Chapter 3

  1. What is the use of historical and critical analysis to better understand the original meaning of Scripture?
  2. What is the list of books that the Church teaches to be the inspired written Word of God?
  3. What is the meaning of Scripture that the author intended?
  4. What is Divine Inspiration?
  5. What is a partnership initiated by God that was fulfilled in Jesus Christ?
  6. What season of the Church begins in late November and is the start of new Church year?
  7. What do the readings during the Christmas season emphasize?
  8. What sense of Scripture refers to how the truths of Scripture reveal the ultimate meaning and goal of life?
  9. Who did God choose to lead the Israelites out of slavery?
  10. List the 4 prophets that God sent to the people of Israel.
  11. What is another term for the Bible?
  12. What does God’s Covenant with Noah offer to humanity?
  13. How many Holy Spirits are there?
  14. What do Catholics call the Scripture and Tradition of the Church together?
  15. What Greek word is “canon” based on?
  16. What were the main languages that the Bible was written in?
  17. What does the story of Adam and Eve teach us?
  18. What are the two tables from which we are fed at Mass?

Chapter 4

  1. What is the belief in One God?
  2. What do you call a characteristic that belongs to a person or thing?
  3. What is the Old Testament book most often quoted in the Gospels?
  4. What is the right order that existed when God created the first humans?
  5. What indicates that the almighty power and loving care of God is always with us?
  6. Why did God create all that exists?
  7. Who authored The Interior Castle?
  8. Is God love or truth?
  9. According to the first creation story, God created men and women ______.
  10. What is the first and basic form of community?
  11. What did Dom Helder’s parents want him to be when he grew up?
  12. Did everyone around the Israelites believe in only One God?
  13. In which book of the Bible do we learn about Adam and Eve?
  14. Who is the Word of God Incarnate?
  15. Who did Dom Helder encourage people to care for?
  16. What is the path to everlasting happiness?
  17. When is the beginning of God?
  18. What are some qualities that set apart human beings from other creatures on Earth?