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theology
Question | Answer |
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protestant | the bibles of this religion contain 7 fewer books than those within the catholic |
Exegesis | known as the process of interpreting scared scripture |
Gentile | a non-jew |
Exodus | Moses' leading the Israelite out of slavery in Egypt |
St. Jerome | this saint translated the bible form Greek to Latin |
Vulgate | the Latin translation of the bible |
covenant | a sacred agreement with God |
Historical criticism | uses archaeological information, along with past events, to determine the particular time period of a specific text |
Form | a type of literary criticism that studies how a biblical book was developed |
redaction criticism | types of critics make that focuses on how the writer's understanding of God influenced his writings |
Tacitus Josephus | roman historians |
Fundamentalists | people who take the bible literally |
Deuteronomy | means "second canon" |
Apocrypha | mean "hidden" |
Inspiration | a method used by God to reveal himself and His truths to the human authors of scripture |
manuscript | a piece of document written by hand |
Qumran | where the dead sea scrolls where found |
dead sea scrolls | found in 1947 in Qumran |
Koine | Christian fellowship or communion, with God or, more commonly, with fellow Christians |
canon | official list of inspired books that are contained within a cat |
scribes | people who could write |
evangelists | Mathew, mark, Luke and john |
magisterium | the leading authority in the church when it comes to interpreting the sacred scripture |
law | a code of conduct established by those in authority |
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek | translations the bible has been written in |
Septuagint | translation of the old testament from Hebrew to Greek |
lectio divinio | benedictine tradition that helps a person meet God through prayer and scripture |
literalists | a person who translate text immediately |
parable | story that is not based on actual events but still concerns a religious truth |
father of the church | ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers. |
Divine | the bible is the written word of ______revelation |
liturgy | the official form of public worship of the church |
inerrant | meaning "without error" |
genealogy | researching one's ancestry |
Catechism of the catholic church | sums up the beliefs of the catholic beliefs |