Week 1 Terms - Scripture in Itself Flashcards

1
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How the literal sense of Scripture refers to Jesus and the Church

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Allegorical sense

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Allegorical sense: How the ___ sense of Scripture refers to __________

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literal, Jesus and the Church

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How the literal sense of Scripture refers to the union of our souls with God both now and in eternity

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Anagogical sense

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Anagogical sense: How the literal sense of Scripture refers to the _____ with God both now and in eternity

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union of our souls

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5
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Those books of the Old Testament which come down to us in Greek rather than in Hebrew: Tobit, Judith, certain portions of Esther, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, certain portions of Daniel, 1-2 Maccabees.

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Deuterocanonical books

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Deuterocanonical books:

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Tobit, Judith, certain portions of Esther, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, certain portions of Daniel, 1-2 Maccabees

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Deuterocanonical books come to us in ____ rather than ____

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Greek, Hebrew

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8
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The Biblical _____ is the list of books which belong in the Bible

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Canon (of Scripture)

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9
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Inspired letters in the New Testament which applied an encounter with Jesus to the first Christian communities; there are Pauline Epistles (Roman, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon), and Catholic Epistles (Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude)

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Epistles

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10
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_____ comes from the Greek word “gnosis” meaning “_____”

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Gnostic, knowledge

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11
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______ were groups of people in the first centuries after Christ who syncretistically combined Persian religion and elements of Christianity; they believed that matter was evil and that a select group of people receive inner enlightenment on how to be liberated from matter

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Gnostics

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12
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The four inspired accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

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Gospels

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13
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Something having to do with ancient Greek culture

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Hellenistic

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14
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The books following the Law that narrate the history of the Hebrew people from their entry into the promised land through their return from the Babylonian Captivity: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, 1-2, Maccabees

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Historical books

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15
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When the light of the mysteries of the Christian faith illumines our own life

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The illuminative way

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16
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The illuminative way moves us from an ______ to a ______ reading of Scripture

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allegorical to a tropological

17
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Law (Torah): the first five books of the Bible: ___________

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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

18
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That meaning primarily intended by the author of a passage of Sacred Scripture. It may be historical, but it may be according to some other genre.

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Literal Sense

19
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“__________” is the Latin word for the number “70”

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Septuaginta

20
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the ______ is the Greek translation of the Old Testament which Hellenistic Hebrews and the first Christians received as authoritative; a pious legend states that _____________

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Septuagint; 70 scholars took 70 days to translate it

21
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The books of the Bible written by or about prophets

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Prophets (Nevi’im)

22
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Major prophets include…

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Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel (some also include Daniel)

23
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Minor prophets include…

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Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi

24
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The beginning of the Christian life where we are purged form our sins and move from the letter to the spirit of Sacred Scripture

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Purgative Way

25
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The purgative way moves from a ____ to an ____ reading of Scripture.

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literal, allegorical

26
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An extension of the literal sense given to Scripture by God over and above the literal sense.

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spiritual sense

27
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The three spiritual senses include…

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allegorical, tropological, anagogical

28
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How the literal sense of Scripture refers to God’s actions in our lives and what he wants us to do.

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tropological sense

29
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Tropological Sense: how the literal sense of Scripture refers to _______ and ________

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God’s actions in our lives; what he wants us to do

30
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When, having been purged from sin and illumined by the mysteries of Christ, we enter into perfect communion with the three persons of the Blessed Trinity

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Unitive Way

31
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The unitive way moves us from a _____ to an _______ reading of Scripture

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tropological, anagogical

32
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St. Jerome’s Latin translation of the entire Bible; Jerome used the Old Testament canon of the Septuagint

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Vulgate

33
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The Wisdom literature of the Old Testament

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Writings (Ketuvim)

34
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Writings (Ketuvim) include…

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Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom, and Sirach