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Religion
Foundations of Scripture - Test 1
Question | Answer |
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THEOLOGY, WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO WE DEFINE IT? | THE STUDY OF GOD AND GOD’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HUMANITY |
WHAT IS SALVATION HISTORY? | THE STORY OF GOD’S SAVING, REDEMPTIVE ACTION IN HUMAN HISTORY |
WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN PARTS OF THE BIBLE? | OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT |
WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? | GOD WORKED WITH HUMANS— WHICH MADE SACRED SCRIPTURES |
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN WE SAY THE BIBLE IS “DIVINELY INSPIRED”? | IT MEANS THAT GOD WORKED WITH HUMANS AND HE JUST DIDN’T TELL THEM WHAT TO WRITE. HE WORKED EITH HUMANS THROUGH THEIR ABILITIES, STYLES, CULTURE, ETC. |
WHAT THREE LANGUAGES WERE ORIGINALLY USED IN THE BIBLE? | ARAMAIC, HEBREW, GREEK |
WHAT DID ST. JEROME DO? | HE TRANSLATED THE BIBLE INTO LATIN SO PEOPLE IN HIS ARE WOULD UNDERSTAND IT. LATIN WAS HIS VERNACULAR IN HIS TIME |
WHAT DOES VERNACULAR MEAN? | THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY ORDINARY PEOPLE IN A GIVEN COUNTRY OR REGION |
WHAT DOES CANON MEAN? | THE OFFICIAL LIST OF INSPIRED BOOKS OF THE BIBLE |
WHAT ARE DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS? | OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS THAT ARE NOT FOUND IN THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES |