Unit 2

Question 0

Authority of Scripture

Answer 0

the idea that all the words in Scripture are God’s in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of Scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God

Question 1

Apocrypha

Answer 1

additional books included in the Roman Catholic canon that are excluded from the Protestant Bible

Question 2

Canon

Answer 2

the list of all the 66 books that belong in the Bible

Question 3

Canonicity

Answer 3

answering the question about how it was decided which books would be in the Bible

Question 4

Clarity of Scripture

Answer 4

the idea that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God’s help and being willing to follow it.

Question 5

Codex

Answer 5

papyrus sheets bound together in leaf form, similar to a book format

Question 6

General Revelation

Answer 6

Knowledge of God’s existence, character and moral law that comes through creation to all humanity; revelation of God given to all people at all time

Question 7

Historicity

Answer 7

historically authentic

Question 8

Hermeneutics

Answer 8

the study of interpreting the Bible

Question 9

Inerrancy

Answer 9

the idea that Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact

Question 10

Infallibility

Answer 10

the idea that Scripture is not able to lead us astray in any matters of faith and practice

Question 11

Masoretic Text

Answer 11

the traditional text of the Hebrew Bible carefully copied by generations of Jewish scholars (Masoretes) using a strict set of proofreading guidelines around the 10th to 11th centuries

Question 12

Necessity of Scripture

Answer 12

the idea that the Bible is necessary for knowing the gospel, for maintaining spiritual life, and for knowing God’s will, but is not necessary for knowing that God exists or for knowing something about God’s character and moral laws

Question 13

Self-Attesting

Answer 13

the words bear witness to their own divine authorship as Christians read them

Question 14

Septuagint (LXX)

Answer 14

the Greek translation of the Old Testament composed between 250-150 B.C.

Question 15

Special Revelation

Answer 15

God’s words addressed to specific people, including the words of the Bible

Question 16

Sufficiency of Scripture

Answer 16

the idea that Scripture contained all the words of God he intended his people to have at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains all the words of God we need for salvation, for trusting and obeying him perfectly

Question 17

Textual Variants

Answer 17

places where manuscripts differ in minor differences of spelling, punctuation, or accidental omissions or duplications