Revelation and the Old Testament - Unit 1 Test

What is the Magisterium?

What preserves God's saving words and deeds in writing.

The most important truth found in the Bible is scientific truth.

Approach to interpreting the Bible that takes into account literary forms and historical situations.

Assistance that the Holy Spirit gave to the human authors of the Bible.

The Acts of the Apostles are the heart of all Scripture because they are the source of the life and teaching of Jesus,

The collection of sacred writings accepted by the Church as inspired by God and composed of Old and New Testaments.

The covenants and saving actions of God in the Old Testament prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ.

Creation story in which God brings forth Creation by speaking the words, "Let there be..."

What does the Magisterium do?

What is the two-step process for biblical exegesis as laid out by the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.

Any deliberate offense, in thought, word or deed, against the will of God.

The fullness of Divine Revelation about God is found in

Knowing God through the natural world and our human reason.

God's original plan for Creation was a plan for goodness, holiness and justice not sin and evil.

Almost two-thirds of the Bible is made up of the New Testament.

Which of the following is not one of the spiritual senses of Scripture?

The Bible follows a strict timeline making it easy to read as a clear history of God's Chosen People.

God's self-communication, making known the mystery of the Divine Plan.

God's self-communication is called Divine Revelation.

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

The pattern of events recorded in the Bible through which God clearly reveals his presence and saving actions.

Approach to biblical interpretation that ignors the literary forms used by the Bible's human authors.

Creation story with repeating elements like a song or poem,

What are some of the important recent findings in the field of biblical archeology?

The "inner voice" that enables us to judge the moral quality of a specific action.

Creation story which is classified as a narrative or short story.

Most of the stories in the Bible are cheerful accounts of happy, holy people.

We can choose to believe in either science or to believe in the Bible but not both.

The Catholic Church is opposed to the theory of evolution.

Guided by the Holy Spirit, human authors wrote about how God acted in the lives of their ancestors centuries later.

The Bible is a collection of books like in a library

What is meant by the literal sense of a Scripture passage?

The original state of human beings in their relationship with God, sharing full communion with His divine life.

Creation story in which Creation takes place over six days.

The writings of the Old Testament were sacred to Jesus. He would often quote from the Old Testament in his teaching.

A solemn agreement between human beings or between God and human beings.

Creation story in which God is portrayed as all powerful and regal.

The aspect of the human person that is made in God's image.

Creation story in which God's love and care for creation is evident.

What is the critical interpretation and explanation of Sacred Scripture called?

Scholars today believe that many of the books of the Old Testament were written during

A title officially bestowed on saints who are highly esteemed as theologians, teachers and models of holiness.

The Holy Spirit dictated the Bible, word for word, to human authors.

The original languages of the Bible include:

By becoming flesh in the person of Jesus, God established a New Covenant and perfected the Old Covenant.

Theologians who used philosophy to better understand revealed truth.

The Latin Vulgate, one of the earliest translations of the Bible, was composed by

The tendancy of all human beings toward sin.

Creation story in which humans were created on the first day.

He provided five proofs of the existence of God.

In a Catholic translation of the Bible there are 39 books in the Old Testament.

The sin of Adam and Eve who disobeyed God and lost their original holiness and became subject to death.

The official list of inspired books in the Bible.

Creation story in which God physically creates - forming Adam out of the dust of the ground.

The Bible reveals to us that God

Catholics take a contextualist approach to Scripture.

Creation story in which humans have a privileged place in creation.

Genesis depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden in a state of original holiness and original justice.

Another name for the Bible

What is the type of biblical criticism that identifies the literary genre of the text called?

The original state of Adam and Eve before the Fall, a state of complete harmony with God and one another.