Biblical Understanding and Interpretation Review

Question 1

The Holy Spirit inspiring the authors to write which creates the Bible

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Divine Inspiration

Question 2

Biblical Interpretation that asks: What does the story teach about living a just and good life?

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Moral Sense

Question 3

The handing on of God's message and story through words out loud.

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Oral Tradition

Question 4

Deciding if the book followed the teachings of the first Apostles and closest companions

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Apostolic Origin

Question 5

A collection of books the Church recognizes as divinely inspired

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Canon

Question 6

When someone "draws out" or interprets the meaning behind scriptures

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Biblical Exegesis

Question 7

Covenant, a holy contract between God and his People

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Testament

Question 8

Takes into account the various contexts for understanding. Ex. history, senses, context

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Contextualist Approach

Question 9

Approaching scriptures as literally true in all aspects: even historical and scientific truths

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Fundamentalist Approach

Question 10

A type of Biblical interpretation that finds symbolic or prophetic meanings beyond the literal.

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Allegorical Sense

Question 11

Verifiable facts about when and how something happened, for example, World War II

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Historical Truths

Question 12

The Two Parts of the Bible

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Old Testament and New Testament

Question 13

Form of interpretation that goes beyond the literal sense it goes deeper into the meaning

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Spiritual Sense

Question 14

Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the authors wrote stories that were being told orally

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Written Tradition

Question 15

Things that God wants us to know for the sake of our salvation like we are made in God's Image

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Faith Truths

Question 16

Observable facts about the natural and physical world, for example, anatomy and evolution

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Scientific Truths

Question 17

The meaning conveyed by the words of scripture. The "obvious" meaning of the text.

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Literal Sense

Question 18

What is the eternal significance of this story? How does it relate to our goal towards heaven?

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Anagogical Sense

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