The Existence of God and Divine Revelation

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  1. 2. Greek for “of five books;” the first five books of the Old Testament
  2. 7. The spiritual interpretation of scripture that shows how people and events in history suggest future people and events
  3. 12. A revelation made in the course of history that neither adds to, nor forms part of, the Deposit of Faith
  4. 13. Method of scriptural interpretation that recognizes the Sacred Author was inspired to write precisely what he intended
  5. 15. Method of scriptural interpretation that recognizes the Sacred Author was inspired to use a figure of speech, simile, or metaphor
  6. 16. The living transmission of the message of the Gospel in the Church
  7. 17. A synonym for “covenant;” the name given to the two major parts of the Bible.
  8. 23. The gift of the Holy Spirit that assisted human authors to write the books of the Bible. God is the author of Scripture. Scripture teaches faithfully, without error, the saving truth that God has willed to be communicated to us.
  9. 24. A solemn agreement between people or between God and man involving mutual commitments and guarantees
  10. 28. Those canonical books and passages of the Old and New Testaments about which there was controversy in early Christian history but were eventually accepted by the church as authentic and inspired
  11. 29. Our truth of the Faith that, with the rest of the Deposit of Faith, must be adhered to by the faithful
  12. 30. A solemn definition or proclamation of a truth of the Faith by the Magisterium, which must be adhered to by the faithful
  13. 31. From the Latin for “handed down,” this refers to a teaching, whether written or oral, entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and their successors, and which has been transmitted by teaching to each generation of Christians through Apostolic Succession
  14. 33. The theological virtue by which one believes in all that God has said and revealed to man and that the Church proposes for belief
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  1. 1. The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed on in the Church from the time of the Apostles, from which the Magisterium draws all that the Church proposes for belief as being divinely revealed
  2. 3. Primarily God’s communication of his divine life, by which man can know him and thereby respond to his love
  3. 4. The spiritual interpretation of scripture that shows how events in scripture point to what will be in Heaven
  4. 5. The 46 books of the Bible that record the history of salvation from Creation until the time of Christ
  5. 6. Greek and Latin for “rule” or “standard.” The Church’s complete list of inspired books of the Bible
  6. 8. The gradual revelation of God's plan to save all people from the consequences of sin. This plan began with creation, is unfolding now, and will continue until the end of time when fulfilled at Christ’s Second Coming.
  7. 9. Adam and eve's abuse of their human freedom in disobeying God's command
  8. 10. Rejection of the existence of God, often founded on a false conception of human autonomy
  9. 11. The books that contain the truth of God's revelation and were composed by human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit
  10. 12. Those books of the Bible, especially of the Old Testament, whose inspiration was not questioned in the early church
  11. 14. From the Greek for “hidden”; use to describe writings of unknown or spurious authorship
  12. 18. The books that contain the truth of God's revelation and were composed by human authors, who were inspired by the Holy Spirit
  13. 19. The books of the prophets in the Old Testament
  14. 20. The name given to the teaching authority of the Church, entrusted to the Pope and the bishops in communion with him
  15. 21. The spiritual interpretation of scripture that portrays the heroes of scripture as examples for Christians of every age
  16. 22. A perspective of doubt or indifference as to God's existence
  17. 24. Meaning “mutual participation” or “oneness together”
  18. 25. The 27 books of the Bible written by Sacred Authors and apostolic times.
  19. 26. A third-century BC Greek translation of the Scriptures (Old Testament) made by 72 Jewish scholars in Alexandria, Egypt. This translation was accepted by the early Christians as authoritative and inspired, and the writers of the New Testament quoted from it.
  20. 27. From the Greek meaning one who “speaks for;” one who speaks to the people for God
  21. 31. The interpretation of scripture that sees not only the literal meaning of the text but also the people, things, and events they describe as signs.
  22. 32. Immunity from error and any possibility of error. The Pope enjoys this charism by virtue of his office when, “as supreme pastor and teacher of the faithful… he proclaims by a definitive act a doctrine pertaining to faith or morals” (CCC 891)