Religion Flashcards
Revelation
Revelation is where Go makes himself known
Natural Revelation
Natural Revelation is where God makes himself known through creations.
Divine Revelation
Divine Revelation is when God makes his presence known to men.
Salvation History
Account of God’s promises before his coming.
Sacred Scriptures
Sacred writings
Bible
The sacred scriptures of events and morals of people.
divine inspiration
Divine Respiration is the assistance of the holy spirit upon authors of the bible to communicate God’s message that he wants to deliver to us.
Bible inerrancy
Bible inerrancy is where the sacred scriptures are without error.
Oral tradition
Oral tradition is the tradition to communicate the word of God through writings which is later passed down to the next generation.
Canon
Collection of sacred scriptures considered word of god.
Allegory
Allegory is the literary form in which something else in an attempt to communicate hidden symbolic meaning .
Christological
the branch of Christian theology relating to the person, nature, and role of Christ.
Literary Genre
Literary genre is the different kinds of writing determined by technique, content, tone, and purpose.
Literal sense of scripture
Lays the foundation for the other senses.
Allegorical sense
A type of symbolism in which one thing points to a deeper meaning of truth.
