What is the realization of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen?

Human beings being made by love and for love is also known as the Christian understanding of_______________, or being made in the image and likeness of God.

What God communicates to us about himself simply through the existence of creation. When God creates, he imprints a mark, and through that mark we can learn something about God.

God’s communication of himself by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan.

The knowledge of what one ought to do even without hearing it from revealed Scripture or from the Church is called ...

God’s divine life present in our souls.

Derived from Greek meaning literally “love of knowledge”. It is the pursuit of truth and understanding through the application of human reason.

The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that shows how events in Scripture point to what will be in Heaven.

Refers to a number of Christian writers from the first through the eighth centuries whose lives reflected the teachings of Christ and whose teachings were in perfect harmony with the Church.

The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that shows how people and events in history suggest future people and events.

A story, often fanciful, that is not based on fact and is used to illustrate a moral lesson, usually with animals or plants as characters.

Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meaning of words in the literary and historical context.

The name given to the universal teaching authority of the pope and the bishops in com­munion with him, which guides the members of the Church without error in matters of faith and morals through the interpretation of Sacred Scripture and Tradition.

A story that is told in order to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth.

The interpretation of Scripture that sees not only the literal meaning of the text but also the people, things, and events they describe as signs.

A literary device that uses exaggeration to make a point.

The moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods.

The moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good.

The virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it. It is right reason applied in action.

Which of the following books IS NOT included in the Pentateuch?

These are the first five books of the bible. It tells the story of creation and how God forms a holy people.

Tells the story of the Nation of Israel from the time that Joshua led them into the promised land to the period of exile, and their return back to the promise land.

Answers the question of how to live well in God's creation.

These books contain the writings of the prophets and are an appeal to the people of Israel to

return to God's ways.

Contain a record of Christ's life death and resurrection, teachings, sayings and the New Covenant. They are the Good News.

This book contains the history and experiences of the Apostles and the early Church.

These letters contain wisdom from the Apostles on how to live Christian life and frequent pleas to return to God's ways.

This book contains the experience of the early Church experiencing crises, told through symbolism. It also has a eschatological character that it is looks to the end of the world.

The most important part of reading the Bible is understanding the ­__________ sense.

Only through union with God does humanity experience happiness, or rather joy because it is from God which we know as _________________.

Without imposed laws or ethics, every human has the ability and judgement to know what is truly ______________________.

1. The desire for God comes from man and woman.

Humanity is made in the image and likeness of God.

Joy is happiness that comes from God.

Peace is a result of right ordering of with God and living in justice and charity with others.

Ethical knowledge about what is right and wrong gained through reading philosophy is called Natural Law.

Without imposed laws or ethics, every human has the ability and judgement to know what is truly right and wrong.

Humans were never made also to be in relationship with God.

Humanity is made in the image and likeness of God because we have a body and so does God.

All human beings are made for union with God.

Both Natural Revelation and Natural Law are given by God.

In the Babylonian Creation Myth, humans were created to serve the gods and labor on earth.

Humans are created for God and by God.

Something in motion had to be set in motion

Ex. If something is moving, someone or something had to move it

God is the first and ultimate mover.

Argues that everything that is has been made and everything had to come from something

Ex. who made jelly, well who made the things that make the jelly, who made the farmer

God is the first and ultimate maker.

It is necessary to have one necessary being or something can't come from nothing

Ex. A bird is a pleasant thing but it is not necessary for the world

God exists as the ultimate measuring stick

We understand good because God is good.

The complexity of the universe proves that God exists.

Ex. Birds don't fly south by chance. They fly south because of an instinct that the have. The Earth is placed just right on its axis so life can exist.

The designer is God.

The version used by the Jews living in Greek-speaking areas, and it included the deuterocanonical books. Its importance is derived from its extensive used by the early Church

This version was completed in 383 AD

This version was complete in 250 BC

Pope Damasus I asked St. Jerome to translate the ENTIRE bible in Latin. extensively used the original Hebrew and Greek text translations. provided an authoritative and uniform text In 1546 the council proclaimed the authenticity of the Latin Vulgate.