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The Transmission of Divine Revelation The Sacred Scriptures Flashcards

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The Bible is a Faith-Book

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is an account of life, preserved in memory, turned into a text

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Records events seen as designed and influenced by God

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Bible

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Nihil Obstat

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“nothing hinders”

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Given by a Censor Librorum

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Nihil Obstat

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attestation a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals

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Nihil Obstat

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Imprimi Potest

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“it may be printed”

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Given by the major religious superior if the author is a member of a religious congregation

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Imprimi Potest

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Imprimatur

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“let it be printed”

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Given by the author’s diocesan bishop or the bishop of the place in which the book is published

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Imprimatur

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Byblos (greek)

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papyrus

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Biblion

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scroll, book

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St. Jerome used the term ____________________

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bibliotheca divina (divine library)

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The Bible is the Word ____ God

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ABOUT, FROM, BY

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Emperor Constantine

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ordered its production and various translations

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Pope St. Damasus I

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authorized only one definitive translation of the scriptures— Latin

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St. Jerome

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Commissioned by Pope St. Damasus to translate to Latin

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Archbishop Stephen Langton of Canterbury

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divided the books in the bible into chapters

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Robert Estienne

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divided the chapters into verses

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Divine Inspiration

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  • Not ecstatic
  • Not verbal or mechanical dictation
  • Not subsequent approbation
  • Not simply negative assistance
  • Not mere ideological inspiration
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Not ecstatic

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The authors were not possessed or in a trance when they wrote the sacred texts

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Not verbal or mechanical

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The authors did not head voices telling them exactly what to write. They had to go through all the processes of writing

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Not subsequent approbation

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God was involved in the entire writing process

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Not simply negative assistance

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God’s role was not limited to the pointing out or prevention of error

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Not mere ideological inspiration

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Even the very words used by the authors were inspired by God

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Biblical Inspiration
special influence of the Holy Spirit upon the authors so that they may write what God wanted them to write
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____% Word of God, ____% Word of Man
both 100%
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Biblical inerrancy
freedom of error and since the Bible is the Word of God, it means the Bible is inerrant
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The Bible contains error but teaches no error. T or F
True
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What does the Bible teach?
The saving truth
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Formation of the Sacred Scriptures
1. Events and Experiences 2. Oral Tradition 3. Written Tradition 4. Edited Tradition 5. Canon of Scriptures
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Events and Experiences
The Holy Scriptures started with the revelation of God in the lives of the chosen people
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Oral Tradition
The wisdom and history of the those people who believed in God were passed through oral stories, told and retold in important gatherings.
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Written Tradition
Writing became more common. Oral tradition still continued
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Edited Tradition
Authors refined and combined stories to reflect new events or religious questions that arose during their time
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Canon of Scriptures
The Church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of the sacred books
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Canon of the scriptures
official list of inspired books
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Canon
"measuring stick;" sacred writing was judged to be divinely inspired and accepted or not
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Canonization
the Church's official recognition that a book is inspired
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Canonicity
the condition or state of a book having passed the standards of for determining divine inspiration
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Criteria for Canonicity (Old Testament)
- Prophetic Origin - Coherence with the Torah - Constant use in The liturgy - Language
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Criteria for Canonicity (New Testament)
- Apostolic Origin - Coherence with the essential Gospel message - Constant use in the liturgy
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“Apocrypha”
veiled or secret
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Did not pass the criteria for canonicity
Apocryphal Writings
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Church did not sense their inspiration
Apocryphal Writings
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Contents are either heretical or irrelevant
Apocryphal Writings
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Since these books are of doubtful authority, they cannot be used as standards of faith and morality
Apocryphal Writings
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How many books in the Roman Catholic Bible?
73/72 46 OT (45 if Jeremiah & Lamentations are counted as one) 27 NT
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How many books in the Non-Catholic Bible?
66 39 OT 27 NT
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Deuterocanonical
second canon
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Second set of canonical books
Deuterocanonical
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Catholics think of these books as inspired, or equal inspiration as the Protocanonicals, having passed the same standards.
Deuterocanonical
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Council of Trent
Determined the Deuterocanonical books (before they closed the Canon)
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Testament
evidence of a specified fact, event or reality
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"Testis"
witness
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Old Testament
lesson on faithfulness expressed through laws stories, prophecies, and wisdom culture
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New Testament
tells of Jesus and how through His passion, death and resurrection, established the definite covenant relationship between God and humanity
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Language of Old Testament
Written primarily in Hebrew, some parts in Greek
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Language of New Testament
Written primarily in Greek, some parts in Aramaic
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The Sacred Scripture is known as ______________?
the Word of God
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God, in His infinite wisdom and love, wants us to discover His rich and meaningful message of love written all over in the _________________?
Sacred Scriptures
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Exegesis
Drawing meaning from the text
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Guide for interpretation of the Bible
- Interpretation must be coherent with tradition of the Church - Consider the historical character of Biblical Revelation - It must be interpreted to the needs of its readers today - It must be interpreted in relation to Christ, to the whole scripture and the Church
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Senses of the Scriptures
- Literal - Allegorical - Moral - Anagogical
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Literal Sense
meaning the author of the text directly intended to convey to his audience
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Allegorical Sense
consists of patterns and parallelism. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ
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Moral Sense
events in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly
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Anagogical Sense
interpretation of the relationship of the Sacred Scriptures to the eternal glory that awaits us

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