Hystory of Salvation - Intro Terms Flashcards

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God

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The supreme Being who made us, keeps us in existence, and who has revealed Himself to us as Trinity - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

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Scriptures

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The inspired books of the Bile that contain God’s message for our salvation

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“Biblia”

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The greek word for “books.” Our English word “Bible” comes from it.

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Canon

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The final list of the [73] inspired books in the Bible

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Testament

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From the Greek word meaning either last will or an agreement

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Old Testament

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(Hewbrew Scriptures) The religious history of the Jews that prepares them and us for the coming of the Messiah

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New Testament

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(Christain Scriptures) Books written after the Ascension of Jesus Christ which faithfully hand on what Jesus did and taught for our salvation

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Covenant

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A binding pact, contract, or agreement

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Inspiration

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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

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Revelation

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The gradual process by which God teaches us truths about Himself that wecould never learn on our own and by which He shows us His plan to save us from the consequences of sin

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Error

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The is no errorin the religious message of the Bible (Formal Error). There are errors in grammar, spelling, history, geography, etc… (Material error)

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Septuagint

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Refers tothe work of 70 scholars who around 200B.C, translated the books of the Old Testament from Hebrew and Aramaic into Greek

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Vulgate

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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

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Why study the Bible?

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Knowledge of Games, Relationships, How to live and act, Human experiences

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Why study the Old Testament?

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Roots, God’s involvement, Messianic Age, Relationships, Wisdom & Prayers

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Fundamentalist

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A person who understands or interprets the Bible word for word; a literalist

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Contextualist

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A peson 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

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When was the bible written?

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individual texts over 1,000 years (900 B.C. - 100 A.D.

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Council of Hippo (393 A.D.)

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Finalized the canon

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A.D.

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anno domini - in the year of our lord

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How did the Bible come to be?

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Oral Tradition, Written Tradtion

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Where did the Bible stories take place?

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Palestine, Fertile Crescent,

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Pentateuch

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5 books

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Didactic Fiction

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Stories that teach a lesson

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Semitic Cosmogony

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The Hebrew of Jewish notion or concept of the origins of the world and the universe

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Torah

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Hebrew word for the first five books of the Bible, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuternomy

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Biblical Langueages

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Hewbrew, Aramaic, and Greek are the original languages in which in the Bible was written

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Shaddai

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The name Abraham called God

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Yahweh

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The name Gold told Moses was his. It means “I am Who am” and is written YHWH

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Addonai

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The Hewbrew word for meaning Lord. It was used as a substitiute for the divine name

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Exegete

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a person skilled in interpreting the Scripture

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Protovangulium

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Literally the “First Good News.” It refers to God’s promise that one of Eve’s descendants would dystroy evil. See Genesis 3:15

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Henotheist

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A person who is loyal to his God but believes other gods exist

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Second Creation story stresses _______

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relationships

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Three kinds of relationships seen

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Man to Man, Man to God, Man to Nature

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Adam means ____ in Hewbrew

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Man

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Eve means ____________________ in Hewbrew

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mother of living

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Third Creation Story is based on

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Good vs Evil

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Where does evil come from?

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free will, man’s desire to be God, rejection of God’s will

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Fruit

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product, end result

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two trees

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Knowledge of Good and Evil, Tree of Life