Good day!

OPENING PRAYER
O Spirit of God, we ask You
to help orient all our actions
by Your holy inspirations.
Carry them on with Your
gracious assistance, that
every prayer and works of
ours may always begin
from You and through You
be happily ended. Amen.
Opening Doors to Christ: The New
Testament
Walking Through the New Testament
 Motivational Questions
1. Do you understand God’s message when you are
reading the Bible? 
2. What is your favorite verse in the Bible?  Why?
3. How do you share the message of God with your
friends, classmates, and neighbors?
St Jerome, a Doctor of the Church and known
for translating the Bible into Latin, once said:
“… if the man who does not know Scripture
does not know the power and wisdom of God,
then ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of
Christ.”
The Bible is divided into
two;
Old Testament – 46 books
New Testament- 27 books
God fulfills his promise
of salvation through
Jesus Christ.
The Books of the New Testament
 Division of the Classification of Similarity to the Old Testament
Books of the New Books in The New
Testament Testament

1. Gospels The Gospels are considered as the new law

HISTORICAL 2. Acts of the similar to the laws in the Old Testament.
Apostles

1. Pauline Epistles Similar to the wisdom literature in that they

EPISTLES OR 2. Catholic Epistles contain doctrinal teachings, practical
DIDACTIC counsel and moral exhortation
WRITINGS

1. Apocalypse or Symbolic and visionary account of the

PROPHETIC Revelation decisive struggle of Christ and His
followers against Satan.
 Didactic
Epistle
“instruct” or contains
“epistola” means to “send on”.
instructions, exhortations, or
Letters means of communication
writing with the purpose to
or deliver a message.
teach a lesson
CLASSIFICATIO BOOKS WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT?
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Gospels Matthew The Four Gospels are the principal
Mark witnesses to the life and teachings of
Jesus Christ.
Luke Gospels – “Good News,
John “Good Tidings” of Jesus

Evangelists – writers of the Gospels

Gospels are faith accounts that

proclaims Good news of Jesus and
readers are called faith in Jesus
(Frago & Dango, 2013)
CLASSIFICATIO BOOKS WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT?
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Acts of Acts of It is a Historical –
Apostles Apostles Theological book that
contains a narrative of
the early spread of the
Good news to the world
and formation of the
early church. (Frago and
Dango, 2013)
CLASSIFICATION BOOKS WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT?
Epistles, Letters Pauline Epistles • These are letters written
or Didactic Romans, by St. Paul the Apostle or
Writings 1 Corinthians, are attributed to him.
2 Corinthians, • Addressed to the early
Galatians, Christian communities,
Ephesians, their leaders and the
Philipppians, individual members of
Colossians, these communities
1 Thessalonians, • Give advices on some
2 Thessalonians, doctrinal positions about
1 Timothy, the person of Jesus and
2 Timothy, Titus, practical directions.
Philemon, and
Hebrews
CLASSIFICATION BOOKS WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT?
Epistles, Letters or Catholic • It is called Catholic Epistles
Didactic Writings Epistles because they are written by
James the apostles and
1 Peter addressed to the
2 Peter Christians.
1 John • These are letters on how
2 John should Christian apply
3 John Jesus teachings – His good
Jude news of salvation in their
daily lives.
CLASSIFICATION BOOKS WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT?
Prophetic Apocalypse Book of Revelation is
or Revelation written by St. John which
it occupies a unique
classification among all
books of the bible.

Symbolic and visionary

account of decisive
struggle of Christ and His
followers against Satan
and his forces.
 Old Testament and New Testament are
INSEPARABLE.

“Christians read the Old Testament in the light of Christ

Crucified and Risen” (CCC, #129)
“New Testament writings is one; to bring to the world the
person of Jesus Christ and the salvation He won for us”
(McGuan, RSM, 2020)
Go to page 275 and Answer the Activity Sheet 1.

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