Theology 9: Chapter 3

Question 1

These letters in the New Testament written for specific churches or individuals include Romans, Galatians, and others.

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Pauline Epistles

Question 2

These letters in the New Testament written for all churches include James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude.

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Catholic Epistles

Question 3

The books of the Old Testament that tell stories of God's chosen people after Moses

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Historical Books

Question 4

The book of the New Testament that tells the story of the early Christian community

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Acts of the Apostles

Question 5

The biblical books that tell the story of God's relationship with the Jewish people

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Old Testament

Question 6

Instruction to Christians about how to live a Christ-filled life

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Didache

Question 7

The books of the Old Testament that contain the words of those who spoke on God's behalf to his chosen people

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Prophetic Books

Question 8

The biblical books that tell the story of Jesus Christ and the beginning of the Church

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New Testament

Question 9

Preserving God's saving words and deeds in writing.

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Written Tradition

Question 10

The core or essential message of the Gospel that Jesus Christ is Lord, which was preached by the apostles

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Kerygma

Question 11

This letter was originally attributed to St. Paul, but was more likely a sermon or homily by someone else.

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Hebrews

Question 12

Number of books in the New Testament

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Twenty-Seven

Question 13

The books of the Old Testament that contain poetry and/or advice about how to live in relationship with God

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Wisdom Books

Question 14

The number of books in the Catholic Bible

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Seventy-Three

Question 15

Letters collected in the New Testament that were written to early Christian communities about Jesus Christ

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Epistles

Question 16

A Hebrew word meaning "law," referring to the first five books of the Old Testament

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Torah

Question 17

The number of books in the Old Testament for Catholics

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Forty-Six

Question 18

This is what the word "Bible" means.

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Books

Question 19

The books of the Bible officially recognized by the Church as the inspired Word of God

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Biblical Canon

Question 20

The handing on of the message of God's saving plan through word of mouth

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Oral Tradition

Question 21

This last book of the New Testament speaks about the Church's future and the end times through symbolic visions

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Revelation

Question 22

These books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) are the "heart of the Scriptures."

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Gospels

Question 23

A Greek word meaning "five books," referring to the first five books of the Old Testament

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Pentateuch

Theology 9: Chapter 3

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Theology 9: Chapter 3

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