Unit 1 Test Flashcards
The Bible tells the story of what?
How God’s plan for salvation unfolded throughout history (Salvation History)
(Define) The state that existed between our first parents and God by which they fully participated in divine life before the fall.
Original Holiness
What is contained in the Bible?
Stories, poems, dialogue, and figurative language.
What is required to read the Bible and understand it?
Preparation and authoritative guidance
(Define) The disordered human appetites or desires that remain even after Baptism due to the temporal consequences of Original Sin and which constitute an inclination to sin.
Concupiscence
The Bible is _____ and _____ history of salvation.
Inspired and Inerrant
What 2 senses do we need to distinguish when discerning the meaning of the Scripture?
1) Literal Sense
2) Spiritual Sense
What are the 3 main spiritual senses?
1) Allegorical/Typical sense
2) Moral/Tropological sense
3) Anagogical sense
What is literal sense?
Understanding of the various genres used in the written text (law, history, wisdom, prophesy, poetry) and what is said in the passage
What is important to keep in mind when reading the Bible in a literal sense?
We must remember the culture in which it was written in order not to have literalistic interpretations (imposing modern historical + scientific ideas on scripture)
What is spiritual sense?
The meaning expressed by the biblical texts when read under the influence of the Holy Spirit in light of the mystery of Christ.
What is allegorical/typical sense?
Shows how people + events in salvation
What is moral/tropological sense?
Interprets the heroes of Scripture as models for life
What is anagogical sense?
Views the events of Sacred Scripture “in terms of their eternal significance” (CCC 117) leading us to heaven
What are 2 words to describe the Bible?
The Bible is both Divine and Human
SHORT ANSWER: How is the Bible both divine and human?
God writes the Bible by divinely inspiring members of His people to write it. The Bible tells us, without error, what we need to know about God for the sake of our salvation
What 2 things are used to understand scripture?
Faith and reason
(Both seek truth + faith elevates reason)
SHORT ANSWER: What are the 3 religions truths to the Creation Stories?
1) There is only 1 God
2) Everything God made was good
3) God Planned Creation
Th greek word “ruah” mean what in english?
-wind
-breath
-spirit
What is the focal point of Creation?
Humans are the focal point of creation as they are made in God’s own image + likeness
Is our souls immortal or mortal?
Immortal
How do human differ from other creatures?
They each have a rational soul with the spiritual powers of intellect and will
What does the soul reflect?
The power of God + “images” the divine life in a finite way
What is the soul + why is it important?
The soul is the form and “spiritual principle” of the body
Both the body and soul are…?
Sacred
According to Hebrew parah - rabbah, the first humans were called to be…?
Fruitful and multiply