LESSON-1.pptx
- 4. THE BIBLE •The word “Bible” comes from a Greek plural noun, ta biblia, meaning the books. •The Bible is not just a book; it is rather a collection of 73 books. •Is the word of God written down in the words of men.
- 5. HOW WAS THE BIBLE FORMED? ACTUAL EVENTS ORAL TRADITION WRITTEN SCRIPTURES This refers to the actual experiences of God’s people which they interpreted as God’s intervention in their history. So that the people will forever remember these important events, they are handed on to succeeding generations through storytelling. These stories were sorted, edited, and eventually put into to serve as norms against which other stories and traditions will be verified; and to more effectively preserve tradition.
- 6. THE BIBLE •The Bible is a Book of Remembrance •The Bible is a Faith-Record •The Bible contains a Religious Interpretation of History
- 7. THE BIBLE The Bible is a collection of sacred writings which the Church solemnly recognized as the: “Word of God written by men through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.”
- 8. THE BIBLE THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD. The word “OF” tells us three things about the BIBLE: 1. It is WORD ABOUT GOD – We learn about God through the Bible 2. It is the SPOKEN WORD OF GOD – Sacred Scripture contains God’s revelation of Himself 3. It is WORD THAT BELONGS TO GOD – God is the Bible’s author, custodian, interpreter, and teacher.
- 9. WRITTEN BY MEN THROUGH THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT The Bible did not fall from heaven. When God gave us his word, he inspired some men to put in into writing. The Bible was written by persons who lived in a particular context, using the means available to them as they went through the natural process of data gathering, selection, and finally writing down scriptures. "All scripture, inspired of God, is profitable to teach, to reprove, to correct to instruct in justice" 2
- 10. INSPIRATION Providentissimus Deus, Pope Leo XIII “Inspiration is the special influence of the holy spirit on the human authors, such that they were able to write down what god wanted them to write.” INSPIRATION IS NOT: •DICTATION – God did not dictate the words to the human authors. As stated earlier, the human authors had to go through all the processes involved in coming up with a written work. •POSSESSION – The human authors were not coerced by God to write. They did not lose their free will when they put God’s Word into writing. On their end, they had to cooperate with inspiration.
- 11. HOW THE BIBLE SPEAKS TO CATHOLICS Catholics believe that there are different ways to understand the Bible: • Literal sense: the meaning of Scripture is conveyed by the words and discovered by critical explanation or interpretation of a text, following the rules of sound interpretation. All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal. • Moral sense: the events we read in Scripture should lead us to act justly and fairly to live morally.
- 12. HOW THE BIBLE SPEAKS TO CATHOLICS • Allegorical sense: we can find a more profound understanding of events by seeing their significance in Christ. An example of this would be the crossing of the Red Sea – seen as a sign of Christ’s victory and of Christian baptism. • Anagogical sense (Greek: anagoge, “leading”): the realities and events in the Bible, in terms of their eternal significance, lead us home to God. So the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly Jerusalem.
- 14. DIVISION OF BIBLE The Bible is arranged into two main sections: •Old Testament (46 books) About God’s relationship with the people of Israel. •New Testament (27 books) About Jesus and the church that He established.
- 15. OLD TESTAMENT (46) •The Old Testament was written in Hebrew. •It was divided into 4 sections • The Pentateuch or Torah • The Historical Books • The Wisdom and Poetry Books • The Book of Prophets
- 16. NEW TESTAMENT (27) • The New Testament was written in Greek. • It was divided into 4 sections • The Gospels • The Acts of the Apostles • The Epistles (Letters) • The Book of Revelation
- 17. THE BIBLE • The Catholic Christian Bible contains 73* "Books (as opposed to 66 in the Christian Bible)." • There are 7 books that are in the Old Testament that have always been part of the Cannon of Scripture. • Protestant reformers removed these books but the Council of Trent in 1546 declared that they are indeed part of our scriptures.
- 18. THE BIBLE •These books contain stories of God’s work in the lives of heroic individuals. •The Books of the Bible are divided into Chapters. •The Chapters are divided into Verses. Example: • John 3:16
- 19. OLD TESTAMENT THE PENTATEUCH OR TORAH HISTORICAL BOOKS WISDOM AND POETRY PROPHETIC BOOKS Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. • These 5 books were written perhaps as long ago as 3400 years ago, traditionally they are attributed to Moses. • These five books are sometimes called the Law Books and contain stories of humanity’s origins, the patriarchs, Israel’s escape from slavery, and their journey to the promised land. It contains the social, moral, and religious guidelines for living in response to God’s love.
- 20. OLD TESTAMENT THE PENTATEUCH OR TORAH HISTORICAL BOOKS WISDOM AND POETRY PROPHETIC BOOKS Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 King, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicle, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Ester. • These include the stories of Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land, their growth as a nation, their exile in a foreign land, and their return from exile to a land occupied by a foreign government.
- 21. OLD TESTAMENT THE PENTATEUCH OR TORAH HISTORICAL BOOKS WISDOM AND POETRY PROPHETIC BOOKS Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. • These books are sometimes called the books of Writings, or the books of Poetry, or the books of Wisdom. These books contain ancient hymns of personal struggles and national pride as well as lessons about suffering, finding meaning in everyday life, and love.
- 22. OLD TESTAMENT THE PENTATEUCH OR TORAH HISTORICAL BOOKS WISDOM AND POETRY PROPHETIC BOOKS Jeremiah, Lamentations, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. • Prophets reveal God’s message calling us back to hope, forgiveness, and justice. These books teach us how to treat one another and remain faithful to God. The references of major and minor prophets refer to the length of the respective compositions not any prophetic distinction among the writers.
- 23. DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS (SECOND CANON) Baruch, Sirach (Ecclesiates), Judith, Tobit, Wisdom, 1 Macabees, 2 Maccabees. • These texts are all contained in Catholic Bibles but not Jewish or Protestant. • The Jewish scholars took them out about 250 years after Jesus’s Passion because the followers of Jesus, Christians, looked to them to give evidence of the existence of heaven, and life after death. The Protestant reformers removed them from the Christian scriptures in the 16th century because the Jews didn’t use them any longer.
- 24. NEW TESTAMENT THE GOSPEL ACTS OF THE APOSTLE THE EPISTLES BOOK OF REVELATION Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John • Each Gospel is an account of the life, teachings, suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ written for different audiences. • The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke together are referred to as the synoptic gospels. "Synoptic" is derived from a Greek word meaning "one eye,' since these gospels look alike in structure and content. The Gospel of John differs in structure and contains some stories and sayings of Jesus that are not found in the synoptic gospels.
- 25. NEW TESTAMENT THE GOSPEL ACTS OF THE APOSTLE THE EPISTLES BOOK OF REVELATION ACTS OF THE APOSTLES • It is written by Luke as a sequel to his gospel account. It describes the faith, growth, and way of life of early Christianity. The story of the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, the coming of the Holy Spirit to the church at Pentecost, the martyrdom of St. Stephen, and the conversion of St. Paul can all be found in this book.
- 26. NEW TESTAMENT THE GOSPEL ACTS OF THE APOSTLE THE EPISTLES BOOK OF REVELATION The Epistles or Letters make up the largest part of the New Testament. They are divided into two categories: 1. Pauline Letters 2. Apostolic Letters. Each letter usually begins with a greeting and an identification of the sender and the recipients. This is followed by a prayer, usually in the form of thanksgiving. The body of the letter is an exposition of Christian teaching.
- 27. NEW TESTAMENT THE GOSPEL ACTS OF THE APOSTLE THE EPISTLES BOOK OF REVELATION The Pauline Letters Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, & Hebrews. • These were written by St. Paul or one of his disciples; not long after the death and resurrection of Jesus, between 54 A.D. and 80 A.D. They indicate early developments of Christian theology and practice.
- 28. NEW TESTAMENT THE GOSPEL ACTS OF THE APOSTLE THE EPISTLES BOOK OF REVELATION Apostolic Letters James, 1 & 2 Peter, Jude • The Apostolic Letters are thought to be addressed, not so much to a particular community or individual, but to a more universal audience. They were written by various authors between 65 A.D. and 95 A.D
- 29. NEW TESTAMENT THE GOSPEL ACTS OF THE APOSTLE THE EPISTLES BOOK OF REVELATION John’s Letters 1 John, 2 John, 3 John. • This book was written by John about 1900 years ago. He was shown visions of the future by Jesus. This book contains many prophecies about the End Times or the Apocalypse. Biblical scholars have concluded that the Gospel of John and the Letters of John were written by the same author. The letters were probably composed at the end of the first century.
- 30. NEW TESTAMENT THE GOSPEL ACTS OF THE APOSTLE THE EPISTLES BOOK OF REVELATION The last book contained in Christian scripture, Revelation is perhaps the most misinterpreted and problematic. The book is an example of apocalyptic literature popular from 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. This literary form included the use of symbolic numbers, colors, animals, and cosmic images. All of these devices and their meaning would have been familiar to the original audience, but have proven a puzzlement to succeeding generations.
- 31. HOW TO START READING THE BIBLE? John 1:3 Genesis 1: 3-7 Isaiah 2:6-9 Galatians 4: 4-10 1 Timothy 3:6-13 A reading from the holy gospel according to John, chapter 1 verse 3. A reading from the book of Genesis, chapter 1 verses 3 to 7. A reading from the book of Prophet Isaiah, chapter 2 verses 6 to 9. A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians, chapter 4 verses 4 to 10. A reading from the first letter of Paul to Timothy, chapter 3 verses 6 to 13.
- 32. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF BIBLE TO YOU?
Editor's Notes
- #7: When we read the Bible we also realize that there are different forms of expressing truth. The Biblical authors were not so concerned about history itself, but "salvation history," how the events of the past could be understood in relation to their faith. Salvation history deals with God's love for us, first shown to the Chosen People, and then fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- #8: When we read the Bible we also realize that there are different forms of expressing truth. The Biblical authors were not so concerned about history itself, but "salvation history," how the events of the past could be understood in relation to their faith. Salvation history deals with God's love for us, first shown to the Chosen People, and then fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- #9: When we read the Bible we also realize that there are different forms of expressing truth. The Biblical authors were not so concerned about history itself, but "salvation history," how the events of the past could be understood in relation to their faith. Salvation history deals with God's love for us, first shown to the Chosen People, and then fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- #10: Because the Bible was written by men, then through the Bible God is able to speak to us in human language- something we can understand and relate to.
- #11: “By supernatural power God so moved and impelled the human authors to write - he so assisted them when writing - that the things he ordered and those only they first rightly understood, then willed faithfully to write down, and finally expressed in apt words and with infallible truth.”