Transcript Sacred Scripture The Inspired Word of God

Sacred Scripture
The Inspired Word of God
Our Lady of Lourdes High School
Chapter 4
Grade 9 Mrs. Safford
Fall Semester
The Old Law Prepared for the Gospel
Questions to Think About…
 Who is the principal author of Sacred Scripture?
 How is Christ the basis of the unity of the Sacred Scripture?
Who is the principal author of Sacred
Scripture?
 The Bible consists of the two testaments the
Old and the New containing many
individual books written over a long time.
 The principal author is God.
How is Christ the basis of the Sacred
Scripture?
 The inner unity of Scripture is found in
Christ and His Covenant.
 Christ and his Covenant is hidden in the
Old Testament, and revealed in the New
Testament.
What is the essential relationship
between the Old and New Testament?
 The New Testament fulfills and completes
the Old Testament.
Assignment
 Define the following words on a piece of paper to hand in
 Apocalypse
 Bible
 Canon
 Deutercanonical
 Didactic
 Epistle
 Evangelist
 Genealogy
 Gospel
Vocabulary Words (continued)
 Liturgy of the Word
 Liturgy of the Eucharist
 New Testament
 Old Testament
 Pentateuch
 Prophet
 Septuagint
 Torah
 Vulgate
The Old Testament: Law and History
Group Assignment
You will be assigned to work in one of the following groups.
 Books of Law
 Books of History
 Books of Wisdom
 Books of Prophesy
 The Gospels
 The Acts of the Apostles
 The Epistles
 The Revelation of Saint John.
You will teach the other members of the class this topic in a 5-10 minute
presentation. You will identify if the topic is from the Old or New
Testament, a description of what the books are focusing on –with
examples from the Bible. You must include some key people or events
found in their group of book(s).
This will count as a test grade
Questions to Think About…
 What are the four genres of books found in the Old
Testament?
 What is the importance of the first five books of the Old
Testament?
 What was the scope of the historical books of the Bible?
What are the four genres of books
found in the Old Testament?
The Old Testament contains:
 Books of Law
 Books of History
 Books of Wisdom
 Books of Prophecy
What is the importance of the first five
books of the Old Testament?
 The first five books of the Old Testament,
the Pentateuch, are books of law that
contain the Mosaic Covenant, which God
made with his Chosen People.
What was the scope of the historical
books of the Bible?
 The fourteen books of history tell the story of
Israel from the conquest of Canaan- through the
establishment of the kingdom in Jerusalem and
Israel’s downfall and exile into Babylon- to the
restoration of Jerusalem.
 The two Books of the Maccabees bring Jewish
history up to the time before the Roman
Empire.
Assignment
 You will do a Bible quest in the historical
books to find out Biblical information from
the historical books, such as: He leads the
conquest of Canaan? –Joshua
 This will count as a Homework grade.
The Old Testament: Wisdom and
Prophesy
Questions to Think About…
 What is the aim of the wisdom literature of the Bible?
 What is the content of the prophetic books of the Bible?
What is the aim of the wisdom
literature of the Bible?
 The seven books of wisdom tell stories in
poetry or prose, and offer advice to help
guide life according to God’s wisdom.
What is the content of prophetic
books?
 The eighteen prophets warned Israel of her
infidelity, consoled her in her sufferings, and
foretold the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
What is a didactic work?
 The primary purpose of a didactic work is
to teach.
What are some didactic books in the
books of wisdom found in the Bible?
 Proverbs and Sirach provide wise sayings
and principles to teach people the right way
to live.
What is a prophet?
 A prophet is called by God or who speaks
on God’s behalf announcing his message.
Why are the prophets from Hosea to
Malachi known as the Minor Prophets?
 Their books are shorter in length than those
of the Major Prophets.
 They still carry important message for
God’s people.
What are the three divisions of the
prophetic books?
The three divisions are:
 The Major Prophets
 The Minor Prophets
 Post-exilic Prophets
The New Testaments: The Four Gospels
Questions to Think About…
 What are the four genre of books in the New Testament?
 What are the basic features of the Gospels of Saint Matthew,
Saint Mark, Saint Luke, and Saint John?
What are the four genres of books in
the New Testament?
The New Testament mirrors the Old
Testament:
 Books of law
 Books of history
 Books of wisdom and
 Books of prophecy
What are the basic features of the
Gospels of Saints Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John?
 St. Matthew shows Christ to be the heir to
David’s kingdom.
 St. Mark shows Christ to be the leader of the new
exodus.
 St. Luke composed his Gospel for Gentile
Christians.
 St. John completes the other three Gospels
emphasizing Christ as the Incarnate Word of God.
What is an Evangelist?
 He is the author of one of the Gospels.
 The word comes form Latin, evangelium,
which means glad tidings.
What were the personal relationships
between Evangelists and Christ?
 Saint Matthew and Saint John were disciples
of Christ and eyewitnesses of the events
they narrate.
 Saint Mark and Saint Luke were disciples of
the Apostles.
Why are the first three Gospels
synoptic?
 Synoptic means seeing together.
 These three Gospels mean they present Christ in
a similar way.
 Scholars have speculated on the relationship
between the three Gospels because Saint
Matthew and Saint Luke may have used Saint
Mark’s Gospel as a source.
Who was St. Matthew?
St. Matthew was an Apostle.
 St. Matthew was originally a tax collector.
 Primary Audience: Jewish Christians living
in Palestine.
 Primary Aim: to show Christ as the
Messiah.

Who was St. Mark?
 Saint Peter and Saint Mark had a father-son
relationship with one another.
 Saint Peter was the source of Saint Mark’s
Gospel.
 Saint Mark’s original audience was the
Gentile Christians in Rome.
 Primary Aim: Mark seems to emphasize
what Christ did more then what Christ said.
Why there is reason to believe there
was a number of accounts of Christ’s
life circulating among the Christians by
the time St. Luke set out to write his
Gospel?
 Saint Luke wrote that he wanted to give an
orderly account of Christ’s life.
 This implies that there were other partial
accounts that did not provide a complete
history of Christ’s life.
Who was Saint Luke?
 Saint Luke accompanied Saint Paul on his
missionary journeys.
 Probable audience was to Gentile converts.
 Saint Luke was a physician and would take a
detailed interest in Christ’s healings.
 Saint Luke learned of the Annunciation, the
Birth of Christ, the visit of the shepherds,
and Presentation in the temple by learning
it from the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Who was Saint John?
 Saint John was probably Christ’s best friend
on earth.
 John’s Gospel was the last Gospel written.
 Saint John’s Gospel presupposes the other
Gospel’s existence and was written to
complete them.
 Saint John’s Gospel uses more theological
language and it includes events not
contained in other Gospels,
Saint John’s Gospel
 Saint John’s Gospel parallels the Book of
Genesis and emphasizes the divinity of Jesus
Christ and the new creation he
accomplished.
 Saint John also uses great familiarity with
the places and dates of the events he
narrated.
Assignment
 Complete the Graphic Organizer on the
Gospels.
 Include the four authors of the Gospels,
who their target audience, and the chief aim
of the author when he wrote the Gospel.
 This will count as a quiz grade.
The New Testament: History, Wisdom,
and Prophecy
Questions to Think About…
 What is the Acts of the Apostles?
 What is the purpose of the Epistles?
 What is the message of the Book of Revelation?
What is the Acts of the Apostles?
 Saint Luke followed his Gospel with the
Acts of the Apostles, a history of the
apostolic church.
 Saint Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles,
since he was inspired by the Holy Spirit and
he knew that generations would need a
record of important events from the
apostolic church.
What is the purpose of the Epistles?
 The Epistles, the wisdom literature of the
New Testament, addressed problems of the
early Church to live holy lives.
 The Epistles clarified and extended the
teaching of the Apostles, and corrected early
errors.
 Saint Paul wrote most of the Epistles.
Who is the author of the book of
Revelation?
 Saint John
How does the book of Revelation convey
its message?
 The Book of Revelation promises the
fulfillment of the New Covenant.
What is the basic message of the Book
of Revelation?
 There will be great tribulation, but God will
preserve his people and bring them into the
New heavenly Jerusalem.
How is the book of Revelation an apt
conclusion to Sacred Scripture?
 Genesis begins with creation, Revelation
ends with the new creation.
 Genesis recounts the Fall, Revelation
recounts salvation.
The Canon of Sacred Scripture
Question to Think About…
 How was the canon of Sacred Scripture determined?
How was the canon of Sacred Scripture
determined?
 The canon of Sacred Scripture was
determined by the Magisterium of the
Church.
 The canon of the Old Testament is identical
to the Septuagint, which was used by the
Apostles.
 The canon of the New Testament was based
on apostolic origin, orthodoxy of content,
and catholicity.
Translations of Sacred Scripture
Questions to Think About…
 What are considered the best translations of the
Bible?
What are considered the best
translations of the Bible?
 Originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, the
Bible has been translated into many languages
under the Church’s guidance.
 The Latin Vulgate is the definitive translation of the
Bible, and there are several approved English
translations
Citations for this Chapter
Book: Armenio, Rev. Peter. Faith and Revelation: Knowing
God through Sacred Scripture. 1st ed. Woodridge: Midwest
Theological Forum, 2009.
Pictures were taken from various sources via Google images