Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Introduction to the Bible - Coggle Diagram
Introduction to the Bible
B.C. & A.D.
b.c.-> before christ
a.d.-> anno dominai- the year of our lord(the year jesus was born)
Bible- a collection of writings which the Church of God has solemnly recognized as inspired. The name is derived from the Greek expression ta biblia (the books), which came into use in the early centuries of Christianity to designate the whole sacred volume.
Languages of the Bible-The Catholic Church uses the Latin Vulgate by Jerome, which was based upon the Hebrew for those books of the Bible preserved in the Jewish canon (as reflected in the Masoretic Text), and on the Greek text for the rest.
St. Jerome’s quote and his work- Saint Jerome is particularly important for having made a translation of the Bible which came to be called the Vulgate.
*Canon of scripture - definition & Catholic vs Protestant Canons-The canon is the set of books that make up the Bible—Scripture's “table of contents”—and it is one of the most important issues between Catholics and Protestants for two reasons: first, because the Catholic and Protestant canons differ (Catholics have seventy-three books in their canon and Protestants have sixty-six
Purpose of Scripture study-Studying the scriptures is important because scripture study is a preparation for and prerequisite to receiving personal revelation. Those three answers can be summarized in the following words: covenants, direction, and revelation. Those are three doctrinal reasons why studying the scriptures is so important.
Religious truth vs. historical accuracy-
religious truth-Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life
historical accuracy- the Bible is free from error only in matters of faith and morals and not in matters of history and science
*Revelation - definition What does the Latin word mean? Who is the fullness of God’s revelation?-In Catholicism, "revelation" means God's act of self-disclosure to humanity, revealing truths that could not be known solely through human reason, and according to Catholic teaching, Jesus Christ is considered the "fullness of God's revelation"; the Latin word "revelatio" itself means "to unveil" or "to disclose."
Types of writing (literary genres) in the Bible-prose, poetry, myth, law codes, historical narrative, didactic (teaching) narrative, parable, and miracle stories.
*Literal vs Spiritual sense of Scripture-The literal sense is the meaning conveyed directly by the words of Scripture. The spiritual (typological) senses are meanings conveyed directly by the events or deeds that the words express. Thus the spiritual senses are conveyed indirectly by the words of Scripture, but directly by the events or realities.
*4 Old Testament sections-The Superstructure of the Old Testament
And in this program, we're going to talk about the overall superstructure of the Old Testament, dividing it into four main parts – the Pentateuch, the Historical Books, the Wisdom Books, and the Prophetic Books.
*# of books in Old & New Testament-The Old Testament has 45 (or 46) books and the New Testament has 27
When the Old Testament was written in Israel’s history - the people’s circumstances when they wrote the scriptures-Chronicles, and Ezra–Nehemiah, was probably finished during the 3rd century BC. Catholic and Orthodox Old Testaments contain two (Catholic Old Testament) to four (Orthodox) Books of the Maccabees, written in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. These history books make up around half the total content of the Old Testament.
*Scriptural Inspiration-(3) Considered in its term, inspiration is nothing else but the Biblical text itself. This text was destined by God, Who inspired it, for the universal Church, in order that it might be authentically recognized as His written word.
Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible "is without error or fault in all its teaching"; or, at least, that "Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact".
Principal/Primary author of Scripture-written under the inspiration of the holy Spirit, they have God as their author
*Pentateuch - Torah - Identify books-The Pentateuch (Greek for “five books”) designates the first five books of the Jewish and Christian Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Jewish tradition calls the five books Torah (Teaching, Law) because of the centrality of the Sinai covenant and legislation mediated through Moses.
Catholic teaching on Judaism-"in fact you are our brothers and sisters in the faith. We all belong to one family, the family of God, who accompanies and protects us, His people."
How to read Scripture references-Sacred Scripture must be read and interpreted with the help of the Holy Spirit and under the guidance of the Magisterium of the Church according to three criteria: (1) it must be read with attention to the content an unity of the whole of Scripture; (2) it must be read within the living Tradition of the Church; (3) it ...
Use of footnotes & cross references-Footnotes are additional information needed for a word or verse but are not part of the text itself.
oral tradition- traditions passed down verbally
Salvation history- God's plan to save mankind from sin and lift the human family to the glory of Heaven
*Lectio divina-a meditative way of reading the Bible in which we let go of our own agendas and open ourselves to what God is trying to say to us
*Theosis-"making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as taught by the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church; the same concept is also found in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, where it is termed "divinization".
Goal of our faith-encounter every human being personally to transform his life and bring him eternal happiness in Heaven.