Theology

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human experiencing: consciously

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aware of our own awareness. different from other mammals

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human experiencing: reflectively

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tell stories

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human experiencing:incrementally

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gradually

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human experiencing:subjectivly

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everyone has their own personal experiences. we remember or recall the past to be able to live the presentwell and hence project better into the future.

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religious experience

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an encounter with the sacred or the transscendent which is available to human beings in their concrete historical reality

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religious experience: encounter and history

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-use though when referring to god
- involves personal concrete or communal history.

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religion- formal communities of belief

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every formal religion has creed, code, cult and community. must believe in rules of society and respect cultural norms.

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sprituality

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less formal: refers to how one relates to reality. someone can be spiritual and not religious

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mysticism

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direct or unmediated encounter with the absolute mystery of god. speak of an immediate losing of themselves in a divine or cosmic mystery, and are able to leave behind the images most religious people rely on in prayer.

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definition: religion

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a manisfestation of faith. faith in personal god, or some other transcendant or ultimate principle. institutional and communal phenomenon.

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transendent

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god is beyond reality and the world as we know and experience them.

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immanent

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god is within or inside, acts with the world and reality

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theism

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the belief in a transcendental personal god who creates, conserves, and acts in special ways in the world.

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deism

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beliefs of many american and british, and european writers of the 17th and 18th centuries, who stressed the role of reason in religion and rejected revelation, miracles, and any providential involvement in nature and human history.

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monotheism

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the belief in one and only one personal, all powerful, all-knowing god, who is the creator and lord of everyone and everything, and yet exists distinct from and beyond the whole universe

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polytheism

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belief in many gods. who are often grouped around a supreme deity, and personify various, experiences and functions of life.

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pantheism

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god and reality are one in the same.

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panentheism

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the world is not identical with god but is seen an intimately dependant on god. mutuality instead of identity.

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atheism

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no divine being, no god. regard the existence of evil as a witness to the non-existent god.

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agnosticism

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we cannot know anything with certain about god. if there is a god, we cannot know him.

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NB

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The Catholic Old Testament contains 46 individual books while the protestant Old Testament contains 39 books.

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new testament

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a collection of 27 of the earliest christian writings

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historical narratives

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5 writings total. 4 gospels and the acts.

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first 3 gospels (synoptic)

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matthew, mark and luke

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letters in NT

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21 total. 13 of the NT letters are to the apostle paul, and 7 of these are the pauline letters. the other 8 were either written anonymously or attributed to other apostolic figures.

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apocalypse

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the revelation of John is the only NT example of this genre

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NT

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all writings were written in common greek, not hebrew. "koine greek"

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septuagint

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A Greek translation of Hebrew Bible traditionally attributed to seventy or seventy-two Palestinian Scholars

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The New Testament contains

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27 writings making a total of 73 books in the Catholic Bible in contrast to 66 books in the Protestant Bible.

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revelation

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Christianity, along with Judaism and Islam, maintains that God communicates with us. God “reveals” himself (or, if you prefer, herself). This self-communication of God is generally referred to as “revelation.” It is, in part, predicated on the notion that God is personal and is involved concretely in our personal and corporate histories.

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natural revelation

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Catholicism holds that a person can know God by the light of natural reason, that is, a person using his or her intellect to examine the natural order can reason to the existence of God. Natural or general revelation is sometimes used to refer to the kind of revelation that marks pre-Christian religions or the other major religions of the world.

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divine revelation

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It is a more formal self-communication of God through certain and particular persons, messengers, or events.
For the Christians, Jesus Christ is the ultimate revelation. Divine revelation involves a personal encounter.

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public revelation

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is that self-communication of God that is necessary for salvation. In this strict sense, this public revelation closed with the death of the last apostle. Let us note that in Catholicism, public revelation is preceded by and broader than simply the Bible. The Bible is part of a “traditioning” process.

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private revelation

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the Holy Spirit continues God’s self-communication. Such private revelations are given to individuals or groups, and are intended for a particular period of time. One example of a private revelation is what commonly called an apparition.

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literary criticism

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This seeks to examine issues such as the human author of the text, the date of composition, the intended audience, and additional sources that may have helped shape the text. Form and and content are significant here.

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historical criticism

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seeks to examine the historical context in which the writing and editing of the text took place.

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redaction criticism

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examines the evolution of the text as it was edited and revised over time. For example, there can be many variant manuscripts of any given biblical book.

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# of books in catholic bibles

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OT has 46 books and NT has 27 equals 73

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apocrypha

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referred to by protestants as this, meaning "hidden"

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deutero-canonical books

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catholic bibles call them this, meaning "second canon"

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# of books in protestant bibles

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OT has 39 and NT has 27 with a total of 66