The Transmission of Divine Revelation The Sacred Scriptures Flashcards

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The Bible is a Faith-Book

A

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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3
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Nihil Obstat

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“nothing hinders”

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4
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Given by a Censor Librorum

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Nihil Obstat

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5
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attestation a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals

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Nihil Obstat

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6
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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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10
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Byblos (greek)

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papyrus

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11
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Biblion

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scroll, book

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12
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St. Jerome used the term ____________________

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bibliotheca divina (divine library)

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13
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The Bible is the Word ____ God

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ABOUT, FROM, BY

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14
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Emperor Constantine

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ordered its production and various translations

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15
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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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16
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St. Jerome

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Commissioned by Pope St. Damasus to translate to Latin

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17
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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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18
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Robert Estienne

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divided the chapters into verses

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19
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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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20
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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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21
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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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22
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Not subsequent approbation

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God was involved in the entire writing process

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23
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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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24
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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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25
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Biblical Inspiration

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special influence of the Holy Spirit upon the authors so that they may write what God wanted them to write

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26
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____% Word of God, ____% Word of Man

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both 100%

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27
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Biblical inerrancy

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freedom of error and since the Bible is the
Word of God, it means the Bible is inerrant

28
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The Bible contains error but teaches no error. T or F

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True

29
Q

What does the Bible teach?

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The saving truth

30
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Formation of the Sacred Scriptures

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  1. Events and Experiences
  2. Oral Tradition
  3. Written Tradition
  4. Edited Tradition
  5. Canon of Scriptures
31
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Events and Experiences

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The Holy Scriptures started with the revelation of God in the lives of the chosen people

32
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Oral Tradition

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The wisdom and history of the those people who believed in God were passed through oral
stories, told and retold in important gatherings.

33
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Written Tradition

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Writing became more common. Oral tradition still continued

34
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Edited Tradition

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Authors refined and combined stories to reflect new events or religious questions that arose during their time

35
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Canon of Scriptures

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The Church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of the sacred books

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Canon of the scriptures

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official list of inspired books

37
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Canon

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“measuring stick;” sacred writing was judged to be divinely inspired and accepted or not

38
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Canonization

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the Church’s official recognition that a book is inspired

39
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Canonicity

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the condition or state of a book having passed the standards of for determining divine inspiration

40
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Criteria for Canonicity (Old Testament)

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  • Prophetic Origin
  • Coherence with the Torah
  • Constant use in The liturgy
  • Language
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Criteria for Canonicity (New Testament)

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  • Apostolic Origin
  • Coherence with the essential Gospel message
  • Constant use in the liturgy
42
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“Apocrypha”

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veiled or secret

43
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Did not pass the criteria for canonicity

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Apocryphal Writings

44
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Church did not sense their inspiration

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Apocryphal Writings

45
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Contents are either heretical or irrelevant

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Apocryphal Writings

46
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Since these books are of doubtful authority, they cannot be used as standards of faith and morality

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Apocryphal Writings

47
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How many books in the Roman Catholic Bible?

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73/72
46 OT (45 if Jeremiah & Lamentations are counted as one)
27 NT

48
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How many books in the Non-Catholic Bible?

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66
39 OT
27 NT

49
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Deuterocanonical

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second canon

50
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Second set of canonical books

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Deuterocanonical

51
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Catholics think of these books as inspired, or equal inspiration as the Protocanonicals, having passed the same standards.

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Deuterocanonical

52
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Council of Trent

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Determined the Deuterocanonical books (before they closed the Canon)

53
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Testament

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evidence of a specified fact, event or reality

54
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“Testis”

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witness

55
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Old Testament

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lesson on faithfulness expressed through laws stories, prophecies, and wisdom culture

56
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New Testament

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tells of Jesus and how through His passion, death and resurrection, established the definite covenant relationship between God and humanity

57
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Language of Old Testament

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Written primarily in Hebrew, some parts in Greek

58
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Language of New Testament

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Written primarily in Greek, some parts in Aramaic

59
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The Sacred Scripture is known as ______________?

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the Word of God

60
Q

God, in His infinite wisdom and love, wants us to discover His rich and meaningful message of
love written all over in the _________________?

A

Sacred Scriptures

61
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Exegesis

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Drawing meaning from the text

62
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Guide for interpretation of the Bible

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  • 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
63
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Senses of the Scriptures

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  • Literal
  • Allegorical
  • Moral
  • Anagogical
64
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Literal Sense

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meaning the author of the text directly intended to convey to his audience

65
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Allegorical Sense

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consists of patterns and parallelism. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ

66
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Moral Sense

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events in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly

67
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Anagogical Sense

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interpretation of the relationship of the Sacred Scriptures to the eternal glory that awaits us