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PREPARED BY: SIR AXIEL M. ENGRACIAL
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There will be five groups in the class.

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The knowledge of each group

regarding the Old Testament will be

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shared. A representative from each
group will present their findings to the
class. This will function as both an
overview and a continuation of the
preceding course.
 LESSON OBJECTIVES
·I can demonstrate an understanding on the New Testament.
·I can identify the different sections and books in the New
Testament.
·I can identify the Four Gospels.
·Reflect on the importance of the Gospels in relation to our faith.
 Ø WHAT ASPECT OF JESUS' TEACHINGS OR LIFE
RESONATES WITH YOU THE MOST, AND WHY?

Ø IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU BELIEVE ITS MESSAGE AND

LESSONS CONTINUE TO IMPACT AND SHAPE OUR
MODERN SOCIETY AND CULTURE?
I. INTRODUCTION TO
NEW TESTAMENT
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books of the Bible written
seventy years after the resurrection of Jesus. The Church of the Apostles saw in
them an authentic expression of their faith. The Church has officially recognized
these books as inspired by God, as the Word of God.

Just like the Old Testament, these books didn't just fall from heaven, it was
through the apostles and the evangelists of the old Church that these books
were made. These books serve not only as food for our faith but also as a
collection of testimonies about the person of Jesus, and how the early Church
saw itself animated and impelled by the power of his resurrection.

It was God's will that Christians of every age would know Jesus and his work of
redemption through these powerful testimonies.
The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books of the Bible written
seventy years after the resurrection of Jesus. The Church of the Apostles saw in
them an authentic expression of their faith. The Church has officially recognized
these books as inspired by God, as the Word of God.

Just like the Old Testament, these books didn't just fall from heaven, it was
through the apostles and the evangelists of the old Church that these books
were made. These books serve not only as food for our faith but also as a
collection of testimonies about the person of Jesus, and how the early Church
saw itself animated and impelled by the power of his resurrection.

It was God's will that Christians of every age would know Jesus and his work of
redemption through these powerful testimonies.
In the Old Testament, people are being formed. They
grew through their experiences, and after having hoped
for thousand and one things that all people look for, they
understand that what matters is to hope and seek a
kingdom of Justice where people will be made new.

We grasp why the prosperity of the ancient kingdom of

Israel could not last and why it is necessary for the people
of God to gain insight and interiority into what is they
were losing in earthly power and glory. We see why after
many saviors; the unique Savior came for them while
experiencing the final crisis under Roman oppression and
the radicalization of political forces.
The New Testament does not replace the Old Testament. Jesus’
preaching does not make the warnings of the prophets irrelevant.
Love does not replace justice. The salvation promised to the Jewish
people is not replaced by a “salvation of souls,” but rather the
Gospel is presented as the liberating truth which redirects history
and moves all civilization towards the goal of reunion and
reconciliation in Christ of all human powers and creative energy in
the universe.
The Christian communities began to gather what had been written
down to preserve the preaching of the apostles. They also spent
time recalling significant experiences of the first Christians. And by
that the books were produced, the church approved those which
expressed the faith as it was received from the apostles and
rejected others which, although commendable, but did not seem to
transmit the most fundamental and universal message of truth.
 A. THE BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE NEW TESTAMENT

THE GOSPEL CHURCH HISTORY LETTERS OF PAUL GENERAL LETTERS PROPHECY

ROMAN HEBREW
MARK ACTS REVELATION
1 AND 2 CORINTHIANS
MATTHEW
GALATIANS JAMES

LUKE EPHESIANS

PHILIPPIANS 1 AND 2 PETER

JOHN
COLOSSIANS
ACTS 1&2 THESSALONIANS 1, 2, AND 3 JOHN

1&2 TIMOTHY TITUS

PHILEMON JUDE
 WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF THE
WRITERS AND OF THE GOSPELS IN OUR FAITH?
 ASSESSMENT
ON ONE-HALF SHEET OF PAPER, WRITE
A REFLECTION PAPER EXPLAINING THE
STATEMENT:

“NEW TESTAMENT DOES NOT REPLACE

THE OLD TESTAMENT”.
ANY QUESTIONS OR
CLARIFICATIONS?