Across
- 3. one who proclaims the good news; this term refers in a special way to Sts. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, who each wrote a Gospel
- 6. the forty-six books of the Bible recording the history of salvation from the Creation until the time of Christ
- 9. one of the hypothetical sources of the Pentateuch, reflecting the perspectives of Jews in the northern kingdom of Israel around the eighth or ninth century BC
- 12. an Old English rendering of the Greek for "good news". The good news of God's mercy and love revealed in life, death and Resurrection of Christ. The Apostles, and the Church following them, proclaim this to the entire world.
- 16. the portion of Mass that includes the preparation of the bread and wine, the consecration of the Body and Blood of Christ, and the distribution of Holy Communion to the faithful
- 20. those parts of the Old Testament removed from the Jewish canon of Scripture but in the Septuagint used by the early Christians
- 21. the portion of Mass that includes the reading of Scripture and the homily.
- 22. Sacred Scripture; the books containing the truth of God's Revelation as composed by inspired, Sacred Authors
- 24. one of the hypothetical sources of the Pentateuch, particularly the Book of Deuteronomy, written around the seventh century BC
- 25. the list of inspired books of the Bible
Down
- 1. from the Latin word for common; the name of St. Jerome's translation of the Bible from the original languages into Latin
- 2. from the Greek word for "five books"; the Torah
- 4. a letter addressed to a particular person or people. Much of the New Testament consists of these letters written to individuals, to congregations, or to the Church as a whole
- 5. because God is truth, there is an absolute unity and coherence of truths contained in the various books of the Bible; these illustrate and shed light on one another and the complete plan of Revelation
- 7. a person selected by God to call others to repentance and amendment of their lives in order to avoid dire consequences
- 8. one of the hypothetical original sources of the Pentateuch, thought to be a later editor who revised all five books to reflect the concerns of the Jerusalem priesthood after the return of Jews from the Babylonian Exile
- 10. the twenty-seven books of the Bible written by sacred authors, in apostolic times; they have Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God- his life, teachings, Passion and glorification, and the beginnings of his Church- as their central theme
- 11. the five books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
- 13. those books of the Bible that were included in the Jewish or Hebrew canon of Scriptures
- 14. The Old Testament books that comprise the stories of the prophets who cast judgement and warn of divine retribution while calling Israel to repentance. Ex. Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel
- 15. an event or person in Scripture pointing to a later event or person that has similar virtues or other qualities as its fulfillment
- 17. a third-century BC Greek translation of the Old Testament made by seventy Jewish scholars
- 18. a type of literature characterized by symbolic imagery; an alternate name for the Book of Revelation
- 19. a synonym for covenant
- 23. the study of ancestry or a chronological list of ancestors