the bible the word of god. the bible is the inspired word of god god’s revelation of who he is and...
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THE BIBLE THE WORD OF GOD
THE BIBLE ISTHE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD
GOD’S REVELATION OF WHO HE IS AND HOW WE ARE TO BE SAVED
The Scriptures(means writing) of the Christian people
Bible is from the Greek word “biblia” which
means booksIt is a collection
There are many different kinds of writing:
History
Poetry
Proverbs
Songs
Gospels
Letters
There are a TOTAL of 73 books in the Catholic Bible
The Bible has two MAJOR PARTS
Old Testament: 46 books
Tells about salvation history prior to the coming of Jesus
Specifically about the creation of the world, man’s misuse of free will, God’s promise of redemption through a Messiah,
Tells about God’s relationship with his chosen people the Jews(also called the Hebrews or Israelites) and the history of that relationship up to Jesus time
Is written in the HEBREW language
Sometimes called the Hebrew Scriptures
New Testament: 27 books
About the coming of the Messiah, God establishing a new covenant with this people
contains the Jesus story as well as the spreading of the good news throughout the ancient world and the letters written to those people
Most famous for the 4 gospels
Is written in Greek but translated into Latin in the days of the early Church by St. Jerome
Sometimes called the Christian Scriptures
The Pentateuch Also called the Torah
First FIVE books of the Bible
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Sacred to Jews
Kept in the Ark of the Covenant
Contains the Ten Commandments and all the dietary and other laws of the Jewish people
Catholic View of the Bible
It teaches religious truths….it is, then, not a book of history or science.
Consider the story in Genesis of Creation.