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Chapter 2: Intro. to Sacred Scripture
Scripture in general
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Religious Studies
9th Grade
10/22/2018

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"literal"
Definition
word for word translation
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2nd Vatican Council
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Pope and Bishops meet, early 1960's, Pope John XXIII, Dei Verbum
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Apocrypha
Definition
the 7 books of the Old Testament not recognized as inspired by Protestants
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Church Fathers
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A theologian of the first 8 centuries whose writings had a great influence on the Church
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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ancient Scriptural writings, found in Israel in the 1940"s in caves, Essenes, scribes
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Dectio Divina
Definition
a way of meeting God through scriptural prayer
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Dei Verbum
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"Word of God", Vatican II, explains biblical interpretation
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Gentile
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a non-Jew
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Lectio Divina
Definition
a devotional reading of the Bible, a way to pray the Sacred Scriptures> 4 parts:
1. read the passage
2. reflect on the passage, see it happening, feel it
3. pray/talk to God and ask Him to respond to you
4. contemplate - be with God in His presence quietly
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Liturgy of the Hours
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Divine Office, the prayer of the Church at specific times of the day
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Magisterium
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the Pope and Bishops
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Old Testament language
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Hebrew, Greek
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Protestant
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a non-Catholic Christian
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Religious Truth
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a written record of Divine Revelation - God revealing himself to us through the written Word
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Septuagint
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the Hebrew to Greek translation of the Old Testament by 70 scholars
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St. Jerome
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a Church Father, translated the Bible into Latin, "Vulgate"
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T/F The Bible is a book of history and science
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False It is a spiritual book
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The New American Bible
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an official Catholic Bible
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The New American Bible
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an official Catholic Bible
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The true author of the Bible
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God
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Vulgate
Definition
the translation of the Greek Bible into Latin by St. Jerome; official Roman CAtholic version
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What 3 languages were used
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Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek
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Who called the Bishops to Rome in the 1960's for a meeting later called Vatican II
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Pope John XXII
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Who has the official job of safeguarding the Truths of our Faith?
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The Magisterium
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allegory
Definition
a comparison
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canon
Definition
a list of inspired Books of the Bible;
Catholic = 63 Others - 66
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creed
Definition
a statement of beliefs
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deuterocanonical
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"second canon", those Books of the Bible rejected as not being inspired by Jews and non-Catholics but included in the Catholic Bible
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evangelist
Definition
one who proclaims in word and deed the Good News of Jesus
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exegesis
Definition
the process of discovering the meaning of biblical writings
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fable
Definition
a short story with a moral
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genealogy
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a record of ancestors and descendants
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genre
Definition
a type or style of writing
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inerrant
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"without error", the Magisterium cannot be wrong in its teaching of truth or morals
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inspiration
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God, the true author of the Bible, worked through human authors to reveal himself
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liturgy
Definition
the public worship of the Church
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parable
Definition
a story that conveys religious truth or spiritual lesson
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sacrament
Definition
an outward sign, instituted by Christ, to give grace
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scribe
Definition
a person who copied old scrolls so that the information would not be lost, Essenes
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