Chapter 2:
Across
- 6. The Bible, inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- 7. The Old Testament books of the prophets.
- 11. The view that God’s existence is unknown or unknowable, or that God—if he exists—does not matter to human life.
- 12. Revelations given in history that help people live the Faith but do not add to it.
- 18. The denial of God’s existence.
- 22. Another word for covenant; refers to the Old and New Testaments.
- 23. Books whose inspiration was never doubted.
- 25. A solemn agreement between God and humans involving commitments and promises.
- 27. A story teaching moral or spiritual truth.
- 29. The first five books of the Old Testament.
- 30. The Church’s official list of inspired books; also a rule or law of the Church.
- 31. Ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament.
- 32. The protection from error given to the Pope and bishops when defining faith or morals.
- 34. The interpretation of Scripture that points to eternal life and heavenly realities.
- 36. The teaching authority of the Church.
- 37. The living transmission of the Gospel.
- 38. The Holy Spirit’s guidance of Scripture’s human authors.
Down
- 1. The interpretation of Scripture that shows how events and people foreshadow future ones; also called the typological sense.
- 2. One who speaks for God.
- 3. The 27 books about Christ and the early Church.
- 4. A person or event that prefigures a later one.
- 5. Interpretation that sees symbolic meanings (allegorical, moral, anagogical).
- 8. Interpretation presenting biblical figures as life models.
- 9. A formally defined Church teaching on faith or morals.
- 10. Teachings handed down from Christ through the Apostles.
- 13. The full content of Divine Revelation in Scripture and Tradition.
- 14. God’s self-communication, fulfilled in Christ and transmitted through Scripture and Tradition.
- 15. A Church teaching that must be believed.
- 16. Scriptural books once disputed but later recognized as inspired.
- 17. The virtue enabling belief in all God reveals.
- 18. Writings of doubtful or unknown authorship; not inspired or part of Scripture.
- 19. Adam and Eve’s first sin and its consequences.
- 20. Unity with Christ and the Church; also receiving the Eucharist.
- 21. See Salvation History.
- 24. See Divine Revelation.
- 26. The 46 books describing salvation history before Christ.
- 28. A later person or event in Scripture that corresponds to or fulfills an earlier type.
- 33. The inspired Word of God containing the Old and New Testaments.
- 35. God’s plan to save humanity, fulfilled in Christ.