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God wants all men to know:
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St Irenaeus of Lyons
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created the moral sense
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used the Latin tradere which means 'to hand on'
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is one of the early Church Fathers
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created a monastic retreat in Spain
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What is the task of the Magisterium of the Church?
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to help men live Christ's Revelation more fully in a certain period of history
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to give an authentic interpretation of Scripture and Tradition
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to gather together scattered humanity
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the literal sense and the spiritual sense
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St Jerome said that ignorance of Scriptures is:
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ignorance of Christ
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with the preaching of the apostles
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because God desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth
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the expectation of a new and everlasting covenant
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This can be discovered by interpreting the text or the realities and events mentioned therein as signs that point to a dogmatic moral or eschatological meaning:
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How many books are there in the New Testament?
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What covenant contains the ten commandments?
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What is the function of the Old Testament in the economy of salvation?
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to prepare and declare the coming of Christ
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to establish the hierarchy of truth
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the life and teaching of Christ
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the written accounts
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Who is the author of Sacred Scripture?
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God
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St Jerome
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Marcion
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The Magisterium
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What does the name "Abraham" mean?
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What is the order or relationship that exists between the truths of Catholic doctrine?
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How many books are there in the Old Testament?
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What is the depositum fidei?
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In order to interpret Scripture correctly, the faithful must be attentive to:
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The three stages in the formation of the Gospels are:
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what the human authors truly affirm
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the life and teaching of Christ
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oral tradition
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the written accounts
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the literary genres in use at the time
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The Christian Faith is a 'religion of the book'.
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An early heresy rejecting the Old Testament under the pretext that the New Testament rendered the Old Testament void:
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Judaeism
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Jansenism
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Arianism
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Marcionism
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What is the deposit of Faith?
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What is a truth proposed by the Church's Magisterium in a form obliging the believers to an irrevocable adherence of Faith?
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dogma
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doctrine
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magisterium
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Marcion
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What are the two senses of Scripture?
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the literal sense
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the spiritual sense
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the allegorical sense
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the anagogical sense
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The four features of the New Covenant announced by the prophets are that this Covenant is:
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What is the heritage of Faith?
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This sense refers to the world to come:
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What does 'orally' mean literally?
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The plain meaning conveyed by the words of the text are:
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What are the Last Things?
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heaven
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hell
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purgatory
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judgement
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scripture
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tradition
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What does the word "Tradition" or tradere mean?
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to hand on
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to prepare and declare
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to hope
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to assent
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The study of sacred Scripture is:
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God called Abraham from his country to do what?
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to speak to God after the Fall
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to gather together scattered humanity
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to be a bishop in communion with the pope
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to hand on tradition
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In what manner does God communicate Himself to man?
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gradually
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quickly
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clearly
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painfully
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What was the covenant with Noah?
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that the earth shall never again be destroyed by a flood
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that men should live Christ's Revelation in a certain period of history
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that the People of God would be formed through Moses
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that God would manifest Himself to Adam and Eve
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Where was the old Covenant written?
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on the hearts of men
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on the tablets of the Law
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on the pages of the Gospels
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on the documents of the Magisterium
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Who is the true interpreter of Scripture?
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the very soul of theology
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the Holy Spirit
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the whole of Scripture and Tradition
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the spiritual sense of Scripture
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Why must Divine Revelation be transmitted to all?
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What was the second stage of God's revelation to man?
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when He manifested Himself to Adam and Eve
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HIs manifestation to Noah and His covenant with Him
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that the faithful infallibly assent to the message of the Faith
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in the apostolic succession
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When does the Church's Magisterium exercise its authority to the fullest extent?
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that the faithful infallibly assent to the message of the Faith
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the whole of Scripture and Tradition which the apostles entrusted to the Church
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when it defines a dogma
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when He formed His people through Moses and the prophets
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What is a private revelation?
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a message to one or more faithful given in a supernatural way
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sacred tradition entrusted to the apostles
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preserved in its entirety by the Church
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dogma
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What are the three ways in which the Church's understanding of the Faith grows?
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theology
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sanctity
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magisterium
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dogma
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The four senses of Scripture can be summarized according to the words of a medieval couplet:
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the letter teaches the deeds
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the allegory what you should believe
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the moral what you should do
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the anagogy where you tend ultimately
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the life and teaching of Christ
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Where does Apostolic Tradition continue?
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in the apostolic succession (bishops)
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in the magisterium
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in the manifestation to Noah
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in the promise made to Abraham
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Who said "the New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New"?
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St Augustine
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St Thomas
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St Jerome
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St Iraneaus
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The Magisterium is superior to the Word of God.
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There will not be any further public revelation before the Second Coming of Christ.
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Why did God split humanity up into many nations beginning with Noah?
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to limit the pride of fallen humanity
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to give them His Law
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to free them from slavery
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to establish His covenant with them
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The manna of the Exodus is a prefiguration of the Holy Eucharist is an example of:
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typology
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exegesis
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dogma
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Tradition
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This sense refers to dogmatic truths:
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the literal sense
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the allegorical sense
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the authoritative sense
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the moral sense
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The role of Sacred Scripture in the life of the Church is:
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allegorical
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to support and invigorate the Church
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the apostolic succession
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to strengthen and nourish the Faith, soul and spiritual life of Christians
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This sense can be discovered by reading the realities and events reported therein in terms of their eternal significance:
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anagogical sense
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allegorical sense
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spiritual sense
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moral sense
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The exposition of Scripture is called:
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exegesis
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typology
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theology
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revelation
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What is the most important part of all the Holy Scriptures?
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The task of the people descended from Abraham was:
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to be trustees of the promise made to Abraham
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to prepare for the day when God would gather His children into the Church
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to make a written account
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to pass on the tradition
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Scripture and Tradition are two distinct modes of transmission of Revelation.
[blank_start]Scripture[blank_end]: the speech of God is handed over under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
[blank_start]Tradition[blank_end]: the whole Revelation entrusted to the apostles is handed on
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God formed His people through the prophets by modeling them in:
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the life and teaching of Christ
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the hope of salvation
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the expectation of a new and everlasting covenant
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the conditions of their time and culture
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The old Covenant was intended for whom?
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the deposit of Faith
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the Jews only
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the economy of salvation
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the sense of Faith
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The apostles left bishops as their successors so that the Gospel might be:
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the covenant of Mt Sinai
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to prepare and declare the coming of Christ
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preserved in its entirety by the Church until the Second Coming of Christ
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a message to one or more faithful given in a supernatural way
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For how long does the covenant with Noah remain in force?
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to limit the pride of fallen humanity
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until the proclamation of the Gospel at the end of times
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until the new covenant
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until the hope of salvation
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What do we call that which belongs to the canon of Scripture, the list of all biblical books?
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canonical
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marcion
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tradition
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scripture
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This sense can be discovered by reading the realities and events reported therein as a guide for acting justly:
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the literal sense
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the spiritual sense
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the moral sense
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the allegorical sense
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God formed His people through Moses by:
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the life and teaching of Christ
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freeing them from slavery in Egypt
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establishing with them the covenant of Mt Sinai
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giving them His Law
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apostolic succession
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What are ecclesial traditions?
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This sense refers to human behavior:
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the moral sense
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the literal sense
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the anagogical sense
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the historical sense
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What is the supernatural appreciation of Faith by the faithful as a whole called?
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the sense of Faith
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the rainbow
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Tradition
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the Magisterium
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What does the sense of Faith guarantee?
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that the faithful infallibly assent to the message of the Faith
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the covenant of Mt Sinai
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the preaching of the apostles
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the tradition handed on by the apostles
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What do we call all that the Church is and believes handed on by the apostles and the bishops until the end of time?
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Tradition
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canonical
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typology
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exegesis
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What was the first stage of God's Revelation to man?
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Who was the first advocate of Marcionism?
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Marcion
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Marcus
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St Jerome
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John
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Why will there be no further public revelation before the Second Coming of Christ?
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the sense of Faith
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the sacred deposit of Faith contained in Scripture and Tradition
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because God revealed Himself fully and definitively when He sent His own Son
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Because God desires all men to be saved and come to knowledge of the truth
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In what way must the faithful receive the teachings and directives of their pastors?
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reluctantly
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with docility
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the deposit of Faith
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with eagerness
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Into what three senses can the spiritual sense be divided?
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allegorical
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moral
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anagogical
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literal
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What is the function of 'private' revelations approved by the Church?
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to make men sharers in the divine nature
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to help men live Christ's Revelation more fully in a certain period of history
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for God to manifest Himself
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because Revelation was not complete
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How has the Gospel been handed on by the apostles?
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mentally
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figuratively
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orally
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in writing
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What is the sign of the covenant of God with Noah?
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the rainbow
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the leopard
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rainclouds
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the fish
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When did the Apostolic Tradition begin?
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The four main stages of Revelation in the Old Testament are:
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What do we call the teaching office of the Church?
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The discernment of prefigurations in the Old Testament anticipating the things to come in the New Testament:
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The Four Gospels
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Marcion
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typology
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exegesis
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The ultimate reason for God revealing His "plan of loving goodness" is:
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to limit the pride of fallen humanity
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the moral sense
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to gather together scattered humanity
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to make men sharers in divine nature
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What is the sensus fidei?
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What does "Authentic" mean?
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The self-communication of God to men is:
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gradually
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marcionism
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revelation
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the rainbow
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God's first manifestation to man was broken off by Adam and Eve's sin.
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The Magisterium of the Church teaches in the name of Jesus Christ.
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The anagogical sense can be discovered by reading the realities or events reported in the Old Testament as signs of Christ and His Church.
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The Church established the canon of Scripture.
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The two orders of knowledge of God are that of created things and that of divine Revelation.
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Eschatological refers to the Last Things.
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The interpretation of the heritage of Faith has been entrusted to the bishops in communion with the pope.
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The works by which God reveals Himself to the outside is called the economy of salvation.
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The fourth stage of God's Revelation to man was when He manifested Himself to Adam and Eve.
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God guarantees the inspiration and truth of Sacred Scripture.
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The reader cannot discover the human author's intention in Scripture.
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Through all the words of the Bible, God speaks only one single Word.
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The discipline that illuminates the unity of the two Testaments is called typology.