Across
- 1. The number of days God took to create in the first creation story.
- 3. A main way to categorize the books of the prophets are those who lived before/during the ___ Exile and those who lived during/after.
- 8. The Garden of ___ near the Mount of Olives, where Jesus gathered with the Apostles to pray and prepare for his Crucifixion on Calvary.
- 9. Every human being is made in the ___ of God.
- 11. Three things we can deduce about creation from Genesis is that it is good, ____, and loved.
- 12. The teachings of Jesus that summarize the New Law of Christ. They describe the actions and attitudes by which one can discover genuine happiness, and they teach us the final end to which God calls us: full communion with him in the Kingdom of Heaven.
- 13. The work of salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ through His Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
- 14. God formed man out of ___ in the second creation story.
- 15. Those teachers whose writings extended the Tradition of the Apostles and who continue to be important for the Church’s teachings.
- 16. This book depicts a relationship between a lover and his beloved to symbolize the relationship between God and His people.
- 19. This is the first Latin word (from magnus, meaning “great,” and facere, meaning “to make”) and the title of the canticle (song) or prayer of Mary in response to the Annunciation of the birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke (see Luke 1:46–55).
- 21. Another standard for accepting books into the Bible was whether or not early Christians used them in their _____.
- 22. This sense of Scripture can be subdivided into three parts and considers the realities that the events of Scripture signify.
- 24. A Hebrew word meaning “Law”, referring to the first five books of the Old Testament.
Down
- 1. This kind of leadership is based on humble service to all of God’s people, and recognizing the need for forgiveness, reconciliation, mercy, and compassion.
- 2. God’s plan of salvation centers on our redemption through the Paschal ___, that is, Jesus’ Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
- 4. This proof for God’s existence shows God as the intelligent designer who directs all things.
- 5. Teachings recognized as central to Church teaching, defined by the Magisterium and considered authoritative and definitive.
- 6. Through Original Sin, the first humans and their descendants lost their original ___ and became subject to death.
- 7. The Books of the _____ refer to the first five books of the Old Testament which contain accounts of Creation, sin, teachings, and rules for the Chosen People of Israel.
- 10. The eleven men and one woman who served the Hebrew people as tribal and military leaders, arbiters of disputes, and enliveners of faith.
- 14. This is a mutual promise and commitment and forms a relationship; an example is one between God and Abraham.
- 15. The collection of books of the Bible that the Church recognizes as the inspired Word of God.
- 17. Apostolic _____ is the uninterrupted passing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles directly to all bishops.
- 18. Because Jesus is at the heart of the Gospels, the Gospels are at the heart of all ___.
- 20. John’s Gospel focuses on the image of Jesus as the ___ Word of God.
- 23. Also known as a Psalter, this book contains hymns about Israel’s relationship with God.