| A | B |
|---|
| all that God has taught us about himself and his will for his people | revelation |
| God's action in guiding the humans athours of the Bible | inspiration |
| tell how God cared for his people during their history | historical books |
| tell about the prophets and their messages to God's people | prohpetic books |
| tell people how to live wisely | wisdom books |
| a group of beliefs that have been passed down by word of mouth and made a part of the Church's teaching | tradition |
| the first five books of the Bible | law |
| "five scrolls" | Pentateuch |
| another word for law | Torah |
| early scripture manusripts found in 1947 | dead sea scrolls |
| sacred writings from the time before Jesus that tell about God | Hebrew Scriptures |
| when the bible was completed | a.d. 100 |
| the first book of the bible | genisis |
| they like God and have no bodies | pure spirits |
| a purely spiritual being that has no beginning and has no end | uncreated spirits |
| a gift from God by which we can think, judge, and know | intellect |
| a gift from God by which we can freely choose | free will |
| what God calls us to be towards life and the gifts of the earth | stewards |
| a sign from God's covenant with Noah the human race | rainbow |
| everything God made out of nothing | creation |
| the theory that there was a slow, continual change from one lower form of life to a higher, more complicated life | evolution |
| a person's free choice to turn away from God | sin |
| sin weakens or destroys a person's relationship with God and others | what are the effects of sin |
| the first sin committed by adam | origanal sin |
| an effect of sin | conflict |
