REVIEWER IN CLE m(1st Quarter Mastery Test)

GOD’S REVELATION
REVELATION- is the process of God’s communication of Himself to all humankind
Revelator - God
Content- Himself, His will
Recipient- All of humankind
Purpose- So that all men will be sharers in His divine nature, meaning, that all men will be saved

Avenues of Revelation
God reveals Himself through many ways. These avenues of revelation can be generally summarized as follows:

1. Natural Signs – God reveals Himself in creating us and everything we see, hear and touch – nature – from beginning till now.
2. Biblical Signs – God reveals Himself in His words and deeds in the Sacred Scripture’s record of salvation history, completed
and perfected in His Son-made-man, Jesus Christ.
3. Ecclesial Signs – God reveals Himself in His continuing presence by the Holy Spirit in His people, the Church.
4. Liturgical Signs – God reveals Himself in the prayer and sacramental worship, doctrine and moral service of the Church.
5. Grace – God reveals Himself in His interior presence in our conscience and in all events in our daily lives, world events,
recognized in the signs of the times.

FAITH AS MAN’S RESPONSE

Three dimensions of Parts of the body Guide provided by the Used to
faith church
Believing Head (convictions) Creed to obtain knowledge about God
Doing Hand (committed action) Commandments to do good and obey God’s will
Entrusting Heart (trust) Sacraments To trust and hope in His
promises

Faith as a living response to God includes:

 Our minds, believing in God who calls us to salvation in Jesus
 Our will and hands, doing God’s will, and
 Our hearts, entrusting ourselves to God in prayer and worship

GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE BIBLE

Bible as an instrument of God’s revelation because it tells us about God and His will.

Council of Trent - the event happened on April 1546 which determined the final list of books that will be included in the Catholic Bible

Nihil Obstat (There is no hindrance) & Imprimatur (Let it be printed) - The two indicator of a Catholic Bible

DIFFERENCES OF THE CATHOLIC BIBLE from PROTESTANT BIBLE

CATHOLIC BIBLE - is longer than a protestant Bible

- 46 books in the Old Testament
- Including the 7 extra books which they called Deutero- canonical means Secondary Books (1 and 2 nd Maccabees,
Tobit, Sirach, Lamentations Wisdom and Judith)

PROTESTANT BIBLE – They have shortest Bible

- 39 books in the Old Testament
 - They did not include the 7 extra books which were included in the Catholic Bible.They called it as “Apocrypha”
means Hidden books)

Different Versions of the Bible

1. Hebrew – also known as the Masoretic Text, named after a later group of Jewish scholars of the eighth to eleventh centuries CE, the
masoretes or “interpreters,” who put vowels into the text, and thus fixed the words in a definitive form.

2. Greek – The Hebrew Old Testament was translated into Greek. This translation was given the name Septuagint and commonly
referred to by the Latin numbers LXX because of the legend that it was produced with one effort by 72 (rounded to 70) elders in Egypt.
Copies of the LXX contain not only books translated from the Hebrew collection, but also Old Testament books composed originally in
Greek or preserved in full only in Greek. These are the deutero-canonical books.

3. Syriac – The Syriac translation made by Christians in Syria is known as Peshitta. Peshitta or also peshitto, means simple or common
and represents the daily-use Bible of the people.

4. Latin – Vulgate was the name of St. Jerome’s careful Latin translation made in the fifth century CE.

5. Aramaic – Since many Jews at the time of Christ no longer spoke Hebrew, but Aramaic, there was need for Aramaic translation to
understand what was read in the synagogues. It was called Targum, the language of Jesus.

BOOKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

Pentateuch (talks about the Historical Books (narrate all Wisdom Books (contain the Prophetic Books (expressed God’s
creation, fall of man and the the difficulties and triumphs psalms – prayers of praise sense of justice – His anger against
formation God’s people) of the Israelites, and tell of for the greatness and deceit, and the oppression of the
the different leaders chosen goodness of God) poor and the weak)
by God to protect His people)
Genesis Joshua Job Isaiah
Exodus Judges Song of Songs Jeremiah
Leviticus Ruth Psalms Ezekiel
Numbers Samuel 1 Wisdom Daniel
Deuteronomy Samuel 2 Proverbs Hosea
Kings 1 Sirach Joel
Kings 2 Ecclesiastes Amos
Chronicles 1 Obadiah
Chronicles 2 Jonah
Ezra Micah
Baruch Nahum
Nehemiah Habakkuk
Tobit Haggai
Judith Zephaniah
Esther Zechariah
Lamentations Malachi
Maccabees 1
Maccabees 2

Concordance - Biblical reference that helps the reader see related passages based on specific themes/words
Commentaries – Explanation of the Biblical passage
Cross-reference - corresponding passage in another text
 LECTIO DIVINA
Lectio Divina is a traditional way of reading the Scriptures so that the Word may penetrate our hearts and that we may grow in an
intimate relationship with the Lord. Lectio Divina, a Latin term, means “divine reading” and describes a way of reading the scriptures
whereby we gradually let go of our own agenda and open ourselves to what God wants to say to us.

The Lectio Divina Steps:

In reading the Holy Scripture it requires understanding the text, meditating, responding, resting and taking into action what God wants
you to do.

1. LECTIO (reading) – We read the Word of God, slowly and reflectively so that it sinks into us.
2. MEDITATIO (reflection) – We think about the text we have chosen and meditate upon it so that we take from it what God wants to
give us.
3. ORATIO (response) – We leave our thinking aside and simply let our hearts speak to God.
4. CONTEMPLATIO (rest) – We simply rest in the Word of God. We listen to the deepest level of our being to God who speaks within
us with a still small voice. As we listen, we are gradually transformed within. This transformation will have
a profound effect on the way we live.
5. ACTIO (resolution) – We do what God wants us to do. We apply in our daily lives what the Word of God tells us.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

3 STAGES
1. Human Experience - refers to the period when the people of God experienced His love and care through His works and deed
2. Oral Stage- this refers to the long tradition of passing over orally the religious experiences and reflections of their ancestors, in form
of religious homilies, rhetorical speeches or ordinary daily conversations, from generation to generation.
3. Writing and Editing Stage- this refers to the period when some literate individuals, inspired by the Spirit and moved by the necessity
of recording their traditions, wrote in rough tablet stones the tales of their ancestors so that they would be preserved for
the future generations.

The Pentateuch was written by four traditions according to the Four Source Theory/Documentary of Julius Welhaussen.

Event in the Writers/ Tradition Year Person involved DOCUMENTATION

History of (Four- Source
Israel (Setting Theory)
in life)
United Yahwists (J) 1000 BCE Saul-1st king, David and The author put together the Yahwist account
Kingdom Solomon from the viewpoint of the southern tribe of
Judah, and to glorify the monarchy created by
David and Solomon
Division of the Elohists (E) 931/922 Rehoboam (Southern The northerners needed a revised version
Kingdom BCE Kingdom of Judah, which would not glorify Jerusalem and the
capital:Jerusalem ) kings of Judah as much. They produced a
second and revised account of the tradition
Jeroboam )Northern Kingdom which used Elohim for God and placed names
of Israel , capital: Samaria) that were more familiar to their part of the
country.
Fall of Samaria Yahwist and 722 BCE Assyrians The J and E were then combined as one
Elohist (J+E) during the following century for the people
who lived now in Judah.
Josian Reform Deuteronomist (D) 622 BCE King Josiah ( King Josiah of the South discovered that
the laws kept in the temple were not
observed. So, he initiated a reform to
strengthen these laws.
D was joined with J and E as part of the
 nation’s sacred traditions.
Fall of Yahwist , Elohist 587 BCE Babylonians (King
Jerusalem and Nebuchadnezzar When the whole country went into exile
Deuteronomist under the Babylonians, a school of priest
(J+E+D) seems to have gathered many of the cultic
and legal traditions together.
This Priestly work (P) thus formed the
fourth source

End of Exile Priestly (P) 539 BCE King Cyrus of Persia King Cyrus of Persia sent the Israelites
back to their land to build again their city.
Final (J+E+D+P) 400 BCE All the writers The J, E, P and D were finally combined
Redaction as a whole

 The principal author of the Scripture is the Divine God and the human person helps in writing and completing it.
 The writings of the Bible were handed on through the preaching of the apostle called tradition.
 The Human Experience is the period when the people of God experienced His love and care through His works and deeds.
 Yahwists documents were written during the time of the United Kingdom when King David reign as King.
 Elohists documents were written during the Division of the Kingdom when Solomon died and His sons become the King of
the Northern and Southern.
 The exile ends when King Cyrus sent the Israelites back to their homeland.

TYPE OF TESTS (Please refer to your Formative tests and Long tests)
1. Multiple Choices
2. Verbal Analogy
3. Statement Analysis with Justification
4. Visual Diagram
5. Identification
A. DIRECTIONS: Read the following statements carefully. Identify the avenue of revelation that is shown in each statement. Then,
underline the specific expression of the avenue in the sentence to support your answer.
Example:
Natural Sign 1. Sheena is happy seeing all the beautiful flowers in the garden.

B. DIRECTIONS: Read the following statements carefully. Identify the dimension of faith that is shown in each situation. Then,
underline the specific expression of faith in the sentence to support your answer.
Example:
Doing 1. Gero save the child from flood.

6. Constructed Response
DIRECTIONS: Create a generalization statement using the following set of words in each number. The statement should focus on
the lessons taken in class. Use all words in every set. Write your answer on the space provided.

Example:
TRADITION ORAL GOD
Tradition is God’s word transmitted in oral form

7. Classification
DIRECTIONS: Analyze the relationship of the biblical books in each item. Encircle the book that does not belong to the group. Then,
on the space provided before each number, label the category to which the remaining books belong.

Example:
Historical Books 1. Samuel Kings Leviticus Chronicles