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• 3 conditions for sin

  • Knowing what you're doing
  • Planned decision
  • Act is evil and purposely strays from God
• What is the Bible?

  the book of sacred writings accepted by Christians as coming from God
• 2 main sections in the Bible?

  Old testament and New testament
• Bible comes from Greek word..

  Ta Biblia=the books
• Bible is a collection of..

  many different writings from different people about the covenant (agreement)
• How many books in OT and NT

  NT: 27

  OT: 46
• The bible is inspired by

  The word of God
• OT

  hebrew scriptures,

  about god and how god loves us early life of jesus,

  origins of human race
• NT

  Christian scriptures,

  Jesus’ teachings

  beginnings of christianity.

  Shows Jesus' love for us.
• NT includes..


  4 gospels, letters of paul, acts of apostles, Revelation
• Pentateuch 


  Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
• What do Catholics believe about the Bible?

  The Bible is the inspired word of God, written by people

  The Bible is God’s special revelation to all humankind

  The Bible is one of the many ways that God speaks to us

  The writers of the Bible experienced God in their lives in a special way and were inspired by God to write about their understanding of those experiences
• Contextual meaning of the bible.

  Reading the bible using culture, time, and place (using context)
• Literal meaning of Bible


  Every sentence is taken to mean exactly what it says
• What are the 10 literary forms?

  Myth, list, poetry, prophecy, law, history, letter, parable, sermon, drama
• Myth 


  A traditional story (e.x. Creation story)
• List


  Series of names, events, or words, usually in order
• Poetry


  Expression of personal or inner feelings of love
• Prophecy


  Prediction made under divine influence, to warn ppl about consequences of their actions
• Law


  Rules telling us how to behave (10 commandments)
• History


  Record of Account or past events
• Letter


  Written message
• Parable


  Story that teaches a lesson
• Sermon


  Serious speech about the bible or a bible verse
• Drama


  Story abt peoples lives, usually has dialogue and interaction
• 6 truths in the Bible

  Scientific, historical, moral, proverbial, religious, symbolic
• Scientific Truth


  Observations regarding the universe we live in. (e.x. The Earth is a sphere-Isaiah 40:22)
• Historical Truth


  Records and stories of past events (e.x. Lives of Hebrew people in OT)
• Moral truth


  Lessons and rules about good behaviours (teachings about right/wrong, our conscious)
• Proverbial truth


  Short sayings of common sense wisdom(“but he who sins against me injures himself. All those who hate me love death”-Proverbs 8:36)
• Religious truth


  Belief + faith in God’S actions in our life. (e.x. focus on relationship w/ God, trust in his plan)
• Symbolic truth


  Used to emphasize a lesson
• 5 forms of prayer

  Petition, thanksgiving, intercession, adoration/blessing, praise
• Different ways we pray

  • Liturgical prayer
  • Individual prayer
  • Formal prayer
  • Spontaneous prayer
  • Expressive prayer
  • Contemplative prayer
• Liturgical prayer


  Participating in the worship of the church, in particular, Eucharist, and sacraments. Responding to God as a community while God offers himself to us.
• Individual prayer


  Responding to God as an individual Person's own unique response
• Formal prayer


  Response composed by others for people to use in prayer
• Spontaneous prayer


  Response where they use non-prepared words that come at the moment
• Expressive prayer


  Responding to God in a bodily way. Singing, dancing, art, gestures
• Contemplative prayer


  Response to God's presence that happens within a person. Alone with God and experiences his presence. Sometimes beyond words in simple holy silence.