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
What does parah mean?
Be fruitful
What does rabbah mean?
Increase, master
(Define) Beyond the limits of ordinary human experience or knowledge
Transcendent
Humans were created in a state of…?
Original Justice and Original Holiness
Both man and woman share what?
Equal personal dignity
The difference between genders is not just physical but also…?
Spiritual
(Diff. affected + spiritual nature)
How are men and woman supposed to be complementary and how would it impact society?
They are supposed to be complementary in self-giving love and communion. Also in marriage and family. This impact society in a positive manner. (Woman made from the side of man)
Before the fall, were Adam and Eve aware of God’s presence/relationship?
Yes
SHORT ANSWER: What was the 1st Original Sin?
The sin of disobedience to God. Adam and Eve decided for themselves what is good and evil. They chose to put their own desires before God’s will (false sense of happiness)
What does Jesus refer Satan as?
“murderer from the beginning”
What are the 3 specific consequences to Original Sin?
1) loss of friendship of God
2) no longer immune to suffering + death
3) greater inclination to sin + temptation
What is the moment each new human person receives Adam’s fallen nature
The moment of conception
As Original Sin divided humanity from God, sin divides…?
Humans from one another.
SHORT ANSWER: According to a Bishop Barron, what is Sin?
Sin - Turning oneself into God. Appropriating the divine life and making it yours instead of receiving it the way it is.
SHORT ANSWER: According to a Bishop Barron, what does it mean to get the Divine Life “on the fly?”
As you receive it you give it. As it comes out it goes out.
We receive the body of Christ (we are what we eat) + we give it away with our actions + come back for more.
SHORT ANSWER: According to a Bishop Barron, what is the great emptiness?
The emptiness of our soul. After we sin ( a symbol of sin)
(Define) Image in the prophecies of Isaiah depicting one who is sent by God to suffer and die for the sins of humanity. It is a prophecy of the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ
Suffering Servant
(Define)
The story of God’s plan to save man from the consequences of sin. This plan began with creation, is unfolding now, and will continue until the end of time at the Second Coming.
Salvation History
(Define)
Christ’s work of redemption accomplished principally by his Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, whereby “dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life” (CCC 1067; cf. 654).
Paschal Mystery
(Define) The form of the body, this is an individual spiritual substance created directly by God in his image and likeness.
Soul
(Define) Making no mistakes or errors. Scripture is inerrant; it always teaches truth, never falsehoof
Inerrant
(Define) From the Greek proto, meaning “first,” and evangelion, meaning “good news.” This first message of Good News — the First Gospel — is found in Genesis 3: 15, wherein the promise of a redeemer is announced.
Protoevangelium
(Define) Hebrew for “anointed.” Anointing was the Old Testament ritual used to commission a person for a special task.
Messiah
(Define) Guided by God; from a word meaning “breathed in.“
Inspired
(Define) The state enjoyed by our first parents characterized by inner harmony of the human person, harmony between man and woman, and harmony with creation.
Original Justice
(Define) Adam and Eve’s abuse of their human freedom by disobeying God’s command
Original Sin
(Define) A solemn agreement between people or between God and man involving mutual commitments and guarantees
Covenant
(Define) Literally meaning “being bought back,” the act by which Jesus Christ, through his sacrificial Death on the Cross, set us free from the slavery of sin, thus redeeming or “buying us back” from the power of the Devil.
Redemption
SHORT ANSWER: Compare Mary and Eve.
Mary’s “yes” to God was necessary to bring the Incarnation into the world unlike Eve who disobeyed God and brought sim into the world.
What promises did
God make to Abraham?
- land and a nation
- kingship and a name
- make his descendants a blessing for all nations
SHORT ANSWER: Give 2 reasons why the giving of divine name is important?
1) reveals a desire for a personal relationship with His people
2) reveals existence to be the very nature of God
What was the Mosaic Law for?
To prepare for the coming of Christ
SHORT ANSWER: How does Exodus foreshadow redemption?
Just as Moses leads us from slavery of sin, as with the 1st Passover, a lamb is scarified (Christ: the Lamb of God). The passage through the Red Sea was a type of Baptism
Who establishes Jerusalem as a Capital and unites the people?
David
What does Jesus call David?
King after his kingdom will never end
SHORT ANSWER: How is David’s kingship an allegorical reference to Christ’s kingship?
David is imperfect but righteous endowed with kingship, wisdom + spirit of prayer, who saved his people. Christ is perfectly holy, wisdom itself, the savior of all.
What does nabi mean?
Mouthpiece
What did the prophets promise the Israelites?
A Messiah would come to restore Israel, defeat its enemies + bring great splendor that that of David
How did Isaiah describe the savior?
- he would come form Galilee
- He would suffer greatly + die, redeeming the sins of humanity the suffering servant
How would the Messiah’s death affect the people?
It would heal them and save them from sin
