ff 4th qtr - part 3 Flashcards
—– means freedom of error and since the Bible is the Word of God, it means the Bible is inerrant.
Inerrancy
The Bible contains error but teaches no error. It teaches only the SAVING TRUTH.
t or f
true
● The Holy Scriptures started with the revelation of God in the lives of the chosen people.
EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES
● Shows that the authors themselves or the witnesses whom the authors interviewed for their stories first had an experience of the event (first-hand experience).
EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES
Years later, they realized that the second coming of Christ will not be happening any time soon. The apostles needed to preserve what to know about Christ, that is why they started writing. This was the time of the Great Christian Persecution, wherein the apostles started to pass away one by one.
WRITTEN TRADITION
● The wisdom and history of those people who believed in God were passed through oral stories, told and retold in important gatherings.
ORAL TRADITION
● Biblical authors refined and combined the original stories to reflect new events or religious questions that arose during their time.
EDITED TRADITION
This is where the authors inserted original details of the story to show deeper or new meanings of the story.
EDITED TRADITION
● By way of apostolic Tradition, the Church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of the sacred books.
CANON OF SCRIPTURES
● They had to filter the books because not all were inspired. Though there were many, only a few were chosen.
CANON OF SCRIPTURES
● The official list of inspired books
The Canon of Scriptures
Means “measuring stick;” used to choose what does and does not fit.
canon
-the Church’s official recognition that a book is inspired.
Canonization
- the condition or state of a book having passed the standards for determining divine inspiration, hence being declared as canonical.
Canonicity
PROPHETIC ORIGIN
There should be one prophet that will act as an author.
OLD TESTAMENT
