Divine revelation
God telling us about Himself/His divine plan
Salvation history
God’s saving action I’m human history at any point in the past
Magisterium
The teaching authority of the Church (popes/bishops)
Inspiration
The guidance of the Holy Spirit helping authors write the Bible for our salvation
Inerrant
Exegesis
A study/explanation of a Biblical passage
Genesis
Greek for beginnings/orogins
Myth
Symbolic story expressing a spiritual truth/belief about God
Genealogy
A family tree
Parable
Stories based on real life used to teach a lesson with a twist at the end
History
Something that happened in the past
The literal sense
The straightforward, intended meaning of the text
The moral sense
Understanding how the passage teaches us to act better
The allegorical sense
Recognizing the connection a passage has with Jesus
The anagogical sense
Understanding how the passage relates to the end times (death/heaven/hell/purgatory
Ex nihilo
To create out of nothing
Original justice
Being in harmony with ourself and all of creatiom
Original holiness
We were created to be in perfect union with God
Concupiscence
Our tendency to sin
Protoevangelium
God’s promise to Adam/Eve of a redeemer
Typology
Another name for allegorical sense
Theotokos
God bearer in Greek
Betrothal
Legally binding time of engagement for around 12 months
