Topic 3

Question 2

Magisterium

Answer 2

The name given to the teaching authority of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him, which guides the members of the without error in matters of faith and morals through the interpretation of Sacred Scripture and tradition.

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

A literary device that uses exaggeration to make a point. It is one of the improper literal senses of a text

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

“A word or term that refers to another by comparison. It is like a simile, except that it does not use the words like or as in making the comparison. It is one of the improper literal senses of a text.”

Question 5

Allegory

Answer 5

A prolonged metaphor. Related to parables and fables, it uses a storytelling format rich with symbols to make a statement about a real-life situation. It is a type of improper literal sense.

Question 6

Sensus Fidelium

Answer 6

“Literally “the sense of the faithful,” the term refers to the inerrancy possessed by all the faithful when they share a universal consent in matters of faith and morals.”

Question 7

DEPOSIT OF FAITH

Answer 7

The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed on in the Church from the time of the apostles, from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed.

Question 8

Allegorical Sense

Answer 8

The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that shows how people and events in history suggest future people and events. For instance, the allegorical sense of Abraham sacrificing Isaac is God’s sacrifice of his own son Jesus. Also known as the typical sense, it is a type of spiritual sense.

Question 9

Inspiration

Answer 9

The gift of the Holy Spirit that assisted human authors to write the books of the Bible. God is the ultimate author of Scripture, and so it teaches faithfully, without error, the saving truth that God has willed to be communicated to us.

Question 10

Eschatology

Answer 10

From the Greek eschaton, for “last.” The study of the end of time.

Question 11

Simile

Answer 11

Comparing something without using like or as.

Question 12

PARABLE

Answer 12

A story that is told in order to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth. It is one of the improper literal senses of a text.

Question 13

Jesus of Nazareth

Answer 13

a book written by Pop Benedict XVI that how the revelation of God is intimately linked to Jesus Christ

Question 14

Moral Sense

Answer 14

The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that portrays the heroes of Scripture as a pattern for Christians of every age. Also called the tropological sense.

Question 15

Simile

Answer 15

“A word or term that refers to another by comparison using the words like or as. It is one of the improper literal senses of a text.”

Question 16

literalistic

Answer 16

A way of reading literature without regard to the particular literary forms being used

Question 17

Spiritual Sense

Answer 17

“The interpretation of Scripture that sees not only the literal meaning of the text but also the people, things, and events they describe as signs. The three kinds of spiritual sense in Scripture are the allegorical sense, the moral sense, and the anagogical sense.”

Question 18

What is Infallibility

Answer 18

The dogma that the pope cannot err when speaking ex cathedra and defining a doctrine concerning faith and morals to be held by the whole Church. The term can also refer to the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church whereby the pastors of the Church-the pope and bishops in union with him-can definitively proclaim a doctrine of faith or morals for the belief of the faithful, with it that proclamation being free from all error.

Question 19

Bishop

Answer 19

A successor to the appostles

Question 20

Analogy

Answer 20

A way of understanding by drawing a comparison of likeness and dissimilarity between two things or relationships. Theology is based on reasoning by analogy.

Question 21

What is infallibility

Answer 21

Immunity from error and any possibility of error. The Church possesses this character as promised by Christ, as does the pope as defined by the First Vatican Council.

Question 22

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Answer 22

A summary of Catholic teaching. A catechism of this same name was published in 1997.

Question 23

What is inerrancy

Answer 23

Making no mistakes or errors. Scripture is inerrant; that is, it always teaches truth, never falsehood

Question 24

Eschatology

Answer 24

“From the Greek eschaton, for “last.” The study of the end of time.”

Question 25

Fable

Answer 25

A story, often fanciful, that is not based on fact and is used to illustrate a moral lesson, usually with animals and plants as characters. It is one of the improper literal senses of a text.

Question 26

Orthodoxy

Answer 26

Correctness or soundness in theological faith and beliefs.

Question 27

Apostle

Answer 27

From the Greek for “one sent forth.” Refers to the Twelve chosen by Jesus during the course of his public ministry to be his closest followers, as well as Sts.Matthias, Paul of Tarsus, Barnabus, and the enlighteners of the whole nations.

Question 28

Apostolic Fathers

Answer 28

“Those Fathers of the Church who were direct disciples of the Apostles and wrote during the end of the first century and the beginning of the second century.”

Question 29

Typical Sense

Answer 29

“The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that shows how people and events in history suggest future people and events. For instance, the allegorical sense of Abraham sacrificing Isaac is God’s sacrifice of his own son Jesus. Also known as the typical sense, it is a type of spiritual sense.”

Question 30

What is Eschatology

Answer 30

From the Greek aschaton, for “last”. The study of the end of time

Question 31

Literal Sense

Answer 31

Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meanings of words in the literary and historical context. In proper literal sense, the words are understood in their ordinary meaning; in the improper literal sense or metaphorical sense, the words are understood figuratively and symbolically.

Question 32

metaphorical sense

Answer 32

“Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meaning of words in the literary and historical context. In proper literal sense, the words are understood in their ordinary meaning; in the improper literal sense or metaphorical sense, the words are understood figuratively and symbolically.”

Question 33

Anagogical Sense

Answer 33

“The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that shows how events in Scripture point to what will be in Heaven. It is a type of spiritual sense.”

Question 34

Apostolic Tradition

Answer 34

“The passing on of the Faith of the Apostles to each generation. St. Hippolytus’s work of the same name illustrated this principle by preserving the third-century rites of Ordination, Baptism, and the Eucharist; the Eucharistic Prayer found in The Apostolic Tradition was the basis for the Second Eucharistic Prayer in the Roman Missal.”

Question 35

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Answer 35

“A summary of Catholic teaching. A catechism of this same name was published in 1997.”

Question 36

Church Fathers

Answer 36

“Refers to a number of Christian writers from the first through the eighth centuries whose lives reflected the teachings of Christ and whose teachings were in perfect harmony with the Church. Their value is in the fact that the doctrine they developed faithfully communicates the Faith they received from Christ and contributed to a deeper spiritual and theological understanding of natural and supernatural truths.”

Question 37

Council

Answer 37

“From the Greek oikoumene, meaning “the whole world.” A formal synod of bishops (sometimes with other ecclesiastics) from the whole inhabited world convened to define doctrine, regulate the Christian life, or apply discipline in the Church. The first ecumenical council was held at Nicæa AD 325”

Question 38

Father’s of the Church

Answer 38

“Refers to a number of Christian writers from the first through the eighth centuries whose lives reflected the teachings of Christ and whose teachings were in perfect harmony with the Church. Their value is in the fact that the doctrine they developed faithfully communicates the Faith they received from Christ and contributed to a deeper spiritual and theological understanding of natural and supernatural truths.”

Question 39

Improper Literal Sense

Answer 39

“Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meaning of words in the literary and historical context. In proper literal sense, the words are understood in their ordinary meaning; in the improper literal sense or metaphorical sense, the words are understood figuratively and symbolically.”

Question 40

Literalistic

Answer 40

“A way of reading literature without regard to the particular literary forms being used. This kind of reading thus recognizes no symbolic language or analogy and instead takes every word, phrase, and sentence as literally true.”

Question 41

Literary Analysis

Answer 41

“Reading a story with full care and regard for the literary forms and styles being used. It allows the reader to fully appreciate the text by understanding what the author is really trying to communicate and thereby reaching the deeper meaning that was originally intended.”

Question 42

Literary Forms

Answer 42

“Refers to the various styles of writing that communicate a message through particular creative means. Literary forms used in Scripture include the historical, juridical, prophetic, apocalyptic, wisdom literature, poetry, and epistle.”

Question 43

Apostolic Succession

Answer 43

“Term used to describe the lineage of the Catholic bishops and pope through the ages by which each holds office in a direct link to the Twelve Apostles.”

Question 44

Orthodoxy

Answer 44

“Correctness or soundness in theological faith and beliefs.”

Question 45

Parable

Answer 45

“A story that is told in order to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth. It is one of the improper literal senses of a text”

Question 46

Proper Literal Sense

Answer 46

“Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meaning of words in the literary and historical context. In proper literal sense, the words are understood in their ordinary meaning; in the improper literal sense or metaphorical sense, the words are understood figuratively and symbolically.”

Question 47

Sacred Tradition

Answer 47

“From the Latin traditio, meaning “handing down.” Sacred Tradition is part of the Deposit of Faith. It is the Word of God entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and their successors and communicated by preaching and teaching to every generation of Christians under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who keeps it free from error. Sacred Tradition preceded Sacred Scripture, which grew out of Sacred Tradition with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Human traditions or traditions of men are man-made acts and rituals that did not originate with Christ.”

Question 48

Tradition

Answer 48

“From the Latin traditio, meaning “handing down.” Sacred Tradition is part of the Deposit of Faith. It is the Word of God entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and their successors and communicated by preaching and teaching to every generation of Christians under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who keeps it free from error. Sacred Tradition preceded Sacred Scripture, which grew out of Sacred Tradition with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Human traditions or traditions of men are man-made acts and rituals that did not originate with Christ”

Question 49

Tropological Sense

Answer 49

“The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that portrays the heroes of Scripture as a pattern for Christians of every age. Also called the tropological sense.”

Question 50

Veracity

Answer 50

“Reliability in communicating the truth.”