Scripture Review
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GrueningerC on January 29, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mysticism | an intense experience of love and union with God |
| reason | the ability to think or decide in a logical way |
| dogma | fundamental truths of Revelation that have been defined by the church as "de fide" and must be held by all Catholics |
| divine revelation | God's communication of himself, by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan |
| trinity | the mystery of God in 3 divine persons: Father, Son, & Spirit |
| council of nicea | first ecumenical council held in the year 325 in modern-day Turkey |
| discipleship | accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior and following him by studying and putting his ways into practice |
| nicene creed | profession of Catholic faith which came from the first ecumenical Councils of Nicea and Constantinople |
| faith | believing in God all that he has revealed; a gift from God and a free human choice |
| objective | not influenced by personal opinions or feelings when presenting facts |
| contemplative prayer | a solemn, silent expression of prayer that focuses on Jesus and the word of God |
| subjective | arising from personal experience or reflection |
| wisdom | a spiritual gift that makes it possible for someone to know about the purpose and plan of God |
| doctrine | general church teachings |
| theology | the study of God |
| logic | specific method of forming an argument or conclusion |
| Genre | a type of writing |
| Benediction | blessing |
| Proverbs | king solomon is introduced as author, actual authors are unknown. it teaches that the wise listens to history, experience, intelligence, common sense. they were used to record the reflections of israelites; a short popular saying that expresses a commonplace truth or useful thought, a wise saying |
| creation myths | a symbolic story of a culture, radition or people that describes their earliest beginnings, how the world began and how they first came into it. |
| epic | a long poetic composition, usually centered on a hero in which a series of great achievements or events are narrated in an elevated style |
| historical critical approach | analyzing a biblical text by learning how people thought and expressed themselves at that time. what the text meant to the audience it was written for |
| oracle | foretelling the future |
| literary criticism | analyzing writing in terms of the genre in which it was written |
| biblical inerrancy | the teaching that the bible present "w/o error" the truths God revealed |
| biblical inspiration | the holy spirit assisting human authors in writing biblical books, assured that the writing was w/o error |
| metaphor | figure of speech comparing two things that are unalike but have certain similarities |
| apoctolyptic | a prophetical writing in post-exilic jewish culture and popular among millennialist early christians; using imagery to foretell events, how good overcomes evil |
| religious truth | the deeper meaning God intended to reveal to us in a particular place |
| psalms | hymns or song of praise, written after king david's death, 150 divided into 5 books |
| diaspora jews | not following the law, samaritans were these, married outside jews |
| septuagint | the Greek translation of the Old Testament. |
| the canon of scripture | the list of accepted books for the bible |
| old testament | torah, wisdom, historical, pentateuch, prophets |
| new testament | acts of the apostles, letters, revelation, gospels; jesus' life and early spread of church |
| how many books in old? | 46 |
| how many books in new? | 27 |
| pentateuch | first 5 books, greek name |
| torah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written, hebrew name |
| wisdom and poetry books of the old testament | job, psalms, proverbs, ecclesiastes, the song of songs, wisdom, sirach |
| introduction to the new testament | ichthus, 4 books, Jesus's first followers |
| paul's background | he's a pharisee, punished people who didn't believe in the jewish law |
| parable | a story that uses simple comparisons which confront the listener with the radical choice to enter the kingdom of God |
| componenets of a parable | metaphors/similes were drawn from common life experiences or nature, they challenge commonly held perspectives and assumptions, they have a surprise ending |
| the kingdom of God | the reign of God ushered in by jesus that makes god's grace present in the world bit reaches its fulfillment in heaven |
| 4 types of miracles | healing, exorcism, nature, and death |
| why jesus performed miracles | out of compassion, or to heal those who showed faith, to emphasize his power over evil, to show God's kingdom is present |
| why does it mean to say that the bible is divinely inspired | God made the bible |
| how does one read and interpret scripture when using historical critical approach | we all have our own opinions about scripture and what it means to us |
| key events and characters in the story of salvation | ... |
| what are the synoptic gospels | Mark, Matthew, Luke |
| how did the synoptic gospels evolve | Mark matthew and luke wrote similar gospels |
| kingdom of God | present & future (reality called heaven); the rule of God over the hearts of people and as a consequence, the development of a new social order based on unconditional love |
| discipleship | following jesus and spreading the word |
| oral tradition | the wtime when stories of Jesus were being passed on by word of mouth |
| Paul's conversion, leters, and contribution to christianity | was turned into Saul, started writing letters when he realized Jesus was the messiah |
| who Matthew wrote to | jewish christians experiencing tension with new gentile christians |
| who mark wrote to | jewish christians being persecuted in rome |
| who luke wrote to | gentiles outside of palestine |
| when is jesus born | 5bc |
| when is jesus crucified | 30 ad |
| when is saul converted | 31 ad |
| when does paul do missionary work and write letters | 50s ad |
| when does nero persecute christians, peter & paul martyred | 64-68 ad |
| when do the romans destroy the jerusalem temple | 70 ad |
| when were the gospels written | 70s-80s ad |
| when was the gospel of john and revelation written | 90s ad |
| how the gospels came about | historical and teachings of jesus' life, oral tradition (house churches) as well as missionaries, the written form of stories |
| what are the dates of paul's missionary journeys | 46-52 ad |
| synoptic gospels different | they change their wording to amke a diff point about jesus, they emphasize more on different elements |
| discipleship | devotion, they lost lives just for the gospel |
| 2 letters in the new testament | collasians and philemon |
| types of books in nt | revelation, acts of the apostles, letters, and gospels |
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