history of the Jews that preparesthem and us for the coming of the Messiah
New Testament
(Christian Scriptures) Books written after the Ascension of Jesus Christ which faithfully hand on what Jesus did and taught for our salvation
Covenant
A binding pact, contract or agreement
Inspiration
God working through humans to convey his message in such a way that the human retains the freedom to select how that message will be conveyed
Revelation
The gradual process by which God teaches us thrths about Himself that we could never learn on our own and by which HE shows us His plan to save is from the consequences of sin
Error
There is no error in the religious message of the Bible (Formal error), There are errors in grammar, spelling, history, geography, etc. (material error)
Septuagint
Refers to the work of 70 scholars who, around 200 B.C., translated the books of the Old Testament from Hebrew and Aramaic into Greek.
Vulgate
Refers to the work of St. Jerome who, around 300 A.D., translated the books of the Old and New Testaments from Greek into Latin.
Torah
(The Law) Hebrew word for the first five books of the Bible – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Pentatuch
The Greek word for the first five books of the Bible.
Biblical languages
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek are the original languages in which the Bible was written.
Shaddai
The name Abraham called God.
Yahweh
The name God told Moses was His. It means “I AM WHO AM” and is written YHWH
Adonnai
The Hebrew word meaning “Lord”. It was used as a substitute for the divine name.
Anthropomorphism
The representation of God in human traits.
Exegete
A person skilled in interpreting the Scripture.
Protoevangulium
Literally the “First Good News”. It refers to God’s promise that one of Eve’s descendants would destroy evil. See Genesis 3:15.
fundementlist
A person who understands or interprets the Bible word for word. A literalist.
contextualist
A person who understands or interprets the Bible by not only reading the words but also taking into account the type of literature that a particular passage represents as well as the history and culture of the inspired writer.
Athiest
A person who believes there is no god.
Polythiest
A person who believes that there are many gods.
Henothist
A person who is loyal to his God but believes that other gods do exist.
Monothiest
A person who believes in only one God.
The second creation account stresses 3 kinds of relationships
Man-God, Man- Nature, Man-Man
In the second creation accound, nakedness is originally a sign of
innocence
Adam
“man’ in Hewbrew
Eve
“mother of living” in Hebrew
Evil comes from
Free will, Man’s desire to exceed his limits, rejection of God’s will, Man’s desire to be God
Two trees in Adam and eve
Knowledge of Good and Evil, Treeoflife
Consequences of sin
suffering, broken relationships, death, pain, work and labor, confusion of instincts, denial of sin
Even though we reject God, h
he still loves and cares for us
Cain and Abel is a
Sin story
Cain is
the elder brother of Abel, a farmer, part of Pagan Canaanites
Abel is
the younger brother to Cain, shepherd, part of the Chosen People
Despite Cain killing his brother, God
puts a mark on Cain to protect him
Cain says
“Am I my brother’s keeper”
Noah’s story is based on
Fact and Myth
Son’s of Noah
Shem, Ham, Japheth
Noah signs the covenant with God, with God agreeing to
“never again shall a flood destroy the earth
Sign of Noah’s covenant with God
a rainbow to connect heaven to earth (God to man)
God flooded earth because
the people fell into the common sin of idolatry, (saw earth was corrupt and filled with violence)
Sin in Tower of Babel
The tower was supposed to connect man to heaven and give them God’s powers
How did God punish the people of the Tower of Babel
he split them into different languages that way they could not speak to each other
Tower of Babel is based on a
ziggurat
Tower of Babel shows any work done in defiance of God
is doomed to failure
First patriarch
Abraham
Abraham’s wife
Sarai (Sarah)
Abraham left home
because he received a calling from my God
With Abraham’s call to faith came
a name change (to abram), trust in God, change to henotheism, and promise
sign of Abraham’s covenant
the Eucharist
Hagar
Sarai’s slave girl who she gives to Abraham since she is barren
Hagar’s son
Ishmaell
Isaac =
“he laughs”
Issac’s birth
proves nothing is impossible with God as Sarai was barren
angels
messengers of God
Sodom and Gomorrah couldn’t find
10 good men
Lot’s wife
turned to salt
Rebekah
Issac’s wife
Issac’s sons
Esau and JAcob
Esau
Issacs favorite, eldest son, ‘hairy hunter’, sold birthright to Jacob for Soup, Ancestor of the Edomites