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AD Theology Chapter1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In 115 A.D. the Roman historian ______, refers to the depraved Christians and their originator, christ, who had been executed in _________'s reign by the governor of Judea, ______. | Tacitus, Tiberia, Pontius Pilot |
| In "The Twelve Caesars," the Roman biographer Suetonius refers to Jesus by the name __________. | Chretus |
| Around 111-113 AD, _____ the Younger wrote letters to the Emperor Trajan on advice on how to dea lwith the superstition practiced by the Christians. | Pliny |
| An important reference to jesus comes from the colorful Jewish historian Flavius ______. | Josephus |
| What is the significance of the passage from JOsephus? | Josephus didn't question the historical existence of Jesus. |
| Our primary source about historical Jesus and his earliest followers is the | New Testament |
| A library of different types of writings, there are ____ books in the New Testament, and the most important of which are the _____. | 27, 4 Gospels |
| ________ was the word Jewish scholars from the third century B.C. used to mean "covenant" in the Septuagint. | Testament |
| It is correct to say that "Jesus is the New Testament (_____), God's covenant with all _____-. | covenant, humanity |
| Catholics believe that ___ is the true author of the sacred scriptures, both the Old and new Testaments. In other words, Catholics believe that the ____ the human authors of the Bible. | God, Holy spirit inspired |
| ______, therefore, refers to the Holy Spirit teaching truth through the individual authors | Inspiration |
| True or False: The human authors of the Bible were like secretaries who received their dictation from God, writing down word for word what was dictated from above. | False, God chose men, and made use of their powers and abilities, they as true authors consigned to writing that which God intended. |
| The ___ of the Bible refers to the official list of books the Church considers its ___ writings. The Greek word Kanon literally means measuring rod; later it came to mean rule or norm. | canon, inspired |
| How many books are in the Old Testament? | 46 |
| How many books are in the New Testament? | 27 |
| By 200 AD the four gospels, Pauline letters, Acts and some other letters were generaly accepted as inspired. by the year ____, Church Father St. Athanasius was a prominent figure in fixing the NT canon at the present 27 books. | 367 |
| The Church included books that met the following three criteria: | Apostolic origin, widespread acceptance, conformity to the rule of faith |
| The three stages involved in the formation of the Gospels are: | The Public Life and Teaching of Jesus (4-6 B.C.-33-33A.D.) Oral Tradition (30-50A.D.) The New Testament Writings, 50-c 120 A.D. |
| Name and explain the three forms of oral preaching during the second Stage. | Kerygma- preaching to unbelieversdidache- teaching, also known as catechesisliturgy or worship of the Christians |
| But eventually the oral preaching about Jesus and his teaching had to be committed to writing for three major reasons. Those reasons are: | The end of the world wasn't coming as quickly as the early Christians first thought it would. Heresies were setting in. More instruction was given from one acceptable source- the Magisterium. |
| The first of three general criteria the Magisterium has given commentators to help them interpret sacred scripture according to the Spirit who inspired it are: | Pay attention to the content and unity of the whole Scripture. Jesus is coming through the whole Scripture. |
| The second of three general criteria the Magisterium has given commentators to help them interpret sacred scripture according to the Spirit who inspired it are: | Look at the scripture within "the living Tradition of the whole Church" -additional beliefs not found in Scriptures |
| The third of three general criteria the Magisterium has given commentators to help them interpret sacred scripture according to the Spirit who inspired it are: | Be attentive to the analogy of faith. There is a logical relationship for our beliefs. |
| Source criticism tries to determine ______. | what sources the Gospel and other NT writers used to compose their works. |
| The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the ______ Gospels. | synoptic |
| The Greek "synoptikos" means _____. | "seen together" |
| Scholars theorize that the authors of Matthew and Luke drew on a common source known as Q, from the German ____ meaning source. | Quelle |
| True of false: We have ancient manuscripts of Q. | False, it is a hypothetical document that is implied to exist. |
| What sources did Luke use to compose his Gospel? | Quelle, story of the Shepards, Jesus and at 12, parable of Good Samaritan, Zacchaeus story |
| True of False: It was Matthew who "invented" the Gospel form of literature. | False- Mark |
| ____ criticism first attempts to discover what evangelists really wanted to say when they wrote a particular test. This is called the ____ sense of the text. | historical, literal |
| Biblical scholars attempt to determind what the authors intended and conveyed by what they wrote, drawing on knowledge of ancient datling techniques,___, ___, ___,. It asks the questions related to the ___. | customs, traditions, archaeology, historial context |
| Another major goal of historical research in recent decades is to determine the porbability that what the Gospels report about Jesus and his teachings can be traced directly to him. The 4 criteria are: | Linguistic (language) analysis, originality, convergence, consistency |
| ___ criticism helps use read the Gospels intelligently. It helps to identify the genre of a particular text because each genre has its own rules for composition and ways of conveying ___. | Form, truth |
| Give an example that explains why knowing the genre is necessary to understand and identify the intended truth of the Biblical text. | Parables don't recount real events, they give a message. |
| _______ focuses on evangelists as editors, and how and why they arranged their sources the way they did. | Redaction Criticism |
| Redact means ______________. | To edit for publication |
| ___ criticism compares the minor changes and mistakes the copyists made down through the centuries so that the translations we have today as as accurate as possible. | Textual |
| St. Jerome's translation of the entire Bible into Latin is known as the ____, a word meaning "common." His work took place is _____ at the request of Pope Damasus who wanted the sacred scripture to be in Latin, the ______. | Vulgate, 383-384, common language of the day |
| What are the two English translations by more modern Catholic scholars? | New American Bible, New Jerusalem Bible. |
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