Words Flashcards
Divine Revelation
God inspires the many writers of the Bible to record truth and Divine Knowledge
Oral Tradition
First way of passing down stories from one generation to the next
Sacred Scripture
Divinely inspired by God, physically recorded
Original justice
How God intended us to be and how we were made in the Garden with perfect balance in relationship with God, Self, Others, Nature
Salvation History
God’s plan to save humanity from sin and death
Fundamentalist approach
We take everything we read in the Bible you mean just what it says and nothing more. It is very literal
Contextualist approach
We take into consideration what is happening in the world around the people and realize that in some situations allegories may occur and are not to be taken literally.
What is perfect Happines?
The balance of others, god, nature, self and how god created us to be, and intended us to be
What is the Pentateuch?
These are the first five books of the Bible. They contain laws and origin myths.
How can we be so sure that the Torah was not messed with in ancient times?
If even a single word was misspelled it was rewritten, the Q source, and they had better memory
What did Jesus defeat on the cross?
Sin and Death
When telling others to look something up in the Bible what is the order in which we write the passage our for them to find?
Book name, chapter, Verse: Judges 9:49
What does saint Augustine say about the human heart?
Our hearts will be restless until they find rest in god.
How did god create the world?
He spoke it into existence
God declares war on Satan in chapter 3 of Genesis provide the verse?
The Genesis 3:15
