Nguyen Chapter 4

Question 0

Bible

Answer 0

Sacred Scripture. The books which contain the truth of God’s Revelation and were composed by human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Bible contains both the forty-six books of the Old Testament and the twenty-seven books of the New Testament.

Question 1

Analogy of Faith

Answer 1

Because God is Truth, there is an absolute unity and coherence of truths contained in the various books of the Bible. These can never be contradictory, but rather illustrate and shed light on one another and the complete plan of Revelation.

Question 2

Figure

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An event or person in Scripture that points toward a later event or person. The type, on the other hand, has similar virtues or other qualities as its fulfillment.

Question 3

Genealogy

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The study of ancestry, or a chronological list of ancestors. Genealogies of Jesus are part of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke as evidence that Jesus is in the ancestral line of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David, fulfilling the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah.

Question 4

Prophet

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From the Greek prophetes, meaning “one who speaks for”; a person selected by God to speak in his name.

Question 5

Testament

Answer 5

From the Latin testamentum (“covenant”).
See New Testament; Old Testament.

Question 6

Deuteronomistic (D)

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One of the supposed original sources of the Pentateuch, particularly the Book of Deuteronomy, written around the seventh century BC.

Question 7

Elohist (E)

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One of the supposed original sources of the Pentateuch, reflecting the perspective of Jews in the northern kingdom of Israel around the eighth or ninth century BC.

Question 8

Old Testament

Answer 8

The forty-six books of the Bible that record the history of salvation from creation until the time of Christ.

Question 9

Pentateuch

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From a Greek term meaning “five books,” referring to the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Question 10

Priestly (P)

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One of the supposed original sources of the Pentateuch, thought to be a later editor who revised all five books to reflect the concerns of the Jerusalem priesthood after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Exile.

Question 11

Torah

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The five books of Moses (first five of the Old Testament): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Question 12

Prophetic Literature

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The Old Testament books that comprise the stories of the prophets who cast judgement and warn of divine retribution while calling Israel to repentance. These books include Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

Question 13

Evangelist

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One who proclaims the euangellion or gospel (“good news”). Sts. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John each produced a gospel, that is, an account of the earthly life of Jesus Christ, stressing the “good news” contained in his ministry and teachings. In a correlative sense, anyone who works actively to spread and promote the gospel.

Question 14

Gospel

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An Old English rendering of the Greek for “good news.” The good news of God’s mercy and love revealed in the life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ. The Apostles, and the Church following them, proclaim this to the entire world.

Question 15

New Testament

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The twenty-seven books of the Bible written by sacred authors in apostolic times; they have Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God—his life, teachings, Passion and glorification, and the beginnings of his Church—as their central theme.

Question 16

Apocalypse

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A type of sacred literature characterized by symbolic imagery pointing to the expectation that the powers of evil will be destroyed and the righteous raised to a new life in justice. It is also an alternate name for the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse of St. John).

Question 17

Epistle

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A letter addressed to a particular person or people. Much of the New Testament consists of epistles written to individuals, to congregations, or to the Church as a whole.

Question 18

Canon

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Greek and Latin for “rule.” A statute promulgated to assist in practicing the Faith or governing the Church fairly and consistently. In another sense, canon refers to the Church’s complete list of inspired books of the Bible.

Question 19

Deuterocanonical

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Those parts of the Old Testament that were removed from the Jewish or Hebrew canon of Scripture, but which appear in the Septuagint (the Greek translation) used by the early Christians.

Question 20

Liturgy of the Eucharist

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The portion of the Mass that includes the preparation of the bread and wine, the consecration of the Body and Blood of Christ, and the distribution of Holy Communion to the faithful.

Question 21

Liturgy of the Word

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The portion of the Mass that includes the reading of Scripture and the homily.

Question 22

Protocanonical

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Those books of the Bible that were included in the Jewish or Hebrew canon of Scriptures.

Question 23

Septuagint

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A third-century BC Greek translation of the Scriptures (Old Testament). This translation was accepted by the early Christians as an authoritative and inspired translation of Sacred Scripture.

Question 24

Hexapla

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An edition of the Old Testament, produced by Origen, that presented the texts in Hebrew and Greek in side-by-side columns.

Question 25

Type

Answer 25

See Figure.

Question 26

Vulgate

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From the Latin word for “common.” The name of St. Jerome’s translation of the Bible from its original languages into common Latin by St. Jerome. A “New Vulgate” Bible was produced by the direction of the Second Vatican Council and published with the approval of the Magisterium in 1979.