THEO Midterm Quizziz Reviewer

(ONLY A PRACTICE TEST, DOES NOT REFLECT FULL COVERAGE)

Total Disparity

The complete difference between God and human beings, making immediate communication between them impossible.

Hypnotic Theory of Biblical Inspiration

A theory that suggests God communicates Sacred Scripture while respecting the writer's individuality, contradicting the traditional Catholic view of divine inspiration.

Interpretation

The process of reconstructing an experience mentally and explaining it to another person, particularly in relation to understanding divine revelation.

Feeding of the Five Thousand

The only miracle reported by all four Gospels, where Jesus multiplied loaves and fish to feed a large crowd.

Tatian

The early Christian writer who combined the four Gospels into a single narrative called the Diatessaron, used in the Syrian church for at least two centuries.

Theological Narratives

The Gospels are not modern histories or biographies but ____ that convey faith and salvation history rather than just historical facts.

Rejection and Execution

A criterion in recovering the historical Jesus that identifies words or deeds that alienated powerful groups, ultimately leading to his crucifixion.

Negative Assistance Theory

A theory of biblical inspiration that suggests God only intervenes when an author is about to make a mistake, rather than actively guiding the writing process.

Historical-Critical Approach

A method of Christology that insists the Church must check its doctrine against historical events to prevent it from becoming mythological or ideologically disconnected.

Coherence

A criterion in recovering the historical Jesus that evaluates whether a saying or action is consistent with already established historical material.

John

Unlike the other Gospels, the Gospel of ___ includes no accounts of demons being expelled by Jesus.

Easter Kerygma

The proclamation of the resurrection of Jesus, often accompanied by an enumeration of the witnesses (1 Cor 15:3-8; Luke 24:34; Acts 2:32).

Renaissance

The ___ emphasized the Incarnation in art, portraying humanity as the bearer of the divine.

No

Does every person have a natural capacity to relate with a supreme being? (Yes/No)

Luke

For ___, the forgiveness of sins is the spiritual equivalent of healing the sick and raising the dead, emphasizing the fullness of salvation through Jesus.

Evangelists

The ___ understood the miracles to be prophetic gestures that prefigured the sacraments of the Church, particularly baptism and the Eucharist.

Oral Tradition

Before Christianity had written texts, the authority of the Lord was passed down through ___.

Qahal

A Hebrew term referring to Israel as a people called together by God to be a symbol of His presence in the world.

Karl Rahner

According to ___, the inspiration of Holy Scripture is deeply connected to God’s founding of the Church and its apostolic tradition.

Historical Events

The Church must always check its doctrine against ___ to ensure it remains grounded and not mythological or ideological.

Apostolic Fathers

During the period of the ___, words of Jesus do not yet have final form, which is fine since none of the quotes contradict the essence of the Gospel message.

Instruction on the Historical Truth of the Gospels (1964)

Stresses that the Gospels are not literal, chronological accounts of the words and deeds of Jesus.

Human Beings

___ may serve as living images and become the media of the power of divine life on earth, which consequently would make it possible to encounter God by encountering them—to love God by loving them.

Historical-Critical Approach

A possible starting point for Christology that advocates that one takes fully into account two criteria, "the earthly Jesus and the risen, exalted Christ."

Mark

___ generally sees Jesus as the Messiah and Son of Man who must suffer.

Quelle or Q source

Consists of the sayings of Jesus, including the Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount (or Plain in Luke), and the “Lord’s Prayer,” as well as parables.

Qahal Yahweh

In Israel, the ritual actions of the ___ may also be considered sacraments.

Eyes of Faith

Even the unique presence of God in Jesus required interpretation with the "___"

27

The New Testament Catholic canon of scriptures is made up of __ books.

Fides et Ratio

The name of the encyclical of Pope John Paul II that stresses the compatibility of faith and reason.

people, created universe, events

Revelation happens not only within individuals. In what way/s can God also be experienced from outside oneself? (Check all correct answers.)

Multiple Attestation

The criteria in recovering the historical Jesus holds that words or deeds of Jesus which are reported in more than one independent literary source and/or more than one literary form are most probably authentic.

Subsequent Approbation Theory

The theory of Biblical Inspiration explains that Biblical Inspiration is retroactive: canonization by the Church imbues the biblical book with inspiration.

Shekinah

The Jewish faith understanding that means "spiritual indwelling."

Apostles’ Creed

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI chooses the ____ as the basis for his approach to Christology in his Introduction to Christianity.

Hypnotic Theory

The theory of Biblical Inspiration that explains that biblical writers were possessed by God and that they fell into ecstasy but their mental powers were enhanced.

Sacramental Principle

The structure through which God communicates with humans and reveals Himself, always using a medium

Healing

Jesus understood ____ the poor as the climax of his miraculous deeds, as stated in Matthew 11:5 and Luke 7:22​

Lagrange’s Theory of Illumination

Inspiration is understood as the illumination of the mind of the human author, enabling them to judge worldly experiences according to God's will​

Jesus of Nazareth

God's self-communication to human beings took place in an ultimate and unique fashion in ___.

Modern scholarship

Agrees that the Church Fathers were often incorrect in identifying the authors of biblical books. For example, the Letter to the Hebrews was mistakenly attributed to Paul. Today, the Catholic Church does not maintain an official position on the identity of any biblical book's author

Binding

Council of Trent declared the canon of Scriptures as ___ despite the presence of general criteria and exceptions.

No

Does biblical inerrancy not rule out the use of common literary devices such as poetry, figures of speech, paradox, approximation, compressed narratives, inexact quotations, folklore, legend, and song? (Yes/no)

Divino Afflante Spiritu

The encyclical of Pope Pius XII that instructed Catholic scholars to base their translations on the original Hebrew and Greek texts rather than on the Latin of the Vulgate and encouraged them to use the new methods of textual criticism.

Christology from below

A theological approach that establishes Christology by grounding it in the words and deeds of the historical Jesus, emphasizing his humanity before considering his divinity.

Marcion

The early Christian figure who estimated the first known canon, which contained 10 letters of Paul and only the Gospel of Luke.

Discontinuity

Focuses on words or deeds of Jesus that do not reflect the practices of either Judaism or the early Church.

Embarrassment

This criterion assumes that material about Jesus or the apostles that would have been embarrassing to the early Church was unlikely to have been fabricated.

Justin (165 AD)

Was the first Christian to use "gospel" in the plural, which for him meant "memoirs" of the apostles. He cited Jesus' words about 60 times and may have synthesized the three Synoptic Gospels for class use​.

Biblical Inerrancy

The principle that the bible applies to essential religious affirmations made for the sake of salvation.