Scripture: A Portrait of Jesus Good Morning! Please take out your Bibles and prepare for class
Scripture: A Portrait of Jesus
Good Morning! Please take out your Bibles and prepare for class
We talked about friendship with Jesus. In order to RESPOND to the knock at the door,
we need to KNOW Him. We are going to explore the Gospels—which
are one of the best introductions to Jesus.
Bible video
Last week…
The New Testament
Why is it called the New Testament? These books testify to the life, death, and
Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Which Testament contains the Gospels?
Matthew Mark Luke John
Who wrote the Gospels?
From oral accounts of the apostles, collections of sayings and events from Jesus’ life.
Where did the Gospel writers get their
information?
Details of the stories would have been
forgotten or changed if they were not written down
The faith could be spread through these writings
Gospels were then used to instruct people who wanted to become Christians
What is the purpose of the Gospels?
When the first Christians met for the breaking of the bread, someone would speak about Jesus and his teachings.
In what parts of our Eucharist do we continue this tradition?• The Gospel reading and the homily
St. Jerome
Translator of the Bible
Was a hermit Later became a priest Spent most of his adult life reading and writing
about the Bible About 383 AD, the pope asked him to
translate the New Testament from Hebrew and Greek into Latin
He later translated the Old Testament from Hebrew to Latin as well.
St. Jerome:
See p. 16 in textbook
See Matt. 8:23-26
The Qur’an
Muslims The Book of Mormon
Mormons The Veda
Hindus
The holy books of other religions:
How would you answer if someone from one of these religions asked what the Bible is about?
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