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Religion Chapter 1

Values Y.E.M

Merciful love

Freedom

Responsibility

Service

Respect

Four Senses of Scripture

Literal sense: seeks to understand understanding the literary form of the text, vocabulary, or language

Allegorical sense: seeks to understand Scripture by recognizing its connection and significance to Christ

Moral sense: seeks to understand how Scripture teaches people to act more justly

Anagogical sense: the sacred words that are intended to lead you to eternal life

Primeval History

The accounts humans have told and recorded about the origins of earth, humans other creatures, languages, or creatures.

First creation account Second creation account

There is only one God Humans are created

God planned for creation complementary

God created the world out of nothing Adam and Eve were born in

God ordered the world and made it good a state of original holiness

God created humans in his own image and original justice

God created humans with an individual God is not the image of unique soul humans

Ch 1 Important terms

- Polytheism

The belief, in opposition to Christian doctrine, that there are many gods.

- Deposit of Faith

- “The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, handed on in the Church

for the time of the Apostles."

- Divine Revelation

The way God communicates knowledge of himself to humankind, a self-communication realized by

his actions and words over time.

- Philosophy

The investigation of truths and principles using human reason.

- Magisterium

The official teaching office of the Church.

- Myth

Symbolic stories that express a spiritual truth or a basic belief about God.

- Original Holiness and Original Justice

The state of man and woman before sin, “From their friendship with God flowed

the happiness of their existence in paradise”

- Redemption

A word that literally means “ransom”. Jesus’ Death is ransom that defeated

the powers of evil

God’s love for us

God’s created human beings in His images and likeness

God never ceased to show his care for humans

God sought to save humanity part by part after the fall

God sent his son to the Jewish people

Values Y.E.M

Love

Freedom

Responsibility

Service

Respect