Chapter 5 Flashcards
1
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Exegesis
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Interpretation and explanation of Sacred Scripture.
2
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Magisterium
A
The teaching office of the church made up of the Pope and bishops.
3
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Genre
A
A type or kind of something
4
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Context
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How did the culture of the time affect the Bible’s words?
5
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Literal Sense
A
What the words of the scripture actually say(The obvious meaning)
6
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Spiritual Sense
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What do the events of the passage signify
7
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Allegorical
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Symbolism; deeper truth
8
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Moral
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How does the passage instruct us to live rightly?
9
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Anagogical
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How does the passage lead us to salvation?
10
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Fundamentalist approach
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The literal interpretations; what the passage actually says
11
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Contextualist approach
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Interpretation that considers various contexts such as genre, history, culture, and all of Scripture and Tradition
