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Sacred Texts
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What is the sacred text of Christianity?
The Holy Bible
The basic source of belief and practice
What the Bible provides for Christians
AND
What Christians use the Bible for:
Used in the liturgy of Christianity; it is the
basis for prayer
The guidelines for the
behavior
of Christians
The Bible provide
guidance
for
individual
Christians as well as for Christian
communities
.
Christians believe that the Bible is
inspired by God
and thus carries the authority of God
Although some Christian groups believe the Bible is the word of God,
literally
and they are called
Fundamentalists
Contains
Morals and Rules
that Christians are supposed to live by
Describe the structure of the Bible
Written by multiple people over many years
Such as Gospels:
Matthew, Mark and Luke
are the synoptic gospels—they share many common features and concentrate on Jesus’ ministry
John’s
Gospel, written much later than the first 3, and is a series of reflections on Jesus as the divine Son of God.
Synoptic
= a
collection of books
all seen/sequenced together
OTHER NAMES:
Scripture
Holy Scripture
The Bible is sometimes called ‘
a closed canon
’—no new writings can be added to it.
What is the difference between the Old Testament and New Testament?
New testament
Only Christians believe in this sacred book within their bible
Christian Scriptures contain
27
early Christian works
Old testament
Hebrews, Jews and Christians all believe and use this book within the bible
Contain
39
books from the Jewish tradition