Sacred Scripture Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
What does Christian "revelation" reveal? - correct answer--In revelation, God reveals
himself to man, and he reveals his will.
Why is revelation given? For what purpose? - correct answer-- to share in divine life
- friendship with God
- fellowship with God
How is revelation given? Through what - correct answer-- words
- deeds/actions
- history (life, death, and resurrection)
What is the Word of God? - correct answer--"Dei Verbum"
- Scripture(Revelation)
- Jesus Christ(Revelation)
What are the different senses of the Word of God? - correct answer-- literal, spiritual
(allegorical, tropological, anagogical)
--Literal-Historical sense/meaning(author's intent)(what happened)
--spiritual- spiritual sense-
---allegorical(Christological)- what's to be believed
---tropological(morals)- what's to be done
---anagogical(heavenly things)- what will happen to us, where are we going?
- also... the document itself, Sacred Scripture, and Jesus Christ
How does the person of Christ, Scripture, Tradition, and Nature relate to the Word of
God? Which of these are "primary," "secondary," and/or "tertiary"? - correct answer--
person of Christ (primary)
-Scripture and Tradition (secondary)
-Nature (tertiary)
-Christ is the " Primary Word of God", speaking thru words, deeds, and history & reveals
the Holy Spirit, aka the love btwn Him and the Father. Scripture is the word of God, and
tradition helps to understand the word of God. In nature, humans can see God's
reflection and perfection.
What is the deposit of faith? From whom and through whom is it transmitted? How so?
How does this revelation endure? Under whose guidance? - correct answer--The
deposit of faith is made up of Sacred Scripture as well as Sacred Tradition, and is the
heritage of the Catholic Church. It is given by Christ and handed on by the Apostles,
, and endured because it was established by Christ and the Holy Spirit is active within it.
It is transmitted under the Magisterium's(Church's) guidance.
What is Scripture? Who is its author? What value does the OT still have? NT? Which
texts play a special role? - correct answer-Scripture is the written word of God, God and
humans are co-authors. The Old Testament prefigured the NT and points forward to
Christ, the New Testament fulfills the OT and points directly at Christ. The 4 Gospels
play a special role in Scripture.
What is Tradition? What are its functions? - correct answer-A liturgical practice -
community of interpretation; helps us to interpret Scripture
-sacred tradition takes the word of God entrusted by Christ the Lord and the Holy Spirit
to the Apostles, and hands it on to their successors in its full purity, so that led by the
light of the Spirit of truth, they may in proclaiming it preserve this word of God faithfully,
explain it, and make it more widely known.
What is Divine or Special Revelation? - correct answer--God revealing Himself
-This plan of revelation is realized by deeds and words having an inner unity: the deeds
wrought by God in the history of salvation manifest and confirm the teaching and
realities signified by the words, while the words proclaim the deeds and clarify the
mystery contained in them. By this revelation then, the deepest truth about God and the
salvation of man shines out for our sake in Christ, who is both the mediator and the
fullness of all revelation
What is Natural Revelation? - correct answer--The process by which God makes
himself known to human reason through the created world.
-Knowledge of God thru the observation of nature
What is "inspiration"? What does it mean to be "inspired"? - correct answer--to be
inspired means to be impelled/to be moved
-to breath in
-Inspiration of scripture-God breathes in to the human authors
-how is God and humans involved in this?
How is Scripture inspired? By whom? - correct answer-Through divine inspiration, by
the holy spirit
How is Scripture authored by both God and humans? - correct answer--The Holy Spirit
will come to all the disciples to teach them. He will remind them of all of what Jesus
said, and he will guide them into all of Truth.
-God has placed in scripture a fullness of meaning, which will help satisfy people very
different from ourselves in the future, just as it has it has helped and satisfied people
very different from us in the past.
Answers
What does Christian "revelation" reveal? - correct answer--In revelation, God reveals
himself to man, and he reveals his will.
Why is revelation given? For what purpose? - correct answer-- to share in divine life
- friendship with God
- fellowship with God
How is revelation given? Through what - correct answer-- words
- deeds/actions
- history (life, death, and resurrection)
What is the Word of God? - correct answer--"Dei Verbum"
- Scripture(Revelation)
- Jesus Christ(Revelation)
What are the different senses of the Word of God? - correct answer-- literal, spiritual
(allegorical, tropological, anagogical)
--Literal-Historical sense/meaning(author's intent)(what happened)
--spiritual- spiritual sense-
---allegorical(Christological)- what's to be believed
---tropological(morals)- what's to be done
---anagogical(heavenly things)- what will happen to us, where are we going?
- also... the document itself, Sacred Scripture, and Jesus Christ
How does the person of Christ, Scripture, Tradition, and Nature relate to the Word of
God? Which of these are "primary," "secondary," and/or "tertiary"? - correct answer--
person of Christ (primary)
-Scripture and Tradition (secondary)
-Nature (tertiary)
-Christ is the " Primary Word of God", speaking thru words, deeds, and history & reveals
the Holy Spirit, aka the love btwn Him and the Father. Scripture is the word of God, and
tradition helps to understand the word of God. In nature, humans can see God's
reflection and perfection.
What is the deposit of faith? From whom and through whom is it transmitted? How so?
How does this revelation endure? Under whose guidance? - correct answer--The
deposit of faith is made up of Sacred Scripture as well as Sacred Tradition, and is the
heritage of the Catholic Church. It is given by Christ and handed on by the Apostles,
, and endured because it was established by Christ and the Holy Spirit is active within it.
It is transmitted under the Magisterium's(Church's) guidance.
What is Scripture? Who is its author? What value does the OT still have? NT? Which
texts play a special role? - correct answer-Scripture is the written word of God, God and
humans are co-authors. The Old Testament prefigured the NT and points forward to
Christ, the New Testament fulfills the OT and points directly at Christ. The 4 Gospels
play a special role in Scripture.
What is Tradition? What are its functions? - correct answer-A liturgical practice -
community of interpretation; helps us to interpret Scripture
-sacred tradition takes the word of God entrusted by Christ the Lord and the Holy Spirit
to the Apostles, and hands it on to their successors in its full purity, so that led by the
light of the Spirit of truth, they may in proclaiming it preserve this word of God faithfully,
explain it, and make it more widely known.
What is Divine or Special Revelation? - correct answer--God revealing Himself
-This plan of revelation is realized by deeds and words having an inner unity: the deeds
wrought by God in the history of salvation manifest and confirm the teaching and
realities signified by the words, while the words proclaim the deeds and clarify the
mystery contained in them. By this revelation then, the deepest truth about God and the
salvation of man shines out for our sake in Christ, who is both the mediator and the
fullness of all revelation
What is Natural Revelation? - correct answer--The process by which God makes
himself known to human reason through the created world.
-Knowledge of God thru the observation of nature
What is "inspiration"? What does it mean to be "inspired"? - correct answer--to be
inspired means to be impelled/to be moved
-to breath in
-Inspiration of scripture-God breathes in to the human authors
-how is God and humans involved in this?
How is Scripture inspired? By whom? - correct answer-Through divine inspiration, by
the holy spirit
How is Scripture authored by both God and humans? - correct answer--The Holy Spirit
will come to all the disciples to teach them. He will remind them of all of what Jesus
said, and he will guide them into all of Truth.
-God has placed in scripture a fullness of meaning, which will help satisfy people very
different from ourselves in the future, just as it has it has helped and satisfied people
very different from us in the past.
