Test 1

Question 1

Gen 3:15

Answer 1

I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
They will strike at your head,
while you strike at their heel.

Question 2

Mat 28:18-20

Answer 2

Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

Question 3

Mat 16:18-19

Answer 3

And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Question 4

5 Proofs for God

Answer 4

1. 1st Mover,
2. 1st Cause,
3. Necessity,
4. Degree of Perfection,
5. Governing Power

Question 5

Why does God reveal Himself to us?

Answer 5

Adoption, and our ability to respond.

Question 6

How does God reveal Himself to us?

Answer 6

Word and deed

Question 7

Divine Acommodation

Answer 7

God reveals Himself in a way that we would accept

Question 8

Covenants

Answer 8

Adam (single man) -> Noah (extended family) -> Abraham (tribe) -> Moses (nation) -> David (kingdom) -> Jesus (universe)

God is willing to take the consequences if He breaks the covenant (He never does).

Question 9

Creation

Answer 9

God is the only being that can create out of nothing (Bara). His word and deed are united. He made time (chronos) first.

Question 10

Which of the 12 sons of Israel did the covenant pass through?

Answer 10

Judah

Question 11

What tribe was Moses from?

Answer 11

The Levites

Question 12

Salvation History

Answer 12

God reveals himself slowly in stages all throughout human history.

Question 13

According to Irenaus of Lyon, why did God become man?

Answer 13

So we could become accustomed to one another. He got to experience things as we do.

Question 14

What is the point of Genealogies?

Answer 14

To teach God’s faithfulness, and to trace our heritage and ancestry.

Question 15

Beloved first born son

Answer 15

They usually end up not that great. God ends up passing the covenant through the runt of the litter instead.

Question 16

Typology

Answer 16

Comparing things in the OT to Jesus

Question 17

Isaac Typology

Answer 17

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Question 18

Jacob Typology

Answer 18

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Question 19

Divine Pedagogy

Answer 19

God reveals Himself out of love, does it gradually in stages, and revelation accumulates in Jesus. Jesus is the righteous first born son

Question 20

Covenant

Answer 20

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Question 21

Priestly People

Answer 21

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Question 22

Prophets

Answer 22

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Question 23

Holy Women

Answer 23

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Question 24

Typology

Answer 24

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Question 25

Revelation in Christ

Answer 25

Christ is the full and complete revelation. There will be no more public revelation.

Question 26

Authors of Sacred Scripture

Answer 26

God is the primary author, but human writers are legitimate secondary authors. They were not in trances or robots.

Question 27

Papal Infallibility

Answer 27

Always believed. Affirmed in Vatican I.

Question 28

Formation of Canon

Answer 28

Old Testament, Septuagint, New Testament (Letters, then Gospels)

Question 29

Two-Fold Order of Knowledge

Answer 29

Natural Law and Divine Revelation

Question 30

According to St. Bonaventure, why did God create us?

Answer 30

Out of love, not out of necessity, or to glorify Himself.

Question 31

What did St. Catherine of Sienna call God?

Answer 31

The great Potzo (clown/fool)

Question 32

Tamar

Answer 32

(Gen 38) Judah’s daughter in law, had sex with him by disguising herself as a prostitute because he wouldn’t give her another husband. Had two twins, the covenant was passed through her.

Question 33

Rahab

Answer 33

Prostitute from Jericho, protects Hebrew spies by hiding them on the roof. Ends up joining them when they defeat Jericho.

Question 34

Ruth

Answer 34

Moabite (pagan), married into line of Judah, husband died, ended up marrying Boaz by gleaning wheat in his field. Covenant passed through her. Great grandmother of David

Question 35

Bathsheba

Answer 35

Wife of Uriah the Hittite. David has sex with her because he sees her bathing on a roof. Doesn’t manage to cover it up by getting Uriah drunk, so he gets Uriah killed and marries Bathseba. She is the mother of Solomon. Covenant passed through her.