Week 1 Terms - Scripture in Itself Flashcards
How the literal sense of Scripture refers to Jesus and the Church
Allegorical sense
Allegorical sense: How the ___ sense of Scripture refers to __________
literal, Jesus and the Church
How the literal sense of Scripture refers to the union of our souls with God both now and in eternity
Anagogical sense
Anagogical sense: How the literal sense of Scripture refers to the _____ with God both now and in eternity
union of our souls
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.
Deuterocanonical books
Deuterocanonical books:
Tobit, Judith, certain portions of Esther, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, certain portions of Daniel, 1-2 Maccabees
Deuterocanonical books come to us in ____ rather than ____
Greek, Hebrew
The Biblical _____ is the list of books which belong in the Bible
Canon (of Scripture)
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)
Epistles
_____ comes from the Greek word “gnosis” meaning “_____”
Gnostic, knowledge
______ 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
Gnostics
The four inspired accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Gospels
Something having to do with ancient Greek culture
Hellenistic
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
Historical books
When the light of the mysteries of the Christian faith illumines our own life
The illuminative way
The illuminative way moves us from an ______ to a ______ reading of Scripture
allegorical to a tropological
Law (Torah): the first five books of the Bible: ___________
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
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.
Literal Sense
“__________” is the Latin word for the number “70”
Septuaginta
the ______ is the Greek translation of the Old Testament which Hellenistic Hebrews and the first Christians received as authoritative; a pious legend states that _____________
Septuagint; 70 scholars took 70 days to translate it
The books of the Bible written by or about prophets
Prophets (Nevi’im)
Major prophets include…
Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel (some also include Daniel)
Minor prophets include…
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
The beginning of the Christian life where we are purged form our sins and move from the letter to the spirit of Sacred Scripture
Purgative Way
The purgative way moves from a ____ to an ____ reading of Scripture.
literal, allegorical
An extension of the literal sense given to Scripture by God over and above the literal sense.
spiritual sense
The three spiritual senses include…
allegorical, tropological, anagogical
How the literal sense of Scripture refers to God’s actions in our lives and what he wants us to do.
tropological sense
Tropological Sense: how the literal sense of Scripture refers to _______ and ________
God’s actions in our lives; what he wants us to do
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
Unitive Way
The unitive way moves us from a _____ to an _______ reading of Scripture
tropological, anagogical
St. Jerome’s Latin translation of the entire Bible; Jerome used the Old Testament canon of the Septuagint
Vulgate
The Wisdom literature of the Old Testament
Writings (Ketuvim)
Writings (Ketuvim) include…
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom, and Sirach
