WorksheetsSF Final
Total questions: 122
Worksheet time: 3hrs 1mins
This kind of biblical criticism is concerned with the type of literary genre in which a passage is written.
Form Criticism
Historical Criticism
Redaction Criticism
Source Criticism
This kind of biblical criticism is concerned with where the author gets his material.
Form Criticism
Historical Criticism
Redaction Criticism
Source Criticism
St. Jerome translated the Bible into
Greek
Hebrew
Aramaic
Latin
The 7 Greek books excluded from the Jewish canon but included in the Catholic canon are called the ______ texts.
Vulgate
Deuterocanonical
Canon
Pentateuch
God conveyed the truths necessary to our salvation through the Bible. Therefore, these truths are ____.
inspired
encouraged
inerrant
forced
The Bible is relevant for us today because it is the _____ Word of God.
inerrant
living
forced
The standard list of books recognized by a religious community to be genuine and inspired is known as a
Testament
Vulgate
canon
Tradition
Which word describes how God authored Sacred Scripture?
Living
Inspired
Inerrant
Anagogical
In chapter 22 of Genesis, God asks Abraham for an ultimate sacrifice. This ultimate sacrifice was to represent that Abraham had put aside all doubts in God. What was the sacrifice?
Isaac
Circumcision
Splitting of animals to symbolize the consequence of breaking the covenant
An appearance or manifestation of God, as when he "appeared" to Moses in a burning bush.
theophany
prehistory
concupiscence
Incarnation
Collection of books that are the inspired word of God
canon
dogma
epistle
liturgy
Heretical group that says salvation comes from secret knowledge.
Essenes
Donatists
Gnostics
Pelagians
The Gospel was handed down both orally and in writing.
True
False
The teaching authority of the Church
Sacred Tradition
Magisterium
Holy See
Dogma
The way God communicates knowledge of himself. A self-communication realized by His actions and words over time, most fully by his sending His Divine Son, Jesus Christ.
Divine Revelation
Sacred Scripture
Sacred Tradition
Natural Revelation
The written record of divine revelation found in the books of the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Sacred Scripture
Sacred Tradition
Natural Revelation
Divine Revelation
_____ looks at the entire Bible as a whole in the light of its fulfillment in Jesus Christ.
Allegorical Sense
Literal Sense
Anagogical Sense
Moral Sense
Which Gospels ARE known as a "Synoptic Gospel"? (select more than one)
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The _____ is the meaning of the Biblical passage as it is written discovered by sound interpretation
Literal Sense
Allegorical Sense
Moral Sense
Anagogical Sense
The _____ of Scripture is intended to help us to live a good life and to act justly on behalf of God.
Moral Sense
Literal Sense
Anagogical Sense
Allegorical Sense
The _____ reads Scripture in the light of our final goal of Heaven and help us to achieve that goal.
Anagogical Sense
Allegorical Sense
Literal Sense
Moral Sense
Accounts of events leading to the death of Jesus that show his love and humanity are the:
Passion Narratives
Infancy Narratives
Epiphany Narratives
Revelation Narratives
All of these are examples of Wisdom books except:
Sirach
Psalms
Job
Jonah
What form did many of the books of the Old Testament begin as:
Oral tradition
Hebrew Scrolls
One large book
Poetry
The “fathers of the faith”, male rulers, elders or leaders. Example: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Patriarchs
Priests
Prophets
Principles
Is a mediator who speaks for God. Delivers the message that God wants to speak to the people of each time.
Priest
King
Prophet
Judge
Literally means "to fall short of the mark" is the word for our selfish rejection of God's plan for our happiness.
Sin
Concupiscence
Lust
Lapse
The son of Abraham.
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
Joshua
The Bible is filled with _____ which are solemn binding promises between persons or peoples.
Contracts
Convents
Covenants
Oaths
The state we inherit (are born into) where we are removed from grace and have a damaged nature that is inclined to sin is called ____.
Original Sin
Original Justice
Original Holiness
Original Innocence
Process of handing things down by word of mouth. How many of the books of the Bible began.
Oral Tradition
Canon
Divine Revelation
Divine Inspiration
An "Epistle" is another term that can be used instead of _.
letters
Gospels
Acts
Revelation
What is Parousia?
Paradise
Hell
City in Israel
The second coming of Jesus
The Catholic Church fears scientific and historical studies
True
False
These people take every part of the Bible literally
Fundamentalists
Bible scholars
Religion teachers
Priests
Scholars use biblical _______ to study the Bible
criticism
dictionaries
scrolls
The Gospel of Luke presents Jesus as
teacher
compassionate healer
God incarnate
suffering servant
The Gospel of Mark presents Jesus as
teacher
compassionate healer
God incarnate
suffering servant
Someone who performs exegesis is called an _____________.
Exegenius
Exegetionist
Exegetioner
Truths contained in Divine Revelation or additional truths connected with those in Divine Revelation
Dogmas
Agnostic
Oral tradition
Salvation Truths
The story of God's saving action in human history.
Dogmas
Apostolic Tradition
Salvation History
Who wrote the Bible?
Only God
Only humans
Only Angels
God and humans
What does the word 'Bible' mean?
Holy
Books
Story
Holy Book
A _____ is a binding agreement between human beings or between God and people.
Covenant
Oath
Vow
Pinky Swear
The process by which God makes himself known through the natural and created order.
Natural revelation
Biblical revelation
Divine revelation
none of these
The fullness of God's revelation (the most complete way God shows us who he is).
Jesus
Leading the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt
Creation
The flood
God calls individuals into relationship with him by using their unique gifts and talents in his service. This process is called.
Vocation
Salvation
Inspiration
Revelation
The use of philosophical methods to better understand revealed truth. Goal is to present the understanding of revealed truth in a logical and systematic form.
Scholastic Theology
Vocation
Dogma
Divine Inspiration
Refers to the forgiveness of sins and assurance of permanent union with God, attained for us through the Paschal Mystery.
Vocation
Salvation
Desire
Incarnation
What makes up the Deposit of Faith?
Sacred Scripture and Teaching
Sacred Scripture and Customs
Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
Sacred Scripture and Magisterium
Though similar in content and structure, the synoptic Gospels differ because of their _______.
different education
different relationship with Jesus
different upbringing
different audiences
Why do the Gospels hold a central place in all of Scripture?
they are in the middle of the Bible
Christ Jesus is their center
everyone believes in the Gospels
Without knowing them a person could not be saved
God's self-communication to humanity.
Faith
Omnipotence
Revelation
Magisterium
God reveals himself to humanity progressively and in stages.
True
False
What religious truths can we know through reason?
That we are created and God leaves us alone
When we seek God he will find us
God is not dead
Through reason, we can know that God exists; we can know many of his attributes; and we can know the moral law by which he wants us to live.
What is conscience?
A branch of science
Of our use of reason to discern good choices from evil; and of determining how well we are obeying the moral law
It's a little devil and an angel on our shoulder telling us what is right and wrong
It is a form of thinking in which we discover who God is.
The transmission of the truths that Jesus Christ taught. Passing on the Gospel message.
Bible
Deposit of faith
Sacred Tradition
Sacred Scripture
The work of salvation accomplished by Jesus Christ mainly through his Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
Salvation History
Pascal Salvation
Paschal Mystery
None of these
The authority of the original Apostles is passed on to their successors, the bishops of the Church.
Apostolic Authority
History of Commandments
Apostolic History
Apostolic Succession
Adam and Eve
Mentioned in Genesis
Beginning of Salvation History
Talked about in story regarding Original sin
All of these
Tendency to sin
Concupiscence
Temptation
Concupid
Conscience
Central mystery of our faith. Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Trinity
Sacred Scripture
Mary
Moses
Who did God give the 10 Commandments to?
Abraham
Moses
David
Solomon
Called the Father of faith. God promised he would have land and many descendents.
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Moses
The word meaning "to become flesh" and refers to the mystery of Jesus Christ becoming man.
trinity
Paschal Mystery
incarnation
Divine Revelation
The First Mover fails to describe
St. Thomas Aquinas
God
The second mover
The love of the cross
Theologians of the early Church that proclaimed teachings based on scripture and the experiences of the Apostles
Church Fathers
Martyrs
Priest
Deacons
What is the first sign of wisdom?
Math
Concupiscence
Fear of the Lord
Jesus
What is necessary for true love
Sacred Scripture
Sin
Science
Free Will
Time period before the intervention of writing and recording of historical data
Primeval History
World History
Creation
Primeval tradition
A deliberate offense – in thought, word or deed – against the will of God
Fall
Choice
Sin
Concupiscence
A serious transgression of a person’s relationship with God and neighbors. It hinders an individual’s potential for love and eternal life.
Mortal Sin
Venial Sin
Sin that is less serious and reparable by charity.
Mortal Sin
Venial Sin
The Old Testament Books of Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, and Wisdom.
Wisdom Literature
Divine Revelation
Dogma
Theophany
The Blessed Trinity is made up of
God the Father
God the Son
All of the Above
God the Holy Spirit
The Old Testament
contains 46 Books discusses God's relationship with the people of Israel
contains 27 Books discusses God's relationship with the people of Israel
contains 27 books discusses the story of Jesus
contains 46 Books discusses the story of Jesus
What is another name for the Bible
Tradition
Sacred scripture
The Old Testament
Divine Revelation
God's Revelation is full and complete in Jesus Christ.
True
False
The Bible is called the Word of God
True
False
Which books of the Bible contain the writings of the prophets who spoke God's word to the people of Israel
Wisdom
Historical
Prophetic
Pentateuch
St. Thomas Aquinas describes God as the...
First Mover
Moved Mover
Result of the Big Bang Theory
Mover and a shaker
God Desires to....
know, hold, and love us
hold, and love us
punish, hurt, and torture us
know, hold, and scare us
God Reveals Himself to Us through all of the following except?
Creation
Thought
Sin
Reason
Saint Augustine of Hippo proposed four “objects” that we should love:
God, neighbors, self, body
God, nature, self, body
God, neighbors, others, body
God, neighbors, self, money
Church Fathers saw God through “natural revelation” with humanity as the summit.
True
False
According to St. Augustine, some things created by God are insignificant, for example the tiny insects
True
False
There is more to life than......
what is experienced through the five senses only.
we need
God
helping others
Happiness is found only in a life fully committed to
God
Wealth
Sports
None of these
Author of Convergence of Probabilities
Cardinal Newman
Karl Rahner
Thomas Aquinas
St Augustine
We know perfection because there is one all-perfect being, God. All-perfect God sets the infinite standards for wisdom and truth.
Perfection
Contingency
Causality
Intelligent Being
Who inspired the human authors of the Bible to write what God wanted to reveal in the Bible?
Jesus
Holy Spirit
St. Thomas Aquinas
Pope John Paul II
Whenever we find God it is because God is revealing himself to us.
We don't find God rather we find God finding us.
God is hard to find so we must not look to hard
God is only there when we look for him
God will find us and make us believe
Who led the Israelites into the Promised Land after Moses died?
Gershom
Aaron
Gideon
Joshua
What is another name for the Torah?
Numbesis
Gospels
Gexodus
Pentateuch
How many books are in the Bible?
66
73
46
27
What is the name of the Greek translation of the Old Testament that was done by 72 biblical scholars?
Vulgate
NABRE
Septuagint
The Greek Testament
The descendants of Abraham and Sarah are known as what?
Hebrew People
Muslims
Christians
Samaritans
The word "Torah" is Hebrew for what?
Book
Bible
Law
God
What is the first group of books in the New Testament?
Revelation
Letters
Acts
Gospels
The first book of the Christian Bible is:
Genesis
Revelation
Matthew
Prophets
What is manna?
Plant
Smoke used in religious ceremonies
bread that God rains down from Heaven
an animal
What did the Pharaoh decree for the Hebrew baby boys?
They should be killed
they should be adopted
they should be sold to slave traders
they should be imprisoned
Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments from God?
Mt. Diablo
Mt. Nebo
Mt. Olympus
Mt. Sinai
The escape of the Israelites from Egypt is called the ________________
Exodus
Great Migration
Nomads
Ten Commandments
This group of people was a slave to the Egyptians
Levites
Sadducees
Israelites
Pharisees
Who was the only female Judge of Israel?
Delilah
Jael
Deborah
Hannah
He would not free the Israelites from slavery.
Moses
Aaron
the Pharaoh
Levites
How many Judges were there?
10
11
12
7
I constructed a great Temple in the city of Jerusalem
Moses
David
Solomon
Abraham
Name of the covenant that foretold the line of Jesus?
Davidic Covenant
Franciscan Covenant
Apostolic Covenant
none of these
What did David fall to the ways of?
David fell prey to forgiveness and reconcilliaiton
David fell prey to giving up leadership duties
David fell prey to the ways of Sin, but always returned to the Lord with a repentant heart
None of these
God commanded Ezekiel to eat the scroll because...
He was inviting him to feed on His Holy Word, His righteous Law
He was punishing him
He wanted him to hunger no more
He was inviting him to write a book of the Bible
This book of the Bible proclaims that God's ways are not ours, nor is His timeline ours
Ecclesiastes
Psalms
Genesis
The Gospels
This book was written to encourage the Jews to remain faithful to the wisdom revealed in their history and tradition.
Romans
Exodus
Psalms
Wisdom
A collection of poems and sayings representing wisdom from generations of Israelite history
Psalms
Proverbs
Wisdom
Hebrews
Means "Good News"
Messiah
Genesis
Gospel
Jesus
Which of the following are referred to as Synoptic Gospels?
Matthew, Mark, and Luke
Matthew, Luke, and John
Mark, Luke and John
Matthew, Mark, and John
The Gospel of John presents Jesus as...
teacher
God incarnate
compassionate healer
suffering servant
The Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as...
teacher
God Incarnate
compassionate healer
suffering servant
What Did God do on Day 7?
Sea/Sky
Land Animals and Man
Fish/Birds
He Rested
What did God make on Day 5?
Light/ Dark
Sea/Sky
Fish/Birds
Land Animals and Man
What did God make on Day 6?
Sun, Moon, and Stars
Land Animals and Man
Sea and Sky
Light/Dark
