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85 Cards in this Set
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What are the 5 books of the old testament in order?
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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
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The bible is a ____
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Collection of ancient writings about God and salvation, how we are supposed to live and the relationship we are supposed to have with God
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The list of inspired books is called the ___
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Canon
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How many books are in the catholic bible?
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73 total 39 hebrew books, 7 deuterocanonical and 27 new testament
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The new testament is the story of ...
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Jesus’ life, death and resurrection
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All sacred scripture is...
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The word of God and cannot be separated or deleted
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What language was the old testament originally written in?
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Hebrew
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In what order of languages was the old testament translated into?
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Hebrew - greek - latin - english
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Who wrote the bible?
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The holy spirit inspired the sacred writers with God’s message and they wrote the bible in their own words being inspired by what God said.
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The bible is viewed more as a ___ than a book
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A library
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What is the origin of the word bible?
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The greek word biblia meaning books
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How much time does the old testament cover?
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1000 years
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How much time does the new testament cover?
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100 years
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Why do we study the bible?
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Learn about our historical journey Get to know God better Get to know our own identities better Learn about the meaning of life Helps us know how to live and act
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How are the 46 books of the old testament split up?
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Law (5), history (6), writing (20), prophecy (15)
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How are the 27 books of the new testament split up?
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Gospels (4), history (1), letters (21), prophecy (1)
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What are the bible’s three types of history?
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Oral history, written history and editing history
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What do “B.C.E”, “B.C”, “C.E”, and “A.D” mean?
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Before common era, before christ, common era and anno domini meaning in the year of the lord
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What does testament mean?
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Agreement
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What does scripture mean?
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Sacred writings
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What does literal mean?
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Every word
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When we read contextually, we consider...
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The culture, time and place
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When reading the bible literally every sentence ..
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Is taken to mean exactly what it says
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When reading the bible contextually, we have to...
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Interpret the passage and understand what the author was saying
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What are the ten literary forms in the bible?
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Myth, prophecy,poetry, letter, law, history, list, parable, sermon and drama
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What are the four kinds of truth found in the bible?
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Religious truth, scientific truth, historical truth and symbolic truth.
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What is the pattern of the week of creation?
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Three days of separation, three days of population and one day of celebration.
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What was created on the first three days?
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Light was separated from dark, water above from water below and water from land.
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What was created on the fourth to sixth days?
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Sky with sun, moon and stars, the sea with fish and the sky with birds and the land with animals and people
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What did God do on the seventh day?
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Celebrated, rested and admired his creation
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What does sin mean?
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“To miss the mark”, “to be lead astray” or “turning away from God”
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What is venial sin?
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Sins that damage your relationship with God (ex. Swearing, name-calling,etc)
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What is mortal sin?
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Sins that destroy your relationship with God (ex. Murder, rape,suicide)
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What was the OG sin?
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Adam and eve disobeying God and eating the forbidden fruit
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How do we overcome the original sin?
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Getting baptised
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What is covenant?
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An agreement between two people or groups that cannot be broken
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What does every covenant involve?
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What one side agrees to do, what the other side agrees to do and something that symbolizes the agreement
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What was abraham's call from God?
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God tells abraham to go and settle in canaan.
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How does God test Abraham?
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God tells abraham he must sacrifice his son Isaac
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What was moses’ call from God?
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To free the slaves in egypt
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What was moses’ covenant with God?
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That they obey the 10 commandments and God in return will watch over them
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What is moses’ sign of the covenant?
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The tablets with the 10 commandments on them
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How does does God test Moses and his people?
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He makes them have faith in him and wander the desert for 40 years
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What are the 10 commandments intended to do?
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Protect us, guide us and unite us
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What are the 10 commandments not intended to do?
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Restrict our freedom
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What are the first three commandment?
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I am the lord your God; you shall have no other God’s before me You shall not take the name of the lord your God in vain Remember to keep the lord’s day
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How are the 10 commandments divided?
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The first 3 have to do with our relationship with God and the last 7 have to with our relationships with others
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What are the 4th to 7th commandments?
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Honour your father and mother, you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery and you shall not steal
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What are the 8th to 10th commandments?
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You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, don’t covet your neighbor's spouse and don’t covet your neighbor's goods
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God created humans to...
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Be in perfect union with God and one another
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What are adam and eve responsible for?
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De-creation and the downfall of man
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What did adam and eve eating the forbidden fruit reveal?
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The knowledge of good and evil to mankind
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What are the alienating effects of sin?
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Alienation from God, ourselves, others, nation to nation and nature
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What does the word beatitude mean?
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Blessing or promise of happiness
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What are the 10 commandments the stepping stone to?
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The kingdom of heaven
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What are virtues?
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Attitudes and habits
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What does it take to become a virtuous person?
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Prayer, education and practise
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What are the beatitudes?
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God’s covenant with his people
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What are the first 4 beatitudes?
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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied
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What are the last 4 beatitudes?
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Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons and daughters of God Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
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What does body image have to do with?
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How your body works for you and how it suits its purpose of your life.
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What do catholics remember about our bodies?
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Our bodies are creations of God and are part of our mind, emotions, relationship and spirit
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How should you change your attitude about your body?
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Respect and value your body
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What will you do if you value your body?
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Eat, sleep, exercise and not do drugs
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What is another word for emotions?
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passions
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What are emotions?
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Gifts from God
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We cannot choose our emotions but we can choose...
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How we will act in response to our emotions
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Our emotions are neither...
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Good nor evil
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What is a good habit called?
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A virtue; a moral readiness to do good
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What a bad habit called?
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A vice; a moral readiness to do evil
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What are two things we need to identify when we feel a strong emotion?
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Why do we feel this way? And what choices for action do we have?
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What is faith?
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Entrusting yourself wholly to God and having complete trust, confidence, belief, loyalty and honesty in God
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How do we come to know jesus?
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Through the stories of all those who knew him in the bible
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What is a creed?
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A system of religious belief; a formal statement of one's beliefs
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What the two creeds for christians?
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The apostles creed and the nicene creed
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What is prayer?
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Our living relationship with God
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How does God answer our prayers?
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In his own way and time
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What does prayer require?
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Time, discipline, practice, needs to be done daily, and focused on God and not ourselves
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What are the 4 types of prayer revealed in scripture?
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Repentance, thanksgiving, praise/adoration and petition/intercession
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What are the three words for the levels of love?
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Philia, eros and agape
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What kind of love is philia?
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Friendship; liking another person
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What kind of love is eros?
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Romantic, sexual attraction; “being in love”
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What kind of love is
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Caring unconditionally for others as jesus did
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What are three words for infatuation?
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Quick, rushed, uncertain
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What are three words for love?
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Security, confident, better, time
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