These past few days we have been learning how the Old and New Testaments came to be. We learned that both the Old and New Testaments had similar ways of developing:
Religious experience--->oral stories passed on ---> inspired writing---> Scripture studied in the synagogues/ church.
Remember that although humans physically wrote the Bible, God is the true author. God used humans as instruments to get his message of truth to the world. God knows that we comprehend things in a human way, so God communicates in ways we can understand.
We also learned that the Bible has 73 books and that each Testament is divided into sections (you can find these on page 310). The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, while the New Testament was written in Greek! Saint Jerome translated both Testaments into Latin, which was the common language of the Church during the 5th century. It wasn't until the 1300's that the Bible was translated into English.
HW- Study your notes and Look up this verse and be prepared to interpret it and discuss it tomorrow:
2 Peter 1:20-21.
Religious experience--->oral stories passed on ---> inspired writing---> Scripture studied in the synagogues/ church.
Remember that although humans physically wrote the Bible, God is the true author. God used humans as instruments to get his message of truth to the world. God knows that we comprehend things in a human way, so God communicates in ways we can understand.
We also learned that the Bible has 73 books and that each Testament is divided into sections (you can find these on page 310). The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, while the New Testament was written in Greek! Saint Jerome translated both Testaments into Latin, which was the common language of the Church during the 5th century. It wasn't until the 1300's that the Bible was translated into English.
HW- Study your notes and Look up this verse and be prepared to interpret it and discuss it tomorrow:
2 Peter 1:20-21.
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