GOD’S WORD

LESSON 3
“SO GREAT IS MY VENERATION FOR THE
BIBLE THAT THE EARLIER MY CHILDREN
BEGIN TO READ IT, THE MORE CONFIDENT
WILL BE MY HOPE THAT THEY WILL PROVE
USEFUL CITIZENS TO THEIR COUNTRY AND
RESPECTABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY”
-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
THE BIBLE
Comes from the Latin word biblia, which means
book, and from the Greek word Ta biblia, which
means books.
The Bible is not just a mere collection of different
books but all those books put together by the Fathers
of the church who were inspired by the Holy Spirit to
form a library of books.
DIVISIONS OF THE BIBLE

OLD TESTAMENT

Two major
divisions
NEW TESTAMENT
Testamentum – is a Latin word which
means agreement or covenant. It is an
agreement between God and the people
of Israel and today’s people of God in
Jesus Christ.
OLD TESTAMENT
Also known as Jewish TaNaKh, is a collection of
writings that was first compiled and preserved as the
sacred books of the Jewish people.
TRADITIONALLY, THE JEWS
HAVE DIVIDED THEIR
SCRIPTURES INTO THREE
PARTS:
1. Torah (the law or the Pentateuch)
2. Neviim (Prophets)
3. Ketuvim (Writings or Hagiographa)
FOR THE CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS, THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS:
1. Pentateuch
2. Historical Books
3. Wisdom Books
4. Prophets
NEW TESTAMENT
The collection of writings consisting of the
following:
1. the four gospels
2. Acts of the Apostles,
3. letters of Paul and other disciples, and
4. the book of Revelation.
AUTHORSHIP OF THE BIBLE
God is the author of Sacred Scripture
The divinely revealed realities, which are
contained and presented in the text of
Sacred Scripture, have been written down
under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
BIBLICAL INSPIRATION
The Bible, as true and authentic record of the
divine revelation to man is a trustworthy account
of how God reveals Himself to man written down
under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:6-…useful for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, and for training in righteousness
 INSPIRITAION- INSPIRARE:
GOD BREATHED
THE BIBLE AS DIVINELY INSPIRED AND
THE HUMAN AUTHORS AS INSPIRED BY
THE HOLY SPIRIT
POPE LEO XXIII – PROVIDENTISSIMUS
DEUS
“…INFALLIBLE TRUTH.”
CANON OF SCRIPTURE
Through all the words of Sacred
Scripture, God speaks only one single
Word, his one utterance in whom he
expresses himself completely.
 CANON OF SCRIPTURE
IS THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE SACRED
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.
46 BOOKS FOR THE OLD TESTAMENT(45 IF
WE COUNT JEREMIAH AND
LAMENTATIONS AS ONE)
27 BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
73 BOOKS IN THE BIBLE
 PROTOCANONICAL BOOKS – FIRST
LIST OF THE INSPIRED BOOKS

OLD TESTAMENT which are also

included in the Hebrew Bible and which
have always been considered canonical
by almost all Christians in the world.
DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS – SECOND LIST OF
THE INSPIRED BOOKS(7 BOOKS AND PARTS
DANIEL AND ESTHER)

-THESE BOOKS ARE ACCEPTED BY THE

CATHOLIC CHURCH BUT CONTESTED BY THE
OTHER CHRISTIANS.

-PROTESTANTS CALL THESE BOOKS

APOCRYPHA
DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS – SECOND LIST OF
THE INSPIRED BOOKS(7 BOOKS AND PARTS
DANIEL AND ESTHER)
-TOBIT
-WISDOM
-BARUCH
-1 MACCABEES
-2 MACCABEES
-JUDITH
-SIRACH OR ECCLESIASTICUS
-PARTS OF DANIEL
-PARTS OF ESTHER
 OLD TESTAMENT
Torah/Pentateuch
-Genesis
-Exodus
-Leviticus
-Numbers
-Deuteronomy
 OLD TESTAMENT
Historical Books
-Joshua
-Judges
-1Samuel
-2 samuel
-1 Kings
-2 Kings
 OLD TESTAMENT
 Prephetic Books
-Isaiah
-Ezekiel
-Jeremiah
-Hosea
-Amos
-Jonah
-Joel
-Obadiah
-Nahum
-Micah
-Zephaniah
-Zechariah
-Haggai
-Habakkuk
-Malachi
 OLD TESTAMENT
Writings
Esther
Ecclesiastes
Ezra
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Daniel
Job
Lamentations
Nehemiah
Proverbs
Psalms
Ruth
Song of Songs
 OLD TESTAMENT
 Seven Deuterocanonical Books + parts of Esther and Daniel
Tobit
Wisdom
Baruch
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Judith
sirach or Ecclesiasticus
parts of Daniel
parts of Esther
 NEW TESTAMENT
Gospel – Mathew, Mark, Luke, John
Acts of the apostles
Letters of St. Paul and His Disciples
- Romans, Galatians, Ephisians,
Colosians, 1 and 2 Timothy, 1 and 2
Corinthians, 1 and 2 Thesalonians, Titus,
Philemonm, Philippians
 NEW TESTAMENT
Catholic Letters
-Hebrew
-James
-1 John
-2 John
-3 John
-1 Peter
-2 Peter
-Jude
 NEW TESTAMENT
Revelation