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        | an inexpensive material made from a plant that grew in the marshes along the Nile river |  | 
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        | comes from a Greek word meaning "measuring rod" |  | 
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        | the special influence of the holy spirit on the human authors of the bible |  | 
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        | what the apostles experienced about Jesus and what they learned from him were passed on by word of mouth |  | 
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        | god making himself known to us |  | 
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        | another word for "covenant" |  | 
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        | comes from a word meaning "the books" |  | 
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        | the bible is the word of god put in writing |  | 
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        | ch.2 dogmatic constitution on divine revelation
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        | a document giving a clear and detailed teaching about divine inspiration and its importance |  | 
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        | ch.2 according to the god-as-assistant theory god prevents the authors from falling into
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        | ch.2 the dictation theory of inspiration
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        | holds that god dictated each word of the bible to human authors |  | 
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        | there are no errors about the truths of faith |  | 
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        | ch.2 the image of inspiration that best helps us to understand its true meaning is
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        | the church guided by the holy spirit recognizes only 73 books as being truly inspired by god |  | 
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        | the bible is not our primary sources for the truths of history and science |  | 
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        | the god-as-assistant theory holds that human beings along were the authors of the bible |  | 
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        | tertuilian was the first to use the term new testament |  | 
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        | the later-approval theory says the bible was written in the same way as every other book |  | 
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        | ch.2 the Catholics church rejects _________(number) theories on the authorship of the bible
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        | ch.2 ____________ take every word of the bible literally
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        | ch.2 it was not until  second Vatican council opened in _________ that the church considered writing a document to give a clear and detail teaching about divine inspiration
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        | ch.2 when we talk about _______ we are dealing with a mystery of the faith
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