Rush Chapter 4 Flashcards
Bible
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.
Analogy of faith
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.
Epistle
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.
Figure
An event or person in .scripture that points toward a later event or person.
Type
The type has similar virtues or other qualities as its fulfillment.
Genealogy
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.
Gospel
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.
New Testament
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.
Old Testament
The forty-six books of the Bible that record the history of salvation from creation until the time of Christ.
Testament
From the Latin testamentum (“covenant”).
Canon
Greek and Latin for “rule.” A statue promulgated to assist in practicing the Faith or governing the Church fairly and consistently. If another sense, canon refers to the Church’s complete list of inspired books of the Bible.
Deuterocanonical
Those parts of the Old Testament that were removed from the Jewish of Hebrew canon of Scripture, but which appear in the Septuagint (Greek translation) used by early Christians.
Deuteronomistic(D)
One of the supposed original sources of the Pentateuch, particularly the Book of Deuteronomy, written around the seventh century BC.
Elohist (E)
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.
Hexapla
An edition of the Old Testament, produced by Origen, that presented the texts in Hebrew and Greek in side-by-sided columns.