Schneider Chapter 3

Question 0

Ecumenical council

Answer 0

A formal synod of Bishops from the whole inhabited world convened to define doctrine, regulate the christian life, or apply discipline in the church

Question 1

Sensus fidelium

Answer 1

The term refers to the inerrancy possessed by all the faithful when they share a universal consent in matters of faith and morals

Question 2

Apostle

Answer 2

one sent forth

Question 3

council of jerusalem

Answer 3

synod of Apostles around AD 49 or 50 spoke with Holy Spirit in deciding that Gentile converts to Christianity did not have to be circumcised or obey laws of Moses

Question 4

allegorical sense

Answer 4

the spiritual interpretation of scripture that shows how people and events in history suggest future people and events

Question 5

allegory

Answer 5

prolonged metaphor

Question 6

fable

Answer 6

a story that is not based on fact and is used to illustrate a moral lesson, usually with plants or animals as characters

Question 7

hyperbole

Answer 7

a literary device that uses exaggeration to make a point

Question 8

inerrancy

Answer 8

making no mistakes or errors

Question 9

literalistic

Answer 9

a way of reading literature without regard to the particular literary forms being used

Question 10

metaphor

Answer 10

a word or term that refers to another by comparison

Question 11

moral sense

Answer 11

spiritual interpretation of scripture that portrays the heroes of scripture as a pattern for christians of every age

Question 12

parable

Answer 12

a story told in order to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth

Question 13

simile

Answer 13

a word or phrase compared to another using the words like or as

Question 14

veracity

Answer 14

reliability in communicating the truth