Theology U3 Quiz - Cerjak

Inerrancy of Scripture

- Scripture only teaches Truth
- Scripture teaches faithfully and without error that "Truth when - God for the sake of our salvation
- Reveals the truth me need to know for our salvation

Divine inspiration

To influence, move, or guide through divine power
"Inspiration": from Latin inspirare meaning "To breath into"

Authors of Scripture

God is the author who works through human authors
Both 100 percent divine authorship and human authorship

Role of Genre

help to inform the interpretation of certain passages of Scripture.

Canon

The official list of inspired books in the bible (means measure in Hebrew)
Made up of the Old Testament and the New Testament

Deuterocanonicals

7 seven books found only in the Catholic Canon

Vulgate

The Latin translation of both testaments completed by St. Jerome

Septuagint

The Greek translation of the bible that contains the Deuterocanonicals

Literal Sense of Scripture

what the authors intended to communicate by the words they wrote

Exegesis

The process used by scholars to discover the literal meaning of the biblical text

Scripture Citations

The first word tells you the title of the Book
The number in front of the books means there are multiole sections of the book
The number right before the : is always the Chapter
The number after the : is always the verse
A dash means read through
A comma means only read the verses

Old Testament & New Testament (How are they alike & different?)

Catholics: Old Testament (46) + New Testament (27) = 73 Books
Protestants: Old Testament (39) + New Testament (27) = Books 66

Old Testament
- Written before the coming of Jesus
- Originally written in Hebrew and Aramic
- The Septuagint: Greek translation of the Old Testament from third century
--------Divisions:
Torah/Law/Pentateuch
Historical books (16)
Wisdom books (7)
Prophetic books (18)

New Testament
- Written after the coming of Jesus
- Originally written in Greek (Common language at the time)
-------Divisions:
Gospels (4)
Acts of Apostles (1)
Letters (21)
Revelation (1)

What truth do we learn from the Bible?

God is true, and that the word of the Lord and His ways are true.

Form Criticism

Identifies the literary genre (History, prophecy, genealogy) - Genre must be taken into account

Historical Criticism

Tries to determine the historical context of the biblical text

Source Criticism

Helps discover where the Biblical authors got their material

Redaction Criticism

How the various editors put together their sources and arranged them

What are the Biblical criticisms used for?

Useful tools used by scholars to arrive at the literal sense

What is the relationship between the spiritual sense and literal sense of Scripture?

- Allegorical - relates to Jesus
- Moral - Live our lives
- Anagogical - Eternity

It is necessary to find the literal meaning of the text before we find the spiritual meaning

How was the canon of Scripture determined

- Oral Tradition: Passing on the spoken teaching
- Early Writings: People who first wrote down the teachings (the life and teaching of Jesus, the letters of the Apostles)
- Church leaders then set the canon of scripture
------We would not have the bible without the church "pillar and function of the time" (1 Tim. 3:15)

What does the first part of Hebrews 4: 12 say?

Indeed, the word of God is living and effective sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart