THE FORMATION OF THE GOSPEL

Question 1

THE FIRST STAGE OF GOSPEL FORMATION WAS THE VERY LIFE OF JESUS.

HIS EARLY DISCIPLES, AT FIRST FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED, CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN JESUS AFTER HIS DEATH AND BURIAL. THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT HE WAS LIVE AND GLORIFIED AS GOD’S SON AND PRESENT TO THEM BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Answer 1

STAGE 1: THE HISTORICAL JESUS (4/6 - 30/33 AD)

Question 2

THE DISCIPLES BEGIN TO LIVE IN LIGHT OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS. WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY NOW KNEW THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH, THE PROMISED ONE, THE SON OF GOD, AND THE LORD.

Answer 2

STAGE 2: ORAL TRADITION (30/33-50 AD)

Question 3

(PREACHING TO UNBELIEVERS). TO AID THEM IN THIS PROCLAMATION, THE DISCIPLES BEGAN TO ASSEMBLE COLLECTIONS OF MATERIAL ABOUT JESUS.

Answer 3

KERYGMA

Question 4

(“TEACHING”). CATHECHISM FOR CATHOLIC CHURCH (425-529) TEACHES THAT THE CENTER OF ALL CATECHESIS MUST BE JESUS CHRIST. THIS IS TRUE TODAY AND IT WAS ALSO TRUE FOR IT EARLY CONVERT TO CHRIST. CATECHESIS LITERALLY MEANS T “SOUND DOWN, THAT IS, YOU REPEAT THE MESSAGE AND EXPLAIN IT IN MORE DEPTH.

Answer 4

DIDACHE

Question 5

(“PARTICIPATION IN THE WORK OF GOD”). THE CELBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST HELPED SHAPE MAY OF THE JESUS STORIES THAT THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY PRESERVED.

Answer 5

LITURGY

Question 6

THE FINAL STAGE OF THE GOSPEL FORMATION WAS THE ACTUAL WRITING THE FOUR GOSPEL AND THE OTHER NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS, THE EARLIEST OF WHICH OR LETTERS OF SAINT PAUL.

Answer 6

STAGE 3: THE NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS (50-120 AD)