NT Flashcards
Canon of scripture
The list of books that the church officially accepts as divinely inspired.
Canon of scripture was defined where
At the council of Rome to go against the heretics
Criteria for a book in the canon
Reflect Christian teachings
Associated with apostles
Excepted by churches and used in liturgy
Who translated the Bible into Latin
St Jerome
The Latin version of the canon
Vulgate
The New Testament was originally written in what
Greek
Who rejected 4 books of the Bible and founded the Lutherans
Martin Luther
Which council affirmed the original catholic canon
Council of Trent
All what have the same books
Christian New Testaments
Septuagint
An Ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible
We believe Christ is present in the
Gospels
History of Gospels began..
- People realized they needed a written record.
- They wanted to combat heresies
- Gospels of Thomas and peter aren’t included in the canon.
Saint Irenaeus
Early bishop
Persuaded church to four gospels bc there are four corners of the earth, four winds.
Prophet Ezekiel
Had a vision in which gods throne was rested on a Cherubim with four faces.
Lion, eagle, man, ox
Ox
Luke
Eagle
John
Matthew
Man
Mark
Lion
Rejected gospels or noncanonical
Books that weren’t included in the official list of books
Who wrote the divino affiarte spiritu
Pope pius Xll
We can understand the Bible better by…
Knowing the cultural and historical backgrounds, and the intention of the person who wrote it.
What the gospels aren’t…
Biografies, not full of facts
There are how mental testimonies of faith
4 testimonies of faith, written from 4 different perspectives.
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew
Mark
Luke
Who’s gospel was written first
Mark
Matthew and Luke as well as a mystery source have verses in the…
Q source
Gospel John
Writing much later
Odd duck out
Jews banning Christians from synogauges
A book that offers background information to help interpret the Bible passages
Bible commentary
Canonical
A book approved by in the church to be in the Bible
Vulgate
St Jerome’s Latin translation of the Bible
One of the four accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus
Gospels
Evangelist
One of the four gospel writers
The study of the Bible that uses a number of methods for interpreting the scriptures.
Exegesis
A literary form associated with the end times or the last things that anticipates the time of Last Judgement when Jesus returns. It generally appears in times of turmoil and uses symbols and images to communicate a message to an intended audience while preventing enemies from understanding its true meaning.
Apocalyptic literature
The official list of books that the church declares apart of the Bible
Canon
Scripture
The old and New Testament recognized as the word of God
a reference book that lists words and biblical verses
Concordance
The 7 OT books that Catholics include in the Bible but Protestants don’t.
Deuterocanical books
Gods self communication and disclosure of the divine plan to humankind thru creation, events, peoples, and Jesus
Revelation
Books in Old Testament
46
Books in New Testament
27
Gospels are like a
Portrait not a photograph,
Photograph is exact, the real thing.
Portrait: someone else’s interpretation.
Oral tradition
Passing down of sacred wisdom
A document that biblical scholars believed was used by Matthew Luke as they wrote their gospels.
Q source
Central content of catholic faith
Tradition
Biblical inspiration
The guidance of the Holy Spirit in the development of the scriptures.
Apocryphal
Catholic
Books that were not included in the official list of books because they weren’t in complete agreement with apostolic tradition
Apocryphal
Protestant
Additionally books Catholics include in the Bible
