Faith and Reason The Bible Definition The Word of God revealed in history used as a historical document of our faith to instruct and to inspire Inspiration God formed and shaped the author to write exactly what he wanted written though the author expressed himself through that which w ID: 502382
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“…In fulfillment of the Scriptures…”
Faith and ReasonSlide2
The Bible
Definition: The Word of God, revealed in history, used as a historical document of our faith, to instruct, and to inspire.
Inspiration
: God formed and shaped the author to write exactly what he wanted written though the author expressed himself through that which was available to him.
Inerrancy
: The Scriptures faithfully and without error
teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wanted taught
.
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How do we know what is in the Bible?
Catholics adhere to the Septuagint (Greek) translation of the OT
It was the one Jesus and the writers of the NT used
Has 46 books
Martin Luther adhered to the Jamnia (Hebrew) Canon
Has 39 books.
The rabbis at Jamnia took out Wisdom, Sirach, Judith, Baruch, Tobit, 1 and 2 Macabees and some parts of Daniel and Esther. These books refer to purgatory and praying for the dead as well as some Christological prophecies.Slide4
How do we know what is in the Bible?
Oral Tradition
Somebody, under Divine Inspiration, wrote it down
Development
of
the Canon
The books
had to
be:
Written in the 1
st
century
Written by an Apostle or someone connected to one
Read in the Liturgy
In accord with the teaching of the Apostles
Catholic
Church defined Canon at the Council of Hippo in AD
393Slide5
How do we know what is in the Bible?
Real
Gospels
vs. Apocryphal Gospels
Apocryphal Gospels
:
Stories written
based on a true Gospel
either
to deceive and spread error or to add to popular piety.
They claimed to be written by an
apostle or close disciple of Christ
.
They were written much later than M, M, L and J
Matthew, Mark
,
Luke,
and
John
were well known and read since the
beginning.Slide6
Sacred Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium
Scripture and Tradition are channels of the living Word of God
Magisterium translates this Deposit of Faith for her people.
Dei Verbum 10: All three stand together like a 3-legged stool
Drawing: Slide7
Sola
Scriptura/Scripture Alone
Definition
Protestants do not believe any doctrine that they don’t
clearly
find in Sacred Scripture
Therefore they reject the teaching authority of the Church and the Church’s Tradition
Why do they believe this? One reason is:
Matthew 15:3 “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?”Slide8
Sola Scriptura/Scripture Alone
Apologetical refutation
Doctrine of Sola Scriptura is not found in Scripture
2 Tim 3:16 “All Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.”
Scripture does speak about Tradition and Magisterium
2 Thessalonians 2:15 “Stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.”
2 Peter 1:20 “Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation”Slide9
Sola Scriptura/Scripture Alone
Not everything was written down
John 21:25 “There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written.”
We can’t all be interpreters. Why not?
The Bible alone does not fill all three conditions for a reliable Christian religious guide:
must be within the reach of everyone
must be clear and intelligible to all
must present all the truths of the faith. Slide10
Sola Scriptura/Scripture Alone
Sola Scriptura is not historical. The first generation of Christians only had the Church and no New Testament.
The Church (apostles) wrote NT and their successors decided on the Canon
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“We are obliged to yield many things to the papists – that they possess the Word of God which we received from them, otherwise we should have known nothing at all about it.”
Martin Luther