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== Vocabulary == | == Vocabulary == | ||
* '''apologia / apologetics''' | |||
** in defense or justification of faith | |||
*** an "'''''apologist'''''" defends the faith | |||
** from Greek ''apologos'' for "an account" or "speech in defense of oneself" | |||
*** '''PIE''' ''*apo-'' "off, away" + '''''logos''''' "speech" or "word" | |||
**** see below for "'''word'''" | |||
** ''apologos'' indicates "reasoned defense," or "thought out" | |||
* '''canon''' | * '''canon''' | ||
** "a list" | ** "a list" | ||
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** also: '''canonical''' | ** also: '''canonical''' | ||
*** included in the "Canon", ie, accepted sacred texts | *** included in the "Canon", ie, accepted sacred texts | ||
** there are 27 Books in the New Testament | ** there are 27 Books in the New Testament | ||
** Old Testament: | ** Old Testament: | ||
*** Catholic Bible: Septuagint ("Greek Bible"): 46 books | *** Catholic Bible: Septuagint ("Greek Bible"): 46 books | ||
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**''Dei Verbum'' from Second Vatican Council = "Word of God" | **''Dei Verbum'' from Second Vatican Council = "Word of God" | ||
**see John 1: << to do | **see John 1: << to do | ||
**in Greek, '''''logos''''' from PIE '''*log-o-''', "to collect, gather," (from '''*leg-''') as in "to pick out words," thus "speech" | |||
***'''''logos''''' also means "reason" (as in "logic") | |||
== Catechism translations == | == Catechism translations == | ||
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