Religion II Midterm

compendium

book of books

scripture

God’s words and the soul of sacred theology

tradition

the living transition of the message of the gospel in the church

magisterium

Bishops in union with the pope

Holiness

to be set apart

catechism of the catholic church

CCC

Soul (Anima)

Life

Inspirare

breathe

Inerrant

without error

Dual Authorship

Human author and divine author

Senses of Scripture

literal and spiritual

literal sense

* the meaning conveyed by the words of scripture
* what the human author intended

spiritual sense

includes allegorical, tropological, and anagogical

allegorical

typology; the study of signs and symbols in the bible; the new prefigures the old and old is unveiled in the new

Tropological

Morality; events reported in scripture ought to lead us to act justly

anagogical

leading

natural revelation

how God reveals himself to us through creation

divine revelation

the knowledge that man could not possibly arrive to by his own powers

canon

list of inspired books

Deuterocanonicals

the 7 books that were taken out of the old testament by Martin Luther (the protestants)

what does jesus mean when he says, "truely, i say to you, whatever you bind in heaven will be loosed in heaven."

its a symbol of authority; example- your sins will be bound on earth and loosed in heaven

Peter

the first pope

12 apostles

the first bishops

genesis

in the beginning

Tohu Wabohu

Formless void

Adam

first man created by God from the dust of the ground

Eve

first women created by God from one of Adams ribs

Cain, Able, Seth

Adam and eve’s sons

cain

* killed able
* offspring is the daughters of man

seth

offspring is the Sons of God

Protoevangelium

First Gospel

pentateuch/ torah

first five books of the bible

covenant

oath taken that establishes a sacred family bond with persons

mediator

God speaks through them

Imago Dei

divine filliation

Polygamy

multiple wives

Tower of babel

* built a ziggurat to honor themselves
* Wanted to get to Heaven on their own terms
* God made them all speak different languages
* the tower was unfinished

Noah

means righteous

Shem, ham, japeth

Noah's sons, saw his fathers nakedness and Canaan was cursed

canaan

Canaanites came from here, they we're enemies with the Israelites, got cursed from Noah

1rst day of creation

time

2nd day of creation

space

3rd day of creation

habitat

4th day of creation

day and night

5th day of creation

sea creatures and birds

6th day of creation

humans and animals

adams four roles

priest, prophet, king, bridegroom

priest

was told to till and to keep and to serve and to guard, protector/server of all creation

prophet

God told him to speak on behalf of him

King

God gave him dominion over the creatures to name him

bridgegroom

had the first wedding with eve

consumption of fruit

ate the apples

drank wine

nakedness

gained knowledge

laying in his tent naked

shame

sinned against God

cannan told brothers noah was naked

curse

cursed the snake

cursed cannan

example of covenants

* God’s promise to never flood the earth again
* God’s promise that Abraham would have descendants ans many as the stars

how many covenants are in the bible?

6

who are the covenant mediators

adam, noah, abraham, moses, david, jesus

what were the consequences of adam and eves fall

they were kicked out of Eden and their souls were condemned to death, they lost original holiness and justice

how is noah the new adam

* God told him to be fruitful and multiply like Adam
* he sacrificed after the ark
* was apart of the recreation of the earth like Adam was in the creation
* dominion like king

What is the sign of the covenant with noah

a rainbow

how did noah sin and what followed

got drunk and cursed cannans decendants

abraham

the father of many nations

sarah

abrahams wife

Hagar

sarah’s egyptian maid servant

Ishmael

abraham and hagars son

Issac

abraham and sarahs son

lot

abraham’s nephew

melchizedeck

the priest-king that gives a blessing to abraham

Canaan

promise land

sodom and gomorrah

God destroys the city because of their sins

Mt. Moriah

the mountain where isaac was nearly sacrificed; the temple will later be built

Rebeka

Issac’s wife

Jacob/ isreal

he who strives for God

Esau

sold his birthright for a bowl of soup

Laban

rachel and leah’s father

Rachel

the woman jacob fell in love with

Leah

the woman jacob marries first

Jospeh

* recieves a coat of many colors from Israel
* becomes egypts prime minister

patriarch

a male leader of a tribe or family

God’s 3 promises to Abraham and who will fufill them?

1. great nation - Moses
2. Kingship - david
3. blessings - Jesus

what happened in Sodom and Gomorrah and to Lot’s wife?

sinned homo-sexually; she turned into salt because she looked back at Sodom and Gomorrah

what does the CCC say about homosexuality

it is not approved and it is wrong but you should still treat homosexuals as normal people

what was the near sacrifice of issac and the significance of the place

god told abraham to make a sacrifice of one of his kids so he took isaac to mount moriah to do the sacrifice when god stopped him

How is Issac a type for christ

* his father gave up his only son
* he carried his own wood
* he didnt resist when he knew what was happening

what is the story of jospeh

he was the favored son of his family, and as a result of jealousy from his brothers, he got sent to egypt for slavery in exchange for coins and when he was in slavery he became powerful and his brother went to egypt not knowing it was him

Moses

means to be brought out of the water

Aaron

moses’s brother

Miriam

moses’s sister

Pharaoh

the ruler of ancient egypt

theophany

a visible manifestation of God to mankind

ex. YHWY

burning bush

where God first spoke to Moses

I AM WHO I AM

\-God reveals this as his name to Moses

\-translates to Yahweh in hebrew

Tetragrammaton

means 4 letters ( YHWH )

Levites

became the priestly tribe of Israel

Idolatry

a man made thing that people worship

Joshua and caleb

they were the spies sent to canaan. only they had faith in god's promise to deliver the land to israel. only two who had entered

Mt. Sinai

where moses received the 10 commandments

Exodus

gave the instructions for the tabernacle

Leviticus

the priestly book containing the laws designed to make holy people