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Test 1 Religion

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What does historical account/ report mean?
Story based on factual past events
What does prophecy mean
Prediction of the future
What does poetry mean
Emotional writing with special style/ rhythm
What does parable mean
Story that represents mutual lesson
What does hyperbole mean
Exaggerated statement that aren't real
What does irony mean
Using language that opposes the literal meaning
Epistemology
study of knowledge
What does epistemology concern itself with?
With the knowledge of nature and the extent of human knowledge.
Belief
Faith in trust in something or someone
Propositional knowledge
Declarative sentence or fact
Theology
Study of the nature of God
Religion
Includes rituals, set of beliefs and morality
Natural religion
Us reasoning about God
Revealed religion
God is telling us who/what
Faith
complete and free submission of our intellect and will to God who reveals
Council (II. Vatican C. )
Wrote Dei Verbum and consist of all bishops in the church coming together to make decisions
Dei Verbum
Word of God. Second Vatican councils constitution on divine revelation
Apostle
One being sent- 12 of them
Apostolic tradition
Authority to teach was handed over to the successors of the apostles. Oral/written
Apostolic succession
Continual handing over of the apostolic authority to bishops until the end of time
Deposit of faith
The fullness of faith the Apostles received from the Lord. It contains both the scriptures and tradition
Magisterium
All bishops in communion with the pope- official declarative teaching of the church to interpret the deposit of faith
Bishop
Senior member of catholic clergy- in charge of diocese and empower to confirm holy orders
Pope
the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church
Holy
Set apart from God. Refers to something not being used for ordinary purposes
Inspiration ( of the scripture)
The composing of sacred books written by men God wanted. They used their powers from God, acting in and through them and wrote the truth he wanted.
Hagiographers
Sacred writer- human writer of the scripture
Canon (of the scripture)
Collection of sacred books, writings, documents; all work inspired by God.
Relationship between knowledge and belief
Knowledge is a type of belief
Relationship between knowledge and truth
Truth is a condition of knowledge
Give 2 examples of literary forms in scripture
Parable and teaching
Literal sense of scripture
What did the author want to say
Spiritual sense of scripture
What spiritual sense can it convey
Allegorical sense of scripture
Can have hidden meaning
Moral sense of scripture
Can show a way to act justly
Old Testament description
God prepares way for his son and is incomplete
New Testament description
Jesus' life and it permanent and final
What is the relationship between creation and the Trinity
The trinity took part in all of creation and all three parts of the trinity were involved in the creation.
What are angles
Spiritual beings, who are immortal, intelligent and have free will.
What do angles do?
They are servants and messengers of God. They glorify him and help him in carrying out his loving plan.
Soul
Our spiritual principle, it is immortal, and it is what makes us most like God. It is the seat of human consciousness and freedom
Two reasons God created 2 genders
Man is not meant to be alone and to show equal dignity and not sameness
Original holiness
Is the original state of the human being in their perfect relationships with God.
Original justice
Is the original state of Adam and Eve before the Fall- a complete state of harmony with everything
Original sin
The sin of the first human beings, who disobeyed Gods command by choosing to follow their own will and thus lost their original holiness OR the fallen state of human nature
Why Is original sin called original
All sin originates from there and it was the firs sin
How does original sin affect us
We are no longer pure and can fall into temptation and do what we want for ourselves and not what God is calling us to do. People are born with the Original Sin which makes things more challenging, relationships are involving more tension and decisions are becoming harder to make.
concupiscence and example
The inclination of sin- wanting to cheat on a test or disobeying your parents
Name one of two other opinions about the consequences of original sin
It is a bad example by Adam and Eve and we can fix it by discipline and avoiding the same mistake
Name one of two other opinions about the consequences of original sin.
Original sin destroyed our nature. We are and will always be corrupt.
Protoevangelium
God promises salvation
Why is protoevangelium called that
Proto- means first and -evangelium means good news.
What can we conclude about the origin of the Messiah.
He came from God and is to save people from sin and the devil. He is to look out for us and help us stay with Gods grace
OT covenants in order?
Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus
Abraham's descendant line?
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph
What was Adam and eves covenant
That they could eat from any tree except the one from the middle of the garden. They broke it.
What was Noahs story and covenant
He was to build a ship because God was to wipe out the population due to sin. He was to take his family in the ship and remain there for the 40 day flood. He promises that they will eat any food and God would bless them to be prosperous and multiply
What was Abraham's and his family line's covenant and story
He was to leave and go to the land God had chosen. God would make his name great and that all future descendants would be similar to Abraham son.
What was Moses' story and covenant
He would lead the Jews out of Israel and give all the Israel's Gods commandments.
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