INTERPRETATION AND SENSES IN SACRED SCRIPTURE (9) Flashcards
to interpret the scripture correctly, one must find out what the _________ wanted to affirm and what ___ wanted to reveal to us by their words
human authors; God
the Bible must be read and interpreted with the same __________ in which it was written
Holy Spirit
5 things to take note in interpreting the sacred scriptures
TIME AND CULTURE:
consider the conditions of the author’s time and culture
LITERARY GENRE:
take note of the literary genre
CONTENT AND UNITY:
be attentive to the content and unity of the entire Scriptures
TRADITION:
read the Scriptures within the living Tradition of the whole Church
ANALOGY OF FAITH:
be attentive to the analogy of faith
was an apostle of St. Peter
MARK
all Mark’s accounts are stories from the preaching of which saint
St. Peter
the only gospel writer that is not part of the 12 apostles, therefore does not hold eyewitness accounts
MARK
beloved disciple and has the deepest gospel
JOHN
synoptic gospels
MARK
MATTHEW
LUKE
in synoptic, “syn” means ___ while “optic” means ____
one; eyes
an apostle who was a former persecutor of Christians and was also a pharisee
PAUL
a gospel writer who was a doctor/physician and was also a gentile (not jewish)
LUKE
a science dealing with the study and establishment of principles by which the biblical text is to be interpreted
HERMENEUTICS
the result of applying the rules of Hermeneutics to a biblical text
EXEGESIS
exegesis is done for us to arrive at the what
divine truth
“reason and faith” in latin
Fides et Ratio
fides et ratio was said by which pope
Pope John Paul II
an expounder or textual interpreter, especially of scripture
EXEGETE
the 4 senses of scripture
LITERAL SENSE
ALLEGORICAL SENSE
MORAL SENSE
ANAGOGICAL SENSE
the meaning directly intended by the human author of the text to convey to his audience
LITERAL SENSE
this sense must be the basis for other senses
LITERAL SENSE
a text acquires a more profound meaning by recognizing its significance in Christ
ALLEGORICAL SENSE
the events reported in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly.
as Paul says, they were written for our institution
MORAL SENSE
anagogical sense came from the greek word “_______” which means ________
anagoge; leading
we can view realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, leading us toward our true homeland: thus the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly Jerusalem
ANAGOGICAL SENSE
