Theology 1 Midterm

poopy pants

desire

meaning “to long for what is absent or lost”

written on the human heart

the inner longing for God is _____

religious beings

All of us are ____! God calls all people into relationship with him

Revelation

meaning “to unveil” or “to disclose”

Divine Revelation

God’s self communication of his diving plan from humanity through creation

Natural Revelation

the process by which God makes Himself known to human reason through the created world

Theology

the study of God and his works

St. Thomas Aquinas

explained the Five Proofs for God’s existence, each using human reason and observation od the world to argue that God must exist.

Jesus Christ

the fullness of revelation

Incarnation

the Mystery of Jesus Christ. God becoming Flesh in order to reconcile God with Man

God

the primary auther of the bible

Actual Event, Oral Tradition, Written Tradition

the correct order of the formation of the Bible

Divine Inspiration

refers to the guidance or assistance which God provided to the authors of the books of the Bible

The Holy Spirit

inspired the human writers, who had close relationships with God, the wisdom, and the Truths of God

Eden

represents paradise

Adam

who represents husband, marriage, sabbath

Noah

who represents father, family, rainbow

Abraham

represents chief, tribe, circumcision

Moses

Represents judge, nation, passover

David

represents king, national kingdom, temple

End of time

represents enernity with God in heaven

Hebrew

origional language of the OLD testament

Greek

origional language of the NEW testament

New American Bible (NAB)

the only translation approved for use at Catholic mass

Oral tradition

refers to the passing along the message by speaking of salvation through the re-telling of stories

written tradition

refers to the process of transcribing God’s revelation, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit

Canon

refers to the collection of 73 books

46

the amount of books in the OLD Testament

27

the ammount of books in the NEW Testament

Council of Hippo

created the list of the Old and New Testament books in 393 A.D. which is the same as the Roman Catholic list today

Deuterocanonical

the seven Old Testament books that the Catholic Church accepts

orthodox

conforms to Christ’s message/teachings

apostolic

originating with the 12 apostles or their companions

catholic

universal, open to all people

covenant

an eternal promise between God and his chosen people

Paschal Mystery

the work of salvation achieved by Jesus Christ through his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension

fulfills

The New Testament ____ the prophecies and foreshadowing found throughout the Old Testament

Typology

study of “types” in the Old Testament, in which something or someone in history points forward to something or someone else in the future

literary form/genre

a category, style, or type of written work

contextualist interpretation

the Catholic Church uses a _____ _____ of scripture.

Genesis

greek for beginning

Goodness, beauty, and order

what the 1st creation story emphasizes

the 6th day

when animals then man populated earth

seven

the number that represents perfection or completion in Scripture

Omnipotent

all powerful

omnipresent

everywhere

omniscient

all knowing

omnibenevolent

all-good

power of naming

God granting man dominion, or responsible authority over all creation

Origional Holiness

right relationship with God that Adam and Eve had before the fall

concupiscense

the attraction to and tendency to sin

eight

symbolic number of new beginnings in scripture

Tower of Babel

God stops the people from building the tower by confusing their speech and geographically scattering them

Abram

meaning “exalted father”

Ur

ancient Mesopotamian port city (modern day Iraq) where Abram was born

Land and a Nation, Kingship and a Name, Blessing for all Nations

God’s three promises to Abram which are fufilled by others

The Promise Land

modern day Israel/palestine. Heaven is the ultimate version of this

Shechem

city in Canaan where the Lord appeared to Abram

Jacob

twin of Esau, born minutes later

Isreal

new name Jacob recieves after being blessed, meaning “he who strives with or fights against God”

Leah

Rachel’s older sister; Jacob’s first wife who he is deceived into marrying

Polygamy

having more than one husband or wife

Twelve tribes of Israel

based on Jacob’s sons

Joseph

Jacob’s favorite son who was gifted with the ability to interpret dreams

Herod the Great

ordered the death of all male infants after Jesus was born

Zipporah

Moses’s wife

burning bush

theophany in which God speaks to Moses through

Yaweh

I AM WHO AM — God is being itsself, pure being, pure existence

Idolatry

the worship of false gods

Aaron

Moses’ brother, was to help a reluctant Moses due to a speech impediment

10th plauge

death of firstborn sons; all firstborn males (humans and males) of Egypt were killed

Manna

“bread from heaven” nourished God’s people in the desert and is a Biblical type of the Eucharist

Commandments 1-3

say to love God

Commandments 4-10

say to love others

Leviticus

The holiness Code that contains laws meant to teach Israel how to be a holy people (refered to as the Manual for Priests)

Joshua

becomes Moses’ successor