Quiz 1

Question 1

Define: “word of God”

Answer 1

Used to describe the scriptures

Question 2

Define: “Word of God”

Answer 2

Used as a title for Jesus
“Word” means logos, idea, thought, rationale, reason
The Bible is about the Word’s word

Question 3

What are the three sources of the Bible’s authority?

Answer 3

Canonicity, inspiration, and inerrancy

Question 4

Define: Canonicity

Answer 4

kanon-rule or standard

Question 5

Define: Inspiration

Answer 5

“God-breathed”
God the holy spirit inspired the human authors of the scripture to write what they did- dual authorship

Question 6

Define: dual authorship

Answer 6

God as the primary and human author (instrumental author) as the secondary

Question 7

Define- Inerrancy

Answer 7

any information in the bible that is connected to God’s plan for salvation or salvation history is correct

Question 8

What is another word for the Old Testament?

Answer 8

Old Covenant

Question 9

How do Christians view the New Testament?

Answer 9

They view it as the final/new Covenant

Question 10

Define: Historical books VS Prophetic Books

Answer 10

Historical books are the early prophets, and the prophetic books are the later prophets; transitions from the old to new testament.

Question 11

Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles and what was it?

Answer 11

written by Luke and the only historical book of the new testament

Question 12

What was the only historical book of the new testament?

Answer 12

Acts of the Apostles

Question 13

What are the Epistles?

Answer 13

the new testament analog to the old testament wisdom literature

Question 14

What was the notion of Language?

Answer 14

Elevation/Condensation

Question 15

What are the four senses of scripture (only names)?

Answer 15

1 Literal sense
3 Spiritual Senses:
allegorical sense
moral/tropological
anagogical

Question 16

What is the allegorical sense?

Answer 16

persons/events/institutions can point beyond themselves (things that will happen in the future or happened in the past) Ex: Abraham and Issac’s sacrifice in comparison to Jesus

Question 17

What is the Moral/Tropological sense?

Answer 17

how the actions of God’s people in the Old Testament and the life of Jesus in the New Testament prompt us to form virtuous habits in our own lives

Question 18

What is the Anagogical Sense?

Answer 18

shows us how countless events in the Bible prefigure our final union with God in eternity, and how things that are “seen” on earth are figures of things “unseen” in heaven. The anagogical sense leads us to contemplate our destiny

Question 19

What is the correlating theological virtue for the allegorical sense?

Answer 19

Faith

Question 20

What is the correlating theological virtue for the moral/tropological sense?

Answer 20

Charity (love)

Question 21

What is the correlating theological virtue for the anagogical sense?

Answer 21

Hope

Question 22

What are the Church’s three criteria for biblical interpretation? (just names)

Answer 22

literary context
community context
theological context

Question 23

What does literary context mean?

Answer 23

Be attentive to content and unity of Scripture

Question 24

What does community context mean?

Answer 24

read within the living tradition of the Church

Question 25

What does theological context mean?

Answer 25

be attentive to the "anagogical of faith"

Question 26

What is the analogy faith?

Answer 26

It means that if we understand the doctrines of faith properly, then they must fit together. They have to make sense

Question 27

What are the four criteria for inclusion of texts in the New Testament Canon?

Answer 27

- Authored by "apostolic men" or very close people to the apostles - Contained teachings for the entire church (universally inclusive) - Long tradition of liturgical usage - They are faithful reflections of the life of the Church

Question 28

What are the Characteristics of the Graeco-Roman “life” as a literary genre and its application to the Gospels?

Answer 28

- Focus on one person: Jesus - Broadly chronological but can get shifted around - Largely dedicated to one period in the subject’s life - Typically about a renowned or influential subject - Pay special attention to the virtues and wisdom leading up to

Question 29

What is the concept of historicity?

Answer 29

Not in perfect chronological order

Question 30

What is the Evidence supporting ICSB editors’ preference of a 3–2 B.C. date for Jesus’ birth (rather than 6–4 B.C.)

Answer 30

- Herod the Great died in 1BC not 4 BC - What people presumed to be a tax census, may not have been a tax census. - Quarineas becomes the leader of Egypt (governor)

Question 31

What is the sequence of key events in the life of Saint Paul?

Answer 31

- Sometime in the 30’s Paul has his conversion - Meets Pricilla, Expelled from Rome, about 49 Paul is in Corinth (18 months) - Paul is brought before Galeo in 51 - Arrested in Temple at Jerusalem (prison for 2 years in Judea) - Paul appeals his case to Ceasar and is transferred to Rome - Under house arrest for another 2 years - Martyred in Rome - We start with certain dates that are comfortable in reference and then based on the scriptures it can be built upon