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23 Cards in this Set
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What are the major sections of the Christian and Jewish canons?
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Genesis
Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy |
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List the general difference between the Catholic and Protestant canon
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Catholics have more conons
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whats the difference bewtween contextual and literal methods of interpretation?
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contextual
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Scripture
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the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
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Revelation
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God's disclosure of Himself and His will to His creatures.
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Salvation History
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The pattern of specific events in human history in which god clearly reveals his presence and saving actions. Salvation was accomplished once and for all thorugh jesus christ, a true foreshadowed and revealsed througout the old testament
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Theophany
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a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
ex. gods apperance as a burning bush to Moses |
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TaNaK
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old testament meaning writing, prophets, and law
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Torah
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first 5 books of the bible, also known as Pentateuch
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Pentateuch
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first five books of bible
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Divine Revelation
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Gods self communication through which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan. Divine revelation is a gift accomplised by the father, son, and holy spirit through the words and deeds of salvation history. It is most fully realized in the passion, dead, ressurection and ascension of jesus christ
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Natural Revelation
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The process by which god makes himself known to human reason through the created wrold. Historical conditions and the consequences of Original Sin however often hinder our ability to fully know gods truth through natural revalation alone
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Exegesis
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Critical explanation or interpretation of a text especially of the bible
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Canon
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the collection of books the church recognizes as the inspired word of god
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Patriarchs
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the father or leader of a tribe, clan, or tradition. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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Matriarchs
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The wives of the patriarchs
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Monarchy
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a govt or state headed by a single person, ex king or queen. refers to period of time when israelites existed as an independent nation
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Prophets
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A person god chooses to speak his message of salvation. Matthew, Moses
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The first mover
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God sets everything in motion
World is in constant movement |
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Causality
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cycles of life
god is ultimate cause of the cycles |
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Contingency
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necessary being to create everything to exist
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Perfection
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nothing is perfect
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Intelligent being
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remarkable order
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