Development of the Bible
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Development of the Bible
How the Bible came to be!
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Steps in the development of the Bible• People experienced God• People shared stories verbally– Oral Tradition
• People wrote down the stories– Written Records
• Religious leaders selected the central writings to be part of scripture– Setting the Canon
• People speaking different languages translated the bible into their own language from the original languages– Translation• Hebrew to Greek to Latin to the vernacular
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Authorship
• The Bible was written by many different human writers. God is its author.
• The human writers used their own personalities and abilities to record the accounts in the bible.
• God sent the Holy Spirit to guide these human writers so that the accounts relayed the true message that God wanted revealed
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• Inspiration– The guidance of the Holy
Spirit to the human authors of the Bible.
• Inerrancy– The quality of “No error”
in the message of the Bible as a result of inspiration.
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Oral Tradition• Oral Tradition: The
handing on of the message of God’s saving plan from generation to generation.
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Written Records
• The writing down of the oral tradition by scribes. Later these basic writings were revised and rewritten to form the final version of the books of the Bible
• All of this was done under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
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Canon • The Canon of the Catholic Bible is the official collection of inspired books of sacred scripture that contain the witness and instruction for our faith. (pg 28, text)
• Old Testament – 46 books– 39 Books of Hebrew
Scripture– 7 Deuterocanonicals
• New Testament -27 books– 4 Gospels– Acts– 21 Letters– Book of Revelation
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How did the Church decide on the Canon of the Bible?
• Apostolic Origin• Used the witness and the teachings of the Apostles as a guide.
Some books were rejected since they were not inspired or contained misinformation.
• Universal acceptance• Was the book accepted and received by all major Christian
communities?• Liturgical Celebrations
• Was the text or book being used in Christian liturgies?• The Message
• Was the message in harmony with other Christian and Hebrew writings?
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When was the Canon Set?
• In the 4th century AD, at the Councils of Hippo and Carthage, the first Canon of Scripture was set.
• In the 16th century, at the Council of Trent, the final list was set. This is the final version of the Bible and it added and included the seven “deuterocanonical” books
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Translation• Original text of TaNaK is Hebrew• Translation by 70 scholars in Greek– Translation of both Hebrew scripture and New
Testament; Septuagint• Later translated into Latin by St. Jerome. – This translation is called the Latin Vulgate
• Subsequently it was translated into the vernacular (the languages of the people)
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Scripture in the Life of the Church
Where and how is scripture used
today?
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Usage of Scripture• Scripture Study• Proclamation of the
Word• Prayer
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Scripture Study• To further our
knowledge of God’s message– Classroom– Bible Groups
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Proclamation of the Word
• To let God speak to us through his Word.
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Prayer• Scripture used at Mass and other
liturgies• Liturgy of the Hours• Psalms, Lord’s Prayer• “Lectio Divina” meditation on scripture• Personal prayer