Chapter 4 Review

What is the Magisterium?

• the Church's living teaching office

• the reliable and credible guide for interpreting Scripture

• all the bishops of the world in communion with the Pope, the bishop of Rome

• all answers are correct.

What is the critical interpretation and explanation of Sacred Scripture called?

• the analogy of faith

• exegesis

• encyclical

• archaeology

What is the two-step process for biblical exegesis as laid out by the Church document Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum, 1965)?

• first investigating what the human authors intended, and then investigating what God wants to reveal

• first praying alone with the biblical passage, and then praying with others

• firt investigating what God wants to reveal, and then investigating what the human authors intended

• first reading the passage literally, and then reading it scientifically

What is meant by the literal sense of a Scripture passage?

• its historical meaning

• its plain meaning

• its metaphorical meaning

• its scientific meaning

Which of the following is not one of the spiritual senses of Scripture?

• allegorical

• anagogical

• literal

• moral

Which of the following is not a literary form that can be found int he Bible?

• poem

• prayer

• religious history

• social media post

What is the type of biblical criticism that identifies the literary genre of the test called?

• form criticism

• literary criticism

• readaction criticism

• source criticism

When considering the allegorical sense, we ask.....

• how are the people, events, elements leading us to heaven?

• what does this teach us about living a good, just, moral life?

• how does this point toward Christ?

• what did the human authors intend to communicate?

When considering the moral sense, we ask.....

• how are the people, events, elements leading us to heaven?

• what does this teach us about living a good, just, moral life?

• how does this point toward Christ?

• what did the human authors intend to communicate?