test 1 Flashcards
God’s revelation of His very self to all of creation
divine revelation
how does God reveal Himself?
Through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
why does God reveal Himself?
His will was that men should have access to the father… and thus become sharers in divine nature (CCC 51)
God reveals Himself so that He could be in ________ with us
relationship
uses literary forms and techniques; is ancient literature
the bible
the Bible is both
inspired and inerrant
“breathed in” by the Holy Spirit; two true authors are God and man
inspired
without error; only contains and teaches the truth
inerrant
two senses of scripture
literal and spiritual
the author’s intention; what the words literally mean; historical recounting of events
literal sense
includes allegorical sense (types), moral/ tropological sense, analogical sense
spiritual sense
how people and events in salvation history point forward to other times
allegorical sense (types)
ability to use actions of characters in scripture to show a pattern in our own lives
moral/tropological sense
events in scripture that point to eternal significance
analogical sense
liturgy of the word and liturgy of the Eucharist
mass
the early church used ________ for Mass
the Septuagint
Genesis means
Genesis means
NOT a science textbook; IS a poetic story of creation that tells the origin of the human family
Genesis
Pentateuch/Torah
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy