| Question | Answer |
| Aramaic | a language that developed from classical Hebrew; developed into Syriac; language spoken by Jesus Christ (Joshua ben Joseph) |
| catholic | universal; worldwide |
| patriarchate | city where a major bishop resides; in early Christianity, cities of: Rome Constantinople Alexandria Antioch Jerusalem |
| Dabar | Syriac term for "word"; "thing said, an action" |
| Logos | Greek term for "word"; "mental idea, thought or reason" |
| Verbum | Latin term for "word"; "declared statement, a literal thing" |
| creed | statement of belief |
| doctrine | set theological teachings |
| neoplatonism | a combination of Plato's and Aristotle's teachings; mix of realism and idealism |
| spoils of Egypt | the gold payed by Egypt to the Hebrews so they would leave Egypt after the plagues; the Hebrews used this gold to build the Ark of the Covenant |
| logoi | "seeds of reason"; God's imprint in creation |
| Oral Tradition | the Apostolic Tradition; origin of Sacred Scriptures |
| tradition | hand on; pass down |
| Apostles | first followers of Jesus; AD 30-100; Greek for "one sent" |
| Apostolic Fathers | first generation successors to the Apostles; AD 100-150 |
| Fathers and Mothers of the Church | primary teachers who bore witness to Apostolic Tradition up until the last ecumenical council; AD 150-787 |
| Doctors of the Church | those who pre-eminently embodied the Christian faith in both their writings and their lives; like holding "doctorate degrees" in the Church; only 34 people; women: Theresa of Little Flower; Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Hildegarde of Bingen |
| bishop | overseer |
| gnostics | claimed to hold "secret knowledge"; saved by knowledge not by faith |
| "super" apostles | "counterfeit apostles"; those who claimed to teach Christianity but only menaced Christian communities |
| eccumenical | "of the known world" |
| ecclesial | church |
| see | seat of authority; patriarchs are the five sees of Peter |
| collegiality | form of shared responsibility and governance |
| Bible | Greek for "book" |
| canon | a measuring rod |
| Torah | "Law of Moses"; first five books of the Bible |
| Neviim | "Prophets"; books of the old prophets |
| Ketuvim | "Writings"; final section of the Hebrew Bible |
| Tanakh TNK | Jewish world for Bible |
| Septuagint LXX | Greek translation of the TNK; written by "70" rabbis |
| apocrypha | "put away, hidden"; books taken out of the TNK by the rabbis at Jamnia; books Martin Luther took out of the Roman Catholic Bible |
| Vulgate | Latin translation of the Bible; translated by Jerome |
| Peshitta | Syriac word for "Bible"; means "common" |
| sola scriptura | beliefs based on scriptures alone |
| typology | where one event in the OT is believed to foreshadow Christ |
| allegory | when one thing represents another |
| numerology | numbers represent letters; Caesar Nero = 666 in Hebrew Jesus Christ = 888 in Greek |
| Hexapla | textual criticism by Origen |
| Melania | proficient in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin; copyist |
| copyist | those who copied the Bible |
| Dionysius of Alexandria | literary critic who compared the Gospel of John to the Book of Revelation |
| Differences between the Gospel of John and Book of Revelation | Greek grammar; subject matter and style; there were two Johns in Ephesus --> two tombs of John |
| Athanasius's Rule | literary critic by: Period - historical context Person - author and audience Place - context Point - subject and meaning |
| Monastic Method | interpreting Scripture by: Lectio - "reading" Meditatio - "meditation" Oratio - "prayer" Contemplatio - "contemplation" |
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