Religion Test Unit Two

 The divine assistance the Holy Spirit gave the authors of the books of the Bible so the authors could write in human words the salvation message GOd wanted to communicate

• 1. God is the ultimate author of the Bible
• 2. The people who wrote the books of the Bible made full use of their faculties and powers to write what God wanted and no more.

Trustworthy and true, untainted by anything false, erroneous or deceptive.

God

Saying the Bible has an error is like saying God has an error.

• God himself who came to earth
• He's God's last word.
• By listening to him we'll know what we need to do for salvation

He told us everything and God no longer has anything to say to us.

God's words become flesh

Standard

The list of inspired books/writings that are recognized and received by the Church that make up the Bible

Where the offical canon of the Bible was decided

the driving force of the Council of Trent's decision to chose the specific books of the bible that the church would use.

• The Pentateuch
• Historical Books
• Wisdom Books
• The Prophets

The Torah. The first five books of the Bible with an unbroken story line going from Creation to Israel entering Canaan

Gives practical advice on a well lived life. Important distingusihing factor of these books: they declare "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."

Focuses on the works of the the Prohets who were designated by God to speak for God to the people

• Gospels
• Acts of the Apostiles
• Pauline Letters
• Catholic Letters
• Revelation

Meaning 'good news'. It is four different accounts of the same story; Jesus

A continuation of the gospel of St. Luke, covering the history of when Paul went to Rome to preach. It mainly covers the Holy Spirit in the church

Letters written by Paul to specific church communities

Like pauline, but by anyone adn they addressed the universal church

The drama of history's final days with its clead focus on Jesus Christ as the Lamb