The New Testament :: Bible Religion Christian Christianity

The New TestamentI.The Primary Source of the Knowledge of deliverera.Proclaims the embodiment -- the Word made Flesh -- messiah be sleep withs Manb.Fulfillment of the pledge of the Old TestamentII.Collection of books (proclaiming the fulfillment of Gods promises through with(predicate) His Son, Jesus)a. evangeli.scripted by the evangelists Matthew, mark off, Luke, Johnii.CCC 125 = gospel truth are the heart of all the Scriptures as they are the primary stemma of sprightliness and teaching of Jesusiii.Main sources of information rough the historic Jesusiv.Faith testimonials announcing the good news of salvation evangelists are non primarily interested in the historical details of Jesus life -- primary interest in the good deeds he performed, the spoken language of salvation he taught, and the meaning of his passion, death, resurrection and glorificationv.Not all homogeneous1.Mark suffering servant2.Matthew humanness of Jesus3.Luke evangel capacity is for all4.John emp hasizes the symbolisms within Jesus lifevi.Synoptic gospel singing1.how Jesus lived2.Matthew, Mark and Lukevii.Johns Gospel what Jesus meantb.Acts of the Apostlesi.Written just about the sequence following Pentecost (for abt 30 yrs)ii.Lukes sequel to his Gospelc.Epistles lettersi.Pauline (13 books) dealt with situation problems faced by the early church and continued proclaiming trust in Jesus to be its central decoct1.7 of the books directly attributed to Paul the others were probably written by disciples of hisii.Epistle to the Hebrews defines the priesthood of Jesusiii.Catholic Epistles encouraged the universal church to keep the true faith and live Christ-filled livesd.Revelation (The Apocalypse) another book full of symbolisms written to attention Christians under persecution to remain loyal to Jesus and His teachings.III.How did the writing of the Gospels come to be? 3-stage processa.The life and teaching of Jesus ------ period of time from Jesus birth until his death ------- what he did and taughtb.Oral preaching about Jesus ------ from Pentecost until the actual written form of the Gospelsc.Written Gospels ---- written over a 35 yr period ------ Mark around 65AD, Matthew and Luke between 75-85AD and John during the last decade of the first century. each evangelist adapted his materials keeping in mind the circumstances of the particular audience for whom he was writing.each had different audiences.i.Most of what we know about Jesus early life comes from Matthew and Luke --- birth, Magi, Flight to Egypt, circumcision, Slaughter of the Innocents, boy Jesus in the Temple, Josephii.Catholic Church maintains the dogma of the virgin birth --- no brothers or sisters ------ the text that refers to Jesus brothers and sisters uses a word that also authority cousins