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What are the Ten Commandments also referred to as?
The Ten Commandments are also referred to as the ‘Sinai Covenant’.
Why are the Ten Commandments called the Sinai Covenant?
They are called the Sinai Covenant because they were the covenants made between God and Man when Moses went up Mount Sinai.
What does the term ‘covenant’ mean?
Covenant means a deal / a promise / a contract that must not be broken.
Can you give examples of covenants?
The ten commandment
What is the first book of the Bible and what does its name mean?
The first book of the Bible is Genesis. The name Genesis means ‘origin’, or where something comes from.
What do the first two chapters of Genesis include?
The first two chapters in Genesis include two creation stories.
What do the two creation stories in Genesis teach?
Both stories show the belief that all life comes from God and that God is good, the creator of a good creation.
What does St Paul say in Acts of the Apostles about creation?
St Paul says, ‘In him we live and move and have our being… For we are indeed his offspring’ (Acts 17:28).
How many days does God create the universe in the first creation story?
God is presented as creating the universe and everything in it over six days and resting on the seventh.
What is the significance of the days of creation in Genesis 1?
The days are symbolic and show the belief that God created the universe in an organised way, over time.
What does God create on Day 1?
God creates light, separating it from darkness.
What does God create on Day 2?
God makes an expanse to separate the waters from each other.
What does God create on Day 3?
God gathers the waters and lets dry land appear, calling it earth, and creates plants and trees.
What does God create on Day 4?
God makes the lights in the sky: sun, moon, and stars.
What does God create on Day 5?
God makes living creatures in the waters and the skies.
What does God create on Day 6?
God creates animals that live on the land and then humans.
What happens on Day 7?(creation in genesis1)
God rests.
What is the act of bringing something into existence called?
Creation.
How is the first creation story structured?
This creation story is written using verses and choruses, like a hymn or a poem.
What phrase begins the first creation story?
‘In the beginning…’
What does the phrase ‘In the beginning…’ suggest about God?
It suggests that God existed before time itself, as an eternal being.
What does ‘creatio ex nihilo’ mean?
‘Creatio ex nihilo’ means creation out of nothing.
What does creatio ex nihilo show about God?
It shows God to be omnipotent (all powerful), since no one else can create from nothing.
How do most Catholics view the first creation story?
Most Catholics don’t believe that this story is a literal or factual account of creation.
