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Study Questions:

-What does the Church say about the role of parents in the faith formation of their children?

-How does the Holy Family serve as a model for Catholic families today?

-What does Pope John Paul II say about parenthood in his Letter to Families?

-How can we build our homes into places that are hospitable to the Word of God?

-What are some of the practical ways Kimberly suggests for making faith, and especially prayer, an integral part of our everyday lives?

-How can educating your family in faith lead to your own spiritual enrichment and growth?

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Resources mentioned:

Pecora Nugent, Madeline. The Divine Office for Dodos: A Step-By-Step Guide to Praying the Liturgy of the Hours.

Pacwa, Mitch. Proclaim Don’t Maintain [Audio]. (Available though parousiamedia.com)

Study Questions:

• Which problem of Scripture study that Fr. Pacwa mentioned was the most interesting to you and why?  
• Why was the 19th century a wonderful period for biblical scholarship? 
• What are the historical-critical methods of a Scripture scholar? Which method was most interesting to you and why?
• In light of Fr. Pacwa’s description of the ways in which Scripture has been painstakingly translated, interpreted, and handed down throughout the ages in order to produce the books of the Bible we now accept, what are some of the potential disconnects between a sola scriptura approach to the Bible as opposed to the tradition of a spiritually-authoritative Church? Does “Bible alone” theology do Scripture justice? 
• Why is archaeology important for the understanding of biblical texts?

Vocabulary: 

• Dead Sea Scrolls: Ancient, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts (of leather, papyrus, and copper) first found in 1947 on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. Encyclopedia Brittanica. 
• Septuagint: The first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, made into popular Greek before the Christian era. Catholic Encyclopedia. 

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Study Questions:

-What problems arise when the Bible is only seen as authoritative in matters of faith and morals?

-What happens when the Gospels are not treated as authoritative sources for the words and deeds of Jesus?

-What are some of the most important documents to read in order to understand the Catholic Church’s teaching on how to understand Scripture?

-What key points does Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council’s document on Sacred Scripture, have to say about the role of the Bible in the Christian life?

-What grounds are there to trust the Gospels as historically reliable?

-How can the points Bruce makes about Scripture change the way that you approach Bible reading?

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Resources Mentioned:

DuBay, Thomas. Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and the Gospel on Prayer.

DuBay, Thomas. Authenticity.

Discussion Questions:

-Do Catholics believe Scripture is inspired by God?

-Could you identify with Grodi’s understanding of the Bible, as a child? Where did the Bible come from?

-How does translating the Bible throw a wrench in sola Scriptura?

-What problems began to “bother” Grodi? and what things did Grodi begin to see?

-Did Grodi help you see 2 Timothy 3:16 in a different light? How does that verse now help you understand Grodi’s “verse he never saw,” I Tim 3:15?

-How do we become “Protestant Catholics,” according to Grodi?

Vocabulary:

Septuagint: The first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into popular Greek before the Christian era.

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Study Questions:

-What is “Tradition” according to Dei Verbum? Was this your previous understanding of Catholic Tradition? What impact did the Early Church Fathers have on Tradition?

-How does Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger describe Tradition within the scope of Revelation?   According to the Bible, what/who is the “Word of God”? (John 1) Why does that distinction make a difference when considering Tradition?

-How does Divine Revelation differ from “transmission”? 

-St. Paul charges Christians with keeping to the Faith: “Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours” (2 Thessalonians 2:15). According to this Scripture verse, do you think either oral or written tradition may be left out of an authentic Christian faith?

-What roles did the Early Church Fathers play in the Church, according to Madrid?

-What does Madrid claim that reformers John Calvin and Martin Luther mean by sola scriptura? What did the Church Fathers have to say about the relationship between Scripture and Tradition?

-What does St. Vincent of Lerins say about the dangers of erroneous interpretation?

-Some Protestants believe the Early Church Fathers were not Catholic, but truly “Protestant” in belief. After listening to Madrid’s selections from the Church Fathers, what do you think?

Vocabulary:

Early Church Fathers: A title that gradually came to be applied to Christianity’s earliest teachers, who in the period of the Church’s infancy and first growth, instructed her members in the teaching of Jesus Christ and that teaching which He very specifically had given to His Apostles. An Early Church Father must be of must be of orthodox doctrine and learning, living a saintly life, and having a certain antiquity (usually, prior to the Council of Chalcedon).

Sola scriptura: The main principle of sola scriptura, or “Scripture alone,” proclaims the canonical Scriptures, especially the New Testament, to be the only infallible source and rule of faith and practice, and asserts the right of private interpretation of the Scriptures, in distinction from the Roman Catholic view, which declares the Bible and tradition to be co-ordinate sources and rule of faith, and makes tradition, especially the decrees of popes and councils, the only legitimate and infallible interpreter of the Bible.

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