Unit 1 Genesis Flashcards
How to read the Bible as a Catholic.
God’s word (God is the author of the Bible)
Written by men who were inspired or guided, to write about Jesus through the Holy Spirit.
True (the Bible teaches without
error, the truths about God.)
Not historical or scientific facts.
Comes from the Greek word
Biblios
A collection of smaller books put
together (much like a library)
God reveals (shows) himself to us
through the?
Bible
In the Old Testament God reveals
himself to his ?
Chosen People
God calls his people to?
LOve
Who is God?
All-powerful: God can do anything.
All-knowing: God knows everything - past, present and future.
Ever-present: God is everywhere at all times.
Eternal: God always was and always will be.
The Bible Part 2
Four Categories of the Old Testament:
Law - also known as the Pentateuch or the Torah, first five books of the Bible, tells the story of the Creation and the Covenant between God and his Chosen People, tells how God cared for his people on their journey to the Promised Land.
Historical - tells how God cared for his people during their history, purpose is to remind the Hebrew people that God has been with them during all the events of their lives.
Wisdom - tells people how to live wisely, shows how to act as God’s people, and how to pray, contains psalms, poems, prayers, sermons, proverbs, riddles, and parables.
- Prophetic - tells about the prophets and their messages to God’s people, called the people to be faithful to God and to their covenant with him.
The Catholic Bible consist of __ books?
73
Old Testament =
46
New Testament =
27
Bible Citations are read as ____ ______ ____ _____?
Book, chapter and verse
