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Semester Exams1 Notes: Flashcards

1
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God’s free gift of self-communication, which helps us understand God’s plan for us -

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Divine Revelation

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Is related to the Latin term meaning “reconnecting to the divine” or “binding to God”

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Religion

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central truth of revelation that Catholics must believe

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Dogma

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He said, “our heart is restless until it rest in God”

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St. Augustine

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The holy spirits gift that enables us to believe in God & all that he has revealed to us

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Faith

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6
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He showed how human intelligence can discover God

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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7
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One of the elements of the single deposit of faith

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Sacred Tradition

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8
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The sin of Adam and Eve, that were all born into

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Original Sin

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binding promise between God and humankind in which God pledge enduring love & asks for love in return

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Covenant

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10
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Someone who does not believe in God

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Atheist

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First among the apostles, upon whom Christ founded the church

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St. Peter

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a judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act

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Conscience

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13
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story of Gods saving presence and activity on our behalf

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Salvation history

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14
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Belief in one God

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Monotheistic

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15
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the teaching authority of the church

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Magisterium

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16
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another way of saying “without error”

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Inerrant

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17
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Most of the OT was written in this language

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Hebrew

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18
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copies of the OT books that were discovered in 1947 in Israel

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Dead Sea Scrolls

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19
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interpretation of the bible ignores various literary forms and the cultural and historical factors of the period in which the biblical authors wrote

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Literalist

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20
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a type of writing that has a particular form, style, content

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literary genre

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21
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Process used by scholars to discover the meaning of biblical text

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Exegesis

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22
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Scriptures don’t contradict themselves

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Analogy of Faith

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23
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Biblical criticism that helps to discover where the biblical authors got their material

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Source Criticism

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24
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title given to theologians for the first eight centuries whose teachings made a lasting mark on the church

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church fathers

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25
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the language Jesus spoke

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Aramaic

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26
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God used the human authors as his ___________ to convey Divine Revelation to us

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instruments

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27
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the entire NT was written in this language

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Greek

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28
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biblical criticism that helps discover how the various editors put together their sources & arranges them in the way they did

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Redaction Criticism

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29
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the Church’s official Latin translation

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Vulgate

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30
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Who is the author of the Bible

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God

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31
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T or F- the new Jerusalem bible is a protestant translation of the bible

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F

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32
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T or F- Reading the Bible in a literal way is the same as reading it in a literalist way

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F

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33
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T or F- moral sense of Scripture helps us to live a good life and to act justly on behalf of God and other people

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T

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34
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T or F- St Augustine translated the Bible into Latin

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F, St. Jerome

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35
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T or F- St Jerome said “ignorance of the Scripture is ignorance of Christ”

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T

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36
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T or F- God forced the sacred writers of the Bible to write down the truths needed for salvation

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F

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37
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T or F- the New American Bible is a Catholic translation of the Bible

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T

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38
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T or F- Fundamentalists read the bible in a literal sense

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F

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39
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T or F- The primary purpose of the bible is to present the religious truths that God wishes to reveal through Salvation History

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T

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40
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T or F- one of the ways for interpreting scripture is reading it within the living Tradition of the Church

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T

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41
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T or F- the bible was written in one language

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F

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42
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T or f- the first books of the Bible may have been recorded during the reign of king solomon

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T

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43
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T or F- the first 5 books of the Bible are the Torah

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T

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44
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T or F- The Greek term for “second canon” is Deuterocanonical

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T

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45
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T or F- the word septuagint means the biblical translation from Hebrew to Greek by seventy scholars

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T

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46
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T or F- the word canon is the hebrew word that signifies a standard, measurement, norm.

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T

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47
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T or F- the word Exodus means beginning

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F, Genesis

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48
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T or F- The word Deuteronomy means “second law”

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T

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49
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T or f- the sinai covenant, Ten commandments, and Decalogue all refer to the law given by God to the Israelites on mount Sinai

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T

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50
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T or F- Abraham is the traditional author of the Pentateuch

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F, Moses

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51
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T or F- Genesis refers to the departure of the Israelites from Egypt

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F, Exodus

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52
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T or F- a biblical prophet would NOT say the world is coming to an end

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T

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53
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T or F- Jeremiah is one of the minor prophets

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F, major

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54
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T or F- Habakkuk is one of the minor prophets

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T

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55
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T or F- 300 men were needed for judge Gideon to defeat the Midians

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T

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56
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T or F- Ruth was a moabite woman and was loyal to her mother in law

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T

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57
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The council of trent accepted 46 books of the OT

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T

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58
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Four sections into which the Catholic Bibles organize the books of the OT-

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Pentatuech, Historical Books, Wisdom Books, and Prophetic Books

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59
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Highly symbolic work’s purpose was to encourage Christians who were undergoing persecution for their faith in Jesus Christ

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Book of Revelation

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60
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Jesus was probably born in 6 Bc and then crucified in what year?

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33 BC

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61
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Second part of the Gospel of Luke

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Acts of the Apostles

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62
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one of the letters written by Paul or by one of his disciples

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Epistles

63
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written as a sermon, emphasizes Christ’s superiority over all creation

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Letter to the Hebrews

64
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seven letters intended for all

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Catholic Epistles

65
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This gospel was written first -

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Mark

66
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This gospel highlights Jesus as a suffering servant-

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Mark

67
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This gospel portrays Jesus as the word of God-

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John

68
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This gospel contains the Sermon on the Mount

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Matthew

69
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The author of this Gospel was also an apostle-

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John

70
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This Gospel presents Jesus as a savior w/ a special concern for the poor and outcast -

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Luke

71
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What are the three forms of Oral Tradition?

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Kerygma, Didache, Liturgy

72
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Kerygma -

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preaching to non believers

73
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Didache-

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teaching to catechisms

74
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Liturgy-

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worship of Christians

75
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Three reasons the gospels were written down

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end of the world wasn’t coming as fast as what they though , Distorians of Gospels were occurring , and they needed more instruction.

76
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T or F- Jesus lived a typical life of a Jewish Boy

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T

77
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T or F- Jesus was crucified by Pontius Pilate in 30AD

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T

78
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T or F- First written books of the new T were the Gospels

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F

79
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T or F- The Gospel writers were trying to write a biography of Jesus

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F

80
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T or F- The Acts of the Apostles tells the early history of the Church

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T

81
Q

Sign of the covenant w/ Abraham and his descendants

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Circumcision

82
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Story demonstrating pridefulness & trying to get to heaven apart from God

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Tower of Babel

83
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Patriarch and model of faith -

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Abraham

84
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Book of Genesis ends w/ this persons death -

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Joseph

85
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His name means “I drew him out of waters”

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Moses

86
Q

What does God reveal in the First Creation Story?

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There is only one God

87
Q

Twelve Tribe of Israel were direct decendants of who?

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Jacob

88
Q

symbol of the convenant w/ noah

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Rainbow

89
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Created from Adams rib

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Eve

90
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biblical scholars show that this section of the Old T reached its final form after centuries of retelling, adapting, and interpreting oral tradition

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Pentateuch

91
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a period of time that refers to events / objects that date before the written record existed

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Prehistory

92
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the first gospel - first good news - where God promises a savior who will destroy sin and its consquences -

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Protoevangelium

93
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T or F- the tree knowledge of good and evil symbolizes the knowledge only God can possess

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T

94
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T or F- The worst consequence of the Original Sin was seperation from God

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T

95
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T of F- The covenant w/ Abraham relied on God’s fidelity alone

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T

96
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T or F- There is a similarity between Abraham’s sacrifice his only son and Jesus’ sacrifice as Gods only son

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T

97
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T or F- Jacob’s favorite son was Judah

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F

98
Q

He led the Israelites into the Promised Land

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Joshua

99
Q

The first king & anointed by Samuel but lost kingship cause he disobeyed the divine commands

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Saul

100
Q

Israel’s last & most significant judge, was both judge and priest

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Samuel

101
Q

Saul’s son and David’s loyal friend

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Jonathan

102
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The second king of Israel (after Saul)

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David

103
Q

God spoke to King David through who?

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Nathan

104
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David’s son by Bathsheba, he succeeded David as a king -

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Solomon

105
Q

While he ruled king of Judea, Jesus Christ was born

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King Herod the Great

106
Q

What are the four Important Judges

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Deborah
Gideon
Jephath
Samson

107
Q

Samuel said that one of the negative consequences of monarchy would be that a king would what?

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tax people, treat them like slaves, send children into military services

108
Q

What was David’s greatest achievements?

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united all tribes into one, chose Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, brought the Ark of the Covenant

109
Q

This king’s vices were sex, violence, and family discord

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David

110
Q

King Solomon is remembered for his ?

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Wisdom

111
Q

After his death, Israel split into the Kingdom of Judah and the kingdom of Israel -

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Solomon

112
Q

which king committed adultery w/ Bathsheba, killing her husband on the front lines -

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David

113
Q

It means “God is with us”

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Emmanuel

114
Q

The denial of god and the repudiation of the faith -

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Apostasy

115
Q

was the key to israel’s success in taking possession of the Promised Land

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Obedience to God

116
Q

The Old T books that cover the historical period from moses’ death to the beginning of the monarchy

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Joshua and Judges

117
Q

It means one who speaks for another

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Prophet

118
Q

In ancient Israel they were those who acted as temporary military leaders, as well as arbiters of disputes within and between tribes

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Judges

119
Q

He compared the nation to a vineyard that God cultivated

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Isaiah

120
Q

Foretold a coming Messiah who would lead Israel to peace and justice

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Micah

121
Q

Compared YHWH to a potter who would mold the nation in his hands

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Jeremiah

122
Q

The greatest of the Old T prophets, was present at Jesus’ transfiguration -

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Elijah

123
Q

T or F- The book of Jeremiah is the work of three authors -

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F, its Isaiah

124
Q

T or F- the assyrian exile took place between 586 BC and 538 BC -

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F, its during the Babylonian Exile

125
Q

T or F- at the time of Jesus the Holy Land was under Roman occupation

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TRUE

126
Q

What are the synoptic Gospels -

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matthew
mark
luke

127
Q

what was the theme of Mark’s gospel?

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a suffering theme because persecution was going on

128
Q

What was the theme of Matthew?

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Jesus Christ - Emmanuel - is the messiah

129
Q

Which two gospels talk about the birth of Jesus?

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Matthew and luke

130
Q

T or F- Jesus is both divine and human

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TRUE

131
Q

What is the theme in the gospel of Luke-

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city of Jerusalem is important symbol ; the drama of salvation unfolds here

132
Q

Luke presents two things of Jesus-

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Jesus offers message of joy

Jesus is for everyone

133
Q

when was mark written -

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67-73

134
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when was matthew written-

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80 AD

135
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when was luke written-

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DA 75-90

136
Q

greek synoptikos means -

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“seen together”

137
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gospel means -

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good news

138
Q

Gospels describe three things -

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the life of jesus
the preaching of jesus
four gospels in the bible

139
Q

feast that celebrates the mystery of Christ’s manifestation as the savior of the world -

A

Epiphany

140
Q

Luke and Matthew both got their info from what source?

A

Mark and the Q source

141
Q

Gospel of Mark stressed what about Jesus?

A

that he is both divine and human

142
Q

the three titles Mark uses for Jesus-

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son of man
messiah
suffering servant

143
Q

the name Jesus means -

A

savior, God saves

144
Q

Matthew presents Jesus as the new ________ -

A

Moses

145
Q

who wrote one-fourth of the New Testaments ?

A

Luke

146
Q

which biblical source employs an anthropomorphic view of God -

A

Yahwist

147
Q

biblical source that places great emphasis on the morality and law, and highlights the speeches of moses -

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Deuteronomists

148
Q

which biblical source refers to God as elohim ; was last of the four to be written ; includes lists, genealogies, numbers, and dates -

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Priestyl

149
Q

biblical source tht places great emphasis on prophecies, expecially those of Elijah and Elisha -

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Elohist

150
Q

what are the four biblical sources?

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Yahwist, Elohist, Priestly, and deuteronomist

151
Q

the book of the Pentateuch that stresses the theme of God’s holiness & our need to worship him w/ love -

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Leviticus

152
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tthe book of the Pentateuch records the murmming of the people against moses in the desert -

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Deuteronomy

153
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his name means “one who contends with God” -

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Israel

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