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| Allegorical Sense | The spiritual interpreation of Schripture that shows how people and events in history suggest future people and events. |
| Allegory | A prolonged metaphor. |
| Aangogical sense | The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that shows how events in Scripture point to what will be in Heaven. |
| Analogy | A way of understanding by drawing a comparision or likeness and dissimilarity between two things or relationships. |
| Apostle | From the Greek for "one sent forth:. |
| Apostolic Fathers | Those Fathers of the Church who were direct disciples of the Apostles and wrote during the end of the first century and the beginning of the second century. |
| Apostolic succession | Term used to describe the lineage of the Catholic bishops and pope through the ages by which each hold office ina direct link tot he Twelve Apostles. |
| Apostolic Tradition | The passing on of the Faith of the Apostles to each generation. |
| Bishop | A consecreated successor to the Apostles, usually charged with the spiritual and administrative care of a given territory or diocese. |
| Catechism of the Catholic Church | A summary of Catholic teaching. |
| Council of Jerusalem | Recounted in Acts 15, this synod of the Apostles around AD 49 or 50 spoke with the authority of the Holy spirit in deciding that Gentile converts to Christianity did not have to be circumcised or obey the Law of Heaven. |
| Deposit of Faith | The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition |
| Ecumenical Council | A formal synod of bishops from the whole inhabited world convened to define doctrine, regulate Christian life. |
| Eschatology | The study of the end of time. |
| Fable | A story, often fanciful, that is not based on fact and is used to illustrate a moral lesson. |
| Fathers of the Church | Refers to a number of Christian writers from the first through the eighth centuries whose lives reflected the teachings of Christ. |
| Hyperbole | A literary device that uses exaggeration to make a point. |
| Inerrancy | Making no mistakes or errors. |
| Infallibility | The dogma that the Pope cannot err when speaking on matters of faith and morals. |
| Inspiration | The gift of the Holy Spirit that assisted human authros to write the books of the Bible. |
| Literalistic | A way of reading literature without regard to the particular literary forms being used. |
| Literal Sense | Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meaning of words in the literary and historical context. |
| Literary Analysis | Reading a story with full care and regard for the literary forms and styles being used. |
| Literary Forms | Refers to the various styles of writing that communicate a message through particular creative means. |
| Magisterium | The name given tot he universal teaching authority of the pope and the bishops. |
| Metaphor | A word or term that refers to another by comparison. |
| Moral Sense | The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that portrays the heroes of Scripture as a pattern for Christians of every age. |
| Orthodoxy | Correctness or soundness in theological faith and beliefs. |
| Parable | A story that is told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth. |
| Sensus Fidelium | Literally "the sense of the faithful" |
| Simile | A word or term that refers to another by comparison using the words like or as. |
| Spiritual Sense | The interpretation of Scripture that sees not only the literal meaning of the text but also the people, things, and events they describe as signs. |
| Tradition | From the Latin "traditio", meaning "handing down". |
| Veracity | Reliability in communicating the truth |
