Religion 1 chapter 1

Patriarch

founders

Matriarch

women founder/leader

Abraham

Founder/ Patriarch of Jewish faith

Monotheism

Belief in one God

Polytheism

Belief in many gods

4 sections of books in OT

- the Pentateuch - the historical books - the wisdom books - the prophetic books

five books of the Pentateuch

- Genesis - Exodus-moses - Leviticus - Numbers -Deuteronomy

Canon

the list of books recognized as divinely inspired and thus the primary source and guide for our religious belief and practice

Word of God

what God communicates through revelation

Despersion

- to spread out - diaspora

biblical inspiration

the Holy Spirit guided the human authors to teach without error

salvation history

the story of God's actions and the peoples responses over many centuries

magisterium

the Church's' official teaching voice or office

exile

when someone is forced out of their home land

revelation

self communication with God and his will to teach us

Old Testament

- from God - different sources-can be varied and even contradictory versions of the same events - put together over a long period of time - 46 books

New Testament

- 27 books - about Jesus life

fidelity

faithful