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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.

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.