The Bible. Old and New testament

1. THE BIBLE

2. BIBLE
 Greek word “Biblia”(plural)
“Biblion” (singular)
- means scrolls
- Multiple sheets of papyrus rolled into a scroll
- One of the earliest forms and materials written
documents
- Consisting of many books
- O.T. 46
- N.T. 27

3.  Sacred Scripture – God himself guided the
authors who wrote the books of the bible.
 The writers intellects were enlightened
directly by the action of the Holy Spirit
 God is the principal author
 “Inerrant” means that it does not err.
 Infallible – because of the Divine help of
Christ
 Great Qumran – oldest complete
manuscript

4. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY THE BIBLE IS
DIVINELY INSPIRED?
 Divine Inspiration – assisted the human
author to use correct language and
expression to describe what was being
infallibly written

5. HOW THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN
 The bible was written by inspired human
writers written in their own styles
 The human writers of the bible wrote only
what God wanted them to write
 The whole bible properly interpreted by the
church is true and completely without error

6. INSPIRATION
 One of the greatest mysteries of our faith
 The bible, the word of God inspired, takes on
the weakness of human language, becoming
a book that human can understand
 The church was created by God

7. OLD TESTAMENT
 46 books
 It contains the story of the Hebrews who
where prepared by God to receive the
Redeemer of the world

8. HISTORICAL BOOKS
 Genesis Ruth Judith
 Exodus 1 - 2 Samuel Esther
 Leviticus 1 –2 Kings
 Numbers 1 - 2 Chronicles
 Deuteronomy Ezra
 Joshua Nehemiah
 Judges Tobit

9. DIDACTIC BOOKS
 Job
 Psalms
 Proverbs
 Ecclesiastes
 Song of Solomon
 Wisdom
 Sirach

10. PROPHETIC
4 Major Prophets
Isaiah
 Jeremiah -Lamentations – Baruch
 Ezekiel
 Daniel

11. 12 MINOR PROPHETS
 Hosea Zephaniah
 Joel Haggai
 Amos Zechariah
 Obadias Malachi
 Jonah
 Micah
 Nahum
 Habakkuk

12. NEW TESTAMENT
 27 books
 It contains the story of Jesus Christ and the
establishment and growth of the church

13. GOSPELS
 Matthew
 Mark
 St.Luke
 St John

14.  The Acts of the Apostles
 21 Letters of the Epistles
(14) Pauline Epistles
Romans 1-2 Thessalonians
1-2 Corinthians 1-2 Timothy
Galatians Titus
Ephesians Philemon
Philippians Hebrews
Colossians

15. (7) CATHOLICS EPISTLES
 James
 1-2 Peter
 1-3 John
 Jude

16. Apocalypse or Revelation

17. BIBLICAL CANON
 The biblical canon is the official list of books,
which the Church recognizes and divinely
inspired and which she considers as a rule
for her faith and moral

18. 1. Canonical books - are recognized by the
church as divinely
2. Protocanonical books – are biblical books
whose inspiration was never doubted (literally
means “belonging to the first canon
3. Deuterocanonical books – (literally means “
belonging to the second canon”) These are
books which for sometime and with some
group of people were doubtful as to their
inspiration
4. Apochripal t- these books not recognized by
the Church as canonical inspired, though they
claim to be by their title or author

19. FORMATION OF THE BIBLE
 Truths that God wanted to share with all men
were first told to special or selected
individuals ( patriarchs, prophets, great
religious people) so that they could
communicate or inform their own people
about it in their own ways