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63 Cards in this Set
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divine revelation
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the way God communicates knowledge of himself to humankind
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religion
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the relationship between God and humans
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secularism
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an indifference to religion
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monotheistic
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a religion with believe in one god
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polytheistic
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religion with belief in two or more gods
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atheist
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a person who denies the existence of God
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agnosticism
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the belief that God's existence cannot be known
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Unmoved Mover
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there must've been a first mover who started everything
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first cause
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something must've created the universe, because nothing causes it's self
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Everything comes from something
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nothing cannot create something
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Supreme Model
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we need to compare beauty and truth to a supreme model, who is God
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Grand Designer
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the world contains beauty, symmetry & order which must have been created by something
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Original Sin
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the sin of disobedience commited by Adam and Eve that resulted in their loss of original holiness and justice.
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omnipotent
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an attribute of God that he is everywhere, unlimited, and all-powerful
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Salvation History
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the story of God's saving action in human history
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convenant
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a binding and solemn agreement between God and people
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Sacred Tradition
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the teaching of the Church
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Sacred Scripture
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the written record of Divine Revelation found in the books of the Old Testament and the New Testament
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Magisterium
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the official teaching authority of the Church
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prophet
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trusted people sent by God to deliver messages to the people
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Literary Forms
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the type of story in a bible
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allegory
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an extended comparison where many elements of a story stand for deeper realities (literary form)
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biography
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a written account of a person's life (literary form)
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creed
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a formal statement of religious belief (literary form)
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etiology
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a story that gives the cause of something (literary form)
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fable
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a brief story with a moral (literary form)
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history
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a chronological narrative or record of events (literary form)
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law
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a rule of conduct or standard of behavior established by proper authority (literary form)
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prophecy
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an inspired utterance made by a propet (literary form)
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genealogy
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a record of one's ancestors (literary form)
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hyperbole
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a deliberately exaggerated saying (literary form)
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miracle story
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miracles performed by Jesus (literary form)
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riddle
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a question or statemetn that teases the mind (literary form)
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parable
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a viviid story told to convery religious truth (literary form)
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pronouncement story
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a passage set up to say an important saying (literary form)
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spiritual sense
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refers to not the words themselves but the realities and events that are signified by them (sense)
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allegorical sense
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a metaphor or sustained comparison (sense)
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moral sense
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the sense where the actions of the Chosen people and their punishments apply to us (sense)
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anagogical sense
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earthly events and other realtieis in the context of leading us to heaven.
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language Old Testament was composed in
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Hebrew
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koine
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the word meaning "common", used for the New Testament written in Greek
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vulgate
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St. Jerome's translation of the Bible from Greek toLatin
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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ancient Old Tes. manuscripts
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Historical Criticism
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criticism that tries t determine the historical context of the biblical text
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Source Critisism
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criticism that helps discover where biblical authors get their material
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Form Criticism
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criticism that identifieste time period and literary genre of the books
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Redaction criticism
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criticism that discoves how and why the editors put material in that order
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canon
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the official list of books in the Bible
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patriarchs
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fathers of the faith
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Septuagint
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an ancient greek translation of the bible
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deuterocanonical
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-sirach -wisdom -baruch -1 ad 2 maccabees -tobit -judith
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deuteronomy
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"second law'
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three major prophets
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Jeremia, Ezekiel, Daniel
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idolatry
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giving worship t smeting or someone other than the true god
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kerygma
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preaching to unbelievers
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didache
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teaching
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liturgy
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worship ofthe christians
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gospels
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mark
matthew luke john |
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Major sources that make up the Penateuch
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-Yahwist
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Yahwist
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-uses the name YHWH
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Elohist
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-abraham is centra figure
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Deuteronomist
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-focuses on morality and law
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Priestly
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-lists and geneologies
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