Sickness, Healing And Disability In The Bible Test 2 Creighton

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What is the Greek word for Bible and what does it mean

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"Ta biblia" means books, since the Bible is a collection of books

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Testament/Covenant

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A formal agreement between two parties with obligations on each side and consequences for breaking the agreement. E.g. Covenants between God and the Jewish and/or Christian people

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Scriptures

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literally "writings". Refers to religious writings that are considered authoritative, foundational and/or sacred by some religious group

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Jewish/Christian/Greek Scriptures

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Hebrew Bible or the Septaugint

Refers to NT and OT

can refer to LXX alone or in combination with the NT

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Cannon

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Literally "measuring stick"
an official list of books that a particular religious group considers as its "core scriptures".

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New Testament

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a collection of 27 early Christian writings compsed by various authors form the middle of the 1st to early 2nd centuries, aka the second testament

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What language was the New Testament written in? When was the cannon accepted?

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Written in Koine (common" Greek)

most were considered biblical by the end of the 2nd, though but the NT cannon was not finalized until end of 4th.

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gospels, origin of the word

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Matt, Mark, Luke, John. early Xtian narratives about the words and actions, the life and death of Jesus.
god-spel (good news). Originally meant oral proclamations

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Synoptic Gospels

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Matthew, Mark, Luke because they see Jesus "with the same eye"

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Fourth Gospel

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John, different from the synoptics in content, style, and theology

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Non-cannonical/apocryphal

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30 other early Christian gospels that wre not accepted into the NT

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Q-document

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Quelle "source" in German. a hypothetical collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus. Many think it was a written source later used by Matt and Luke

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Chronicle, example and who wrote it

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Acts of the Apostles, a chronicle or partial account of the historical spread of the Christian movement, focuses on only a few people, esp Peter and Paul. Written by the same person who wrote the 3rd Gospel (of Luke)

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Epistles

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or Letters, written by some of the early apostles to various christian communities.

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How many/authors of the epistles

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13 attributed to Paul
--> 7 "authentic" or undisputed Pauline
--> 6 disputed or deutero-Pauline letters

*3 of these 6 were written to early pastors, aka Pastoral Epistles

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What is the anonymous sermon?

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Hebrews. Not written or attributed to Paul

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What were the Catholic Epistles?

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universal or general, indicating that these letters were written to a wider audience of many different Christians, not just one community

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How is the NT arranged?

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Gospels --> Acts --> Letters written by Paul --> Hebrews --> General Epistles --> Revelation

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How are the subclasses of the NT arranged?

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Gospels: chronological. Letters written by Paul divided into those written to individ and comm.: length
Epistles: authors grouped together, then from longest to shortest

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What is the Four-Fold role of the evangelists as Authors?

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Selectors: chose which stories to use
Arrangers: organized material in sequence
Shapers: adapted and edited indiv. stories
Proclaimers: preached the good news in various ways

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Transmission: Historical Jesus
What stage?

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words are spoken and deeds preformed by Jesus

stage 1

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Transmission: Oral tradition
What stage?

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beliefs about Jesus are passed on by early Christian communities

stage 2

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Transmission: Written sources
What stage?

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some of the miracles and/or sayings of Jesus are compiled and recorded in early written situations

stage 3

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Transmission: written texts
What stage?

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individual letters, full Gospels, etc

stage 4

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Transmission: distribution
What stage?

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Some writings are copied and shared with other christian communities throughout the med.

stage 5

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Transmission: Collection
What stage?

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certain communities begin collecting the letters of paul and gathering together several different Gospels

stage 6

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Transmission: Canonization
What stage?

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texts accepted as authoritative scriptures

stage 7

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Transmission: Translation
What stage?

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translated into other ancient languages, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, etc

stage 8

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Transmission: Interpretation
What stage?

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the meaning of scriptures is investigated on various levels, literal, spiritual, historical, social etc

stage 9

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Transmission: Application
What stage?

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communities and individuals use the NT for practical purposes, liturgical, moral, sacramental, theological, etc

stage 10

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Papyrus and vellum (parchment)

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Egyptian plant, paper like, not very durable

animal skins used for writing, more durable and expensive

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Scroll and codex

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scroll is a roll, written on one side

codex written on bother sides

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manuscripts vs print editions

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manuscripts: written by hand, copies of copies, significant differences

print: use of printing press

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Majusule

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early manuscripts written in all caps with no punctuation or spaces

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Minuscule

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later manuscripts written in small letters with punctuation and spaces

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ancient versions vs modern translations

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ancient: lating, coptic, syriac, armenian, etc

modern: english, spanish, german

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Four criteria for canonicity

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apostolic origin
universal acceptance
liturgical use
consistent message

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Long before the rise of modern historical criticism, the early Fathers of the Church generally used one of two basic approaches to reading the Bible. Name and describe the 2 approaches.

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Allegorical and Literal
uncovering spiritual truths

focused on historical realities

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What are the five abiding principles of Catholic biblical interpretation?

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lectio - reading text through various critical methods
meditatio - explore what the text may be saying
oratio - prayer on the basis of reaing
contemplatio - relishing the religious experience
actio - coming to a decision about one's life or finding new ways to express what one has learned

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Did the Roman Catholic Church immediately embrace and adopt scientific biblical criticism?

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no they seemed to go back and fourth, i.e. with Martin Luther

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When did the Catholic Church officially approve of historical study of the Bible? (the name of the encyclical?)

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Pius XII, 1943 Divino Afflante Spiritu

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What was the culmination of official Church pronouncements on biblical studies? (This became the most authoritative statement of Church teachings about the Bible.)

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Dogmatic Constitution of Divine Revelation, during Vatican II

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In contrast to the Protestant Reformation’s slogan “Scripture alone” (sola Scriptura), the Catholic Church does not restrict divine revelation to the biblical text. Instead Catholic theologians insist on Scripture and tradition. What do they mean by “tradition”?

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the living reality of the Church has the task of preserving the gospel as well as interpreting and applying it in new situations

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Vatican Council II insisted on the oneness of Scripture and tradition, and so, appeals to tradition are to be judged according to their consistency with __________.

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scripture

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According to Dei verbum, the Bible’s inerrancy consists primarily in what?

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of it being a trustworthy guide on the road to salvation

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The literal meaning of “canon” (Greek, kanon) is ?????????????????? As applied to the books of the Bible, what does the word indicate about the role of the Bible for the Church?

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measuring stick

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Vatican II affirms the historicity and the apostolicity of the Gospels. What does the affirmation of historicity mean? What does the Church mean by the apostolic nature of the Gospels?

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continuity between Jesus and Gospel tradition under guidance of the spirit. faithful transmission of material in the gospels by those who experienced the risen lord

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According to Church teaching, what kind of authority does the Bible possess? Explain what this means.

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compelling authority if witness, expert and participant. Testimonies to God