theology

2. What the words directly mean, either in a precise sense or in a figurative sense (metaphor or parable)
4. Bishops in communion with the pope who act as the teaching authority of the church concerning issues on faith and morals.
7. Some protestant bible that print the 7 deuterocanoical books but include them in a separate section.
8. An official list of books accepted as Holy Scripture.
9. Worshiping 1 God.
11. Greek for "five books;" the first 5 books of the bible; Christian name for the Jewish Torah
12. What is written in them is what God wanted communication to humankind.
13. Worshipping many God's.
16. Term used to describe God's presence and work throughout all human history.
17. The study of prefigured patterns of devine activity.

1. People trained to write using the earliest form of writing before literacy was widespread.
3. The living transmission of the message of the Gospel of the church accomplished in the Holy Spirt.
5. "of the second canon" to show they are not accepted in the Jewish canon.
6. How the words of scripture can be signs of something more profound.
10. Takes the help of the church and some important skills and resources to accurately interpret the bible.
14. The most popular of the Canaanite god's.
15. Who is loving and compassionate towards his people.