Chapter 2: Intro to Sacred Scripture

 The Bible is?

• a science book

• a history book

• both a science and history book

• a written record of Divine Revelation

The official job of identifying the truths of the Faith and explaining how these truths relate to science and history is delegated to?

• only lay people

• only the Bishop

• the Roman Tribunal

• The Magisterium

Who said, “The New Testament lives hidden in the Old, and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New”?

• St. Paul

• St Luke

• St Augustine

• St Jerome

The statement, “Sacred Tradition cannot reveal religious truths that contradict one another,” refers to?

• the analogy of faith

• the literal sense

• the allegorical sense

• the moral sense

The important Church Father who translated the Bible from the original languages into Latin is?

• St. Augustine

• St Jerome

• St Paul

• St Benedict

Which “scholarly biblical criticism” focuses on the editors and the theology of the editors?

• form criticism

• historical criticism

• source criticism

• redaction criticism

Which “scholarly biblical criticism” which focuses on determining the historical and cultural context?

• form criticism

• historical criticism

• source criticism

• redaction criticism

The process of digging into a biblical passage to uncover material that helps reveal what God intends to convey is called?

• literary genre

• exegesis

• prophecy

• liturgy

Biblical Old Testament fragments that were discovered in Israel in the late 1940’s and that pre-date Christ are called?

• the liturgy of the hours

• the Vulgate

• the Dead Sea Scrolls

• the apocrypha

 Which of the following popes called the Second Vatican Council held from 1962 through 1965?

• Pope Pius XII

• Pope John XXIII

• Pope Paul VI

• Pope John Paul II