Semester Exams1 Notes: Flashcards
(153 cards)
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God’s free gift of self-communication, which helps us understand God’s plan for us -
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Divine Revelation
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Is related to the Latin term meaning “reconnecting to the divine” or “binding to God”
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Religion
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central truth of revelation that Catholics must believe
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Dogma
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He said, “our heart is restless until it rest in God”
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St. Augustine
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The holy spirits gift that enables us to believe in God & all that he has revealed to us
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Faith
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He showed how human intelligence can discover God
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St. Thomas Aquinas
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One of the elements of the single deposit of faith
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Sacred Tradition
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The sin of Adam and Eve, that were all born into
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Original Sin
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binding promise between God and humankind in which God pledge enduring love & asks for love in return
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Covenant
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Someone who does not believe in God
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Atheist
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First among the apostles, upon whom Christ founded the church
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St. Peter
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a judgement of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act
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Conscience
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story of Gods saving presence and activity on our behalf
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Salvation history
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Belief in one God
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Monotheistic
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the teaching authority of the church
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Magisterium
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another way of saying “without error”
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Inerrant
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Most of the OT was written in this language
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Hebrew
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copies of the OT books that were discovered in 1947 in Israel
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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interpretation of the bible ignores various literary forms and the cultural and historical factors of the period in which the biblical authors wrote
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Literalist
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a type of writing that has a particular form, style, content
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literary genre
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Process used by scholars to discover the meaning of biblical text
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Exegesis
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Scriptures don’t contradict themselves
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Analogy of Faith
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Biblical criticism that helps to discover where the biblical authors got their material
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Source Criticism
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title given to theologians for the first eight centuries whose teachings made a lasting mark on the church
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church fathers
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the language Jesus spoke
Aramaic
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God used the human authors as his ___________ to convey Divine Revelation to us
instruments
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the entire NT was written in this language
Greek
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biblical criticism that helps discover how the various editors put together their sources & arranges them in the way they did
Redaction Criticism
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the Church's official Latin translation
Vulgate
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Who is the author of the Bible
God
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T or F- the new Jerusalem bible is a protestant translation of the bible
F
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T or F- Reading the Bible in a literal way is the same as reading it in a literalist way
F
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T or F- moral sense of Scripture helps us to live a good life and to act justly on behalf of God and other people
T
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T or F- St Augustine translated the Bible into Latin
F, St. Jerome
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T or F- St Jerome said "ignorance of the Scripture is ignorance of Christ"
T
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T or F- God forced the sacred writers of the Bible to write down the truths needed for salvation
F
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T or F- the New American Bible is a Catholic translation of the Bible
T
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T or F- Fundamentalists read the bible in a literal sense
F
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T or F- The primary purpose of the bible is to present the religious truths that God wishes to reveal through Salvation History
T
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T or F- one of the ways for interpreting scripture is reading it within the living Tradition of the Church
T
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T or F- the bible was written in one language
F
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T or f- the first books of the Bible may have been recorded during the reign of king solomon
T
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T or F- the first 5 books of the Bible are the Torah
T
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T or F- The Greek term for "second canon" is Deuterocanonical
T
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T or F- the word septuagint means the biblical translation from Hebrew to Greek by seventy scholars
T
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T or F- the word canon is the hebrew word that signifies a standard, measurement, norm.
T
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T or F- the word Exodus means beginning
F, Genesis
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T or F- The word Deuteronomy means "second law"
T
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T or f- the sinai covenant, Ten commandments, and Decalogue all refer to the law given by God to the Israelites on mount Sinai
T
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T or F- Abraham is the traditional author of the Pentateuch
F, Moses
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T or F- Genesis refers to the departure of the Israelites from Egypt
F, Exodus
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T or F- a biblical prophet would NOT say the world is coming to an end
T
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T or F- Jeremiah is one of the minor prophets
F, major
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T or F- Habakkuk is one of the minor prophets
T
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T or F- 300 men were needed for judge Gideon to defeat the Midians
T
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T or F- Ruth was a moabite woman and was loyal to her mother in law
T
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The council of trent accepted 46 books of the OT
T
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Four sections into which the Catholic Bibles organize the books of the OT-
Pentatuech, Historical Books, Wisdom Books, and Prophetic Books
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Highly symbolic work's purpose was to encourage Christians who were undergoing persecution for their faith in Jesus Christ
Book of Revelation
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Jesus was probably born in 6 Bc and then crucified in what year?
33 BC
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Second part of the Gospel of Luke
Acts of the Apostles
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one of the letters written by Paul or by one of his disciples
Epistles
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written as a sermon, emphasizes Christ's superiority over all creation
Letter to the Hebrews
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seven letters intended for all
Catholic Epistles
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This gospel was written first -
Mark
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This gospel highlights Jesus as a suffering servant-
Mark
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This gospel portrays Jesus as the word of God-
John
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This gospel contains the Sermon on the Mount
Matthew
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The author of this Gospel was also an apostle-
John
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This Gospel presents Jesus as a savior w/ a special concern for the poor and outcast -
Luke
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What are the three forms of Oral Tradition?
Kerygma, Didache, Liturgy
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Kerygma -
preaching to non believers
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Didache-
teaching to catechisms
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Liturgy-
worship of Christians
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Three reasons the gospels were written down
end of the world wasn't coming as fast as what they though , Distorians of Gospels were occurring , and they needed more instruction.
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T or F- Jesus lived a typical life of a Jewish Boy
T
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T or F- Jesus was crucified by Pontius Pilate in 30AD
T
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T or F- First written books of the new T were the Gospels
F
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T or F- The Gospel writers were trying to write a biography of Jesus
F
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T or F- The Acts of the Apostles tells the early history of the Church
T
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Sign of the covenant w/ Abraham and his descendants
Circumcision
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Story demonstrating pridefulness & trying to get to heaven apart from God
Tower of Babel
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Patriarch and model of faith -
Abraham
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Book of Genesis ends w/ this persons death -
Joseph
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His name means "I drew him out of waters"
Moses
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What does God reveal in the First Creation Story?
There is only one God
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Twelve Tribe of Israel were direct decendants of who?
Jacob
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symbol of the convenant w/ noah
Rainbow
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Created from Adams rib
Eve
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biblical scholars show that this section of the Old T reached its final form after centuries of retelling, adapting, and interpreting oral tradition
Pentateuch
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a period of time that refers to events / objects that date before the written record existed
Prehistory
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the first gospel - first good news - where God promises a savior who will destroy sin and its consquences -
Protoevangelium
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T or F- the tree knowledge of good and evil symbolizes the knowledge only God can possess
T
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T or F- The worst consequence of the Original Sin was seperation from God
T
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T of F- The covenant w/ Abraham relied on God's fidelity alone
T
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T or F- There is a similarity between Abraham's sacrifice his only son and Jesus' sacrifice as Gods only son
T
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T or F- Jacob's favorite son was Judah
F
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He led the Israelites into the Promised Land
Joshua
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The first king & anointed by Samuel but lost kingship cause he disobeyed the divine commands
Saul
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Israel's last & most significant judge, was both judge and priest
Samuel
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Saul's son and David's loyal friend
Jonathan
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The second king of Israel (after Saul)
David
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God spoke to King David through who?
Nathan
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David's son by Bathsheba, he succeeded David as a king -
Solomon
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While he ruled king of Judea, Jesus Christ was born
King Herod the Great
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What are the four Important Judges
Deborah
Gideon
Jephath
Samson
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Samuel said that one of the negative consequences of monarchy would be that a king would what?
tax people, treat them like slaves, send children into military services
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What was David's greatest achievements?
united all tribes into one, chose Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, brought the Ark of the Covenant
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This king's vices were sex, violence, and family discord
David
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King Solomon is remembered for his ?
Wisdom
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After his death, Israel split into the Kingdom of Judah and the kingdom of Israel -
Solomon
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which king committed adultery w/ Bathsheba, killing her husband on the front lines -
David
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It means "God is with us"
Emmanuel
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The denial of god and the repudiation of the faith -
Apostasy
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was the key to israel's success in taking possession of the Promised Land
Obedience to God
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The Old T books that cover the historical period from moses' death to the beginning of the monarchy
Joshua and Judges
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It means one who speaks for another
Prophet
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In ancient Israel they were those who acted as temporary military leaders, as well as arbiters of disputes within and between tribes
Judges
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He compared the nation to a vineyard that God cultivated
Isaiah
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Foretold a coming Messiah who would lead Israel to peace and justice
Micah
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Compared YHWH to a potter who would mold the nation in his hands
Jeremiah
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The greatest of the Old T prophets, was present at Jesus' transfiguration -
Elijah
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T or F- The book of Jeremiah is the work of three authors -
F, its Isaiah
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T or F- the assyrian exile took place between 586 BC and 538 BC -
F, its during the Babylonian Exile
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T or F- at the time of Jesus the Holy Land was under Roman occupation
TRUE
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What are the synoptic Gospels -
matthew
mark
luke
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what was the theme of Mark's gospel?
a suffering theme because persecution was going on
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What was the theme of Matthew?
Jesus Christ - Emmanuel - is the messiah
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Which two gospels talk about the birth of Jesus?
Matthew and luke
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T or F- Jesus is both divine and human
TRUE
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What is the theme in the gospel of Luke-
city of Jerusalem is important symbol ; the drama of salvation unfolds here
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Luke presents two things of Jesus-
Jesus offers message of joy
| Jesus is for everyone
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when was mark written -
67-73
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when was matthew written-
80 AD
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when was luke written-
DA 75-90
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greek synoptikos means -
"seen together"
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gospel means -
good news
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Gospels describe three things -
the life of jesus
the preaching of jesus
four gospels in the bible
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feast that celebrates the mystery of Christ's manifestation as the savior of the world -
Epiphany
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Luke and Matthew both got their info from what source?
Mark and the Q source
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Gospel of Mark stressed what about Jesus?
that he is both divine and human
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the three titles Mark uses for Jesus-
son of man
messiah
suffering servant
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the name Jesus means -
savior, God saves
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Matthew presents Jesus as the new ________ -
Moses
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who wrote one-fourth of the New Testaments ?
Luke
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which biblical source employs an anthropomorphic view of God -
Yahwist
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biblical source that places great emphasis on the morality and law, and highlights the speeches of moses -
Deuteronomists
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which biblical source refers to God as elohim ; was last of the four to be written ; includes lists, genealogies, numbers, and dates -
Priestyl
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biblical source tht places great emphasis on prophecies, expecially those of Elijah and Elisha -
Elohist
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what are the four biblical sources?
Yahwist, Elohist, Priestly, and deuteronomist
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the book of the Pentateuch that stresses the theme of God's holiness & our need to worship him w/ love -
Leviticus
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tthe book of the Pentateuch records the murmming of the people against moses in the desert -
Deuteronomy
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his name means "one who contends with God" -
Israel
