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Inerrant

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Making no mistakes or errors. Scripture is inerrant: that is, it always teaches the truth, never falsehood.

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Inspired

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Guided by God. From a word meaning “breathed in”. The human writers of the Scripture wrote in their own language, but through God’s inspiration they wrote what God intended them to write and nothing more.

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Free-will

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A gift from God so that can make our own choices.

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Infallible

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Incapable of failing. The Bible and the teaching of the Church are infallible because of a special protection by God.

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Magisterium

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The teaching of the Church which, guided by the Holy Spirit, interprets Scripture and Tradition.

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Sacred

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Set aside for God

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Literature

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The Scripture is literature. It consists of many differ types of literature because human authors wrote it.

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Covenant

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An agreement that establishes a sacred bond between persons. A covenant is more than a contract: a contract establishes a temporary relationship beneficial to both parties, whereas a covenant is intended to bind both persons in kinship forever.

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Biblia

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The books of the bible.

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Objective history

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History without bias. Only God. Is capable of telling objective history, because he is the only completely unbiased being.

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Canon

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The list of inspired books. Greek for “measuring rod”.

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Salvation history

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The story of God’s plan to save humanity from the consequences of sin. This plan begins with Creation, is unfolding now, and will continue until the en of time.

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Bible

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Scripture. The collection of all the canonical books. The Bible is divided into two parts: the Old Testament, made up of books written before the coming of Jesus Christ, and the New Testament, made up of books written after the coming of Jesus Christ.

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Catholic

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Universal. Catholic can describe the Church or one of her members.

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Church

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The faithful. This can refer to the Roman Catholic Church or an individual diocese.

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Tradition

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The living transmission of the message of the Gospel in the Church.

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How many books are in the Bible?

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73

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What is the first book of the Bible?

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Genesis

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The Bible is the story of what?

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The Bible tells the story of how God created us and gave us the means to salvation.

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What is sacred scripture?

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Sacred Scripture is the speech of God as put down in writing under the breath of the Holy Spirit.

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Who is the principle author of the scripture?

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God

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As Catholics, we believe what 3 things?

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We believe that God chose Israel, that he sent Jesus to die on the cross, and that at the end of history, good triumphs, evil fails, and the people of God live in paradise forever.

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In what 2 ways does the Words of God come to us?

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Sacred scripture and Tradition

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What is the purpose of the Magisterium?

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To teach Scripture and Tradition

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Who wrote the Bible?

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The Bible was written by inspired human writers in their own styles.

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Who is the author of the Bible?

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The Bible was written by human authors though the ultimate author was God.

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What do we believe about the Bible?

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We believe that the Bible has no errors or mistakes. It only teaches the truth.

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What type a of literature do we find in the Bible?

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There are stories, poems, dialogues, figurative language, and others.

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What type of literature is the Bible?

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The bible is ancient literature.

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In order to understand the sacred author’s intention as a reader you must take into accounts what 3 things?

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You must take into account the conditions of their time and culture, the literary genres in use at that time, and the modes of feeling, speaking,and narrating then currant.

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The word religion comes from the Latin word…?

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Binding

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Who is the one point of view that is completely unbiased? They see everything the way it is.

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God

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To view history as “objective” means to view it how?

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To view it from no ones point of view and to just tell the facts.

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Salvation history is God’s plan to do what?

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To save us

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Salvation history can be seen as a series of what between God and his people?

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Covenants

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