Origins and Meanings Flashcards
What does Inspiration (keyword) mean?
“God breathed”
The belief that the Spirit of God guides and individual to act or write what is good and true.
What does Revelation (keyword) mean?
The word used to describe all the ways in which God makes himself knows to human beings.
Christians believe that God does this finally and fully in the person of Jesus Christ.
What does Omnipotence (keyword) mean?
The belief that God is all powerful.
What does Transcendence (keyword) mean?
Existing outside of space and time.
God creates in a way that makes him nothing like anything else that exists, above and beyond creation.
What does Creation ex Nihilo (keyword) mean?
Creation out of nothing.
Before God created the universe, nothing existed. Only God can create out of nothing.
WHAT is the Bible?
The Bible is the Holy book of Christians, is is divided into two main sections; the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Quote about the Bible:
“All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God.”
What do Catholics think about the Bible?
Written by many different people.
There are lots of different types of books.
It was written thousands of years ago.
We need to look at the deeper meanings and messages in it rather than take it word for word true.
What do Fundamental Christians think about the Bible?
It is word for word true.
We should read the books and passages in exactly the same way.
What are the three parts of the catholic stool?
Bible
Tradition
Magisterium
What is tradition? (Catholic Stool)
The inspired wisdom captured in the words, customs and lives of Christians
What is the Magisterium? (Catholic Stool)
How the Pope and the Bishops interpret for Catholics today.
What does morality mean?
Knowing the difference between actions and intentions that are right or good and those that are bad and wrong.
What is a quote we can use when writing about traditions? What can we write about this?
“Not all things Jesus did are written down in the Bible”
There is a wider collection of inspired Christian wisdom captured in the words and customs of people’s lives.
What is a teaching of the Magisterium?
To take care of the environment.
What helps the church grow in wisdom?
The Holy Spirit
What is the conscience?
Human reason making moral decisions. The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong.
What do Christians think about the conscience?
The voice of the conscience seems to be the same as the voice of God, so Christians should follow it.
Why is Genesis ‘symbolic’ to Christians?
It has a hidden meaning that explains difficult to get across points to Christians.
What is a good quote to use from Genesis 1?
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
“Let us make mankind in our image.”
What are good quotes to use from Genesis 2?
“God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.”
What do the creation accounts show us about God?
Shows us he is omnipotent, omnibenevolent and transcendent.
What do the creation accounts show us about humans?
We are made in the image of god
We have a role in creation
God gives us life
Did God create the world in 6 days?
Catholics don’t think he literally did.
A day to god could be 1000 years.