Name given to the two major parts of the Bible.

The oral preaching of the apostles is conserved and handed on as the deposit of faith.

Method of Scriptural interpretation in which the author intends precisely what he was inspired to write.

The Church's complete list of sacred books of the Bible.

Hebrew meaning 'vision' or 'revelation interpreted.'

Sacred Scripture.

An avid, contentious student and/or teacher of Jewish religious law.

Readings of the Old Testament which discerns in God's works of what he accomplished in Jesus Christ.

Revealed teachings of Christ which are proclaimed by the fullest extent of the exercise of the Church's Magisterium.

Pre-Christian Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures made by Jewish scholars.

Books and passages of the Testaments which there was controversy.

The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition.

Method of Scriptural interpretation in which the author is inspired to use figures of speech.

Books of the Bible whose inspired character has never been questioned.