The New Testament :: Bible Religion Christian Christianity

The New Testament I.     The Primary Source of the Knowledge of Jesus a.     Proclaims the Incarnation - the Word made Flesh - Jesus becomes Man b.     Fulfillment of the Promise of the Old Testament II.     Collection of books (broadcasting the satisfaction of God’s guarantees through His Son, Jesus) a.     Gospels i.     Written by the evangelists †Matthew, Mark, Luke, Johnâ â â â â ii.     CCC 125 = Gospels are the core of the considerable number of Scriptures as they are the essential wellspring of life and instructing of Jesus iii.     Main wellsprings of data about the verifiable Jesus iv.     Faith tributes reporting the uplifting news of salvation; evangelists are not basically keen on the authentic subtleties of Jesus’ life - essential enthusiasm for the great deeds he played out, the expressions of salvation he instructed, and the significance of his energy, passing, restoration and glorification v.     Not all indistinguishable 1.     Mark †enduring hireling 2.     Matthew †humanness of Jesus 3.     Luke †Gospel message is for all 4.     John †accentuates the imageries inside Jesus’ life vi.     Synoptic Gospels 1.â â â â â how Jesus lived 2.     Matthew, Mark and Luke vii.     John’s Gospel †what Jesus implied b.     Acts of the Apostles i.     Written about the time following Pentecost (for abt 30 yrs) ii.     Luke’s continuation of his Gospel c.     Epistles †letters i.     Pauline (13 books) †managed specific issues looked by the early Church and kept announcing confidence in Jesus to be its focal core interest 1.â â â â â 7 of the books straightforwardly ascribed to Paul; the others were most likely composed by pupils of his ii.     Epistle to the Hebrews †characterizes the organization of Jesus iii.     Catholic Epistles †urged the general church to keep the genuine confidence and live Christ-filled lives d.     Revelation (The Apocalypse) †another book loaded with imageries written to help Christians under mistreatment to stay faithful to Jesus and His lessons. III.     How did the composition of the Gospels become? †3-phase process a.     The life and educating of Jesus - timeframe from Jesus’ birth until his demise - what he did and instructed b.     Oral lecturing about Jesus - from Pentecost until the real composed type of the Gospels c.     Written Gospels - composed over a 35 yr period - Mark around 65AD, Matthew and Luke between 75-85AD and John during the most recent decade of the principal century. Every evangelist adjusted his materials remembering the conditions of the specific crowd for whom he was writing†¦.each had various crowds. i.     Most of what we think about Jesus’ early life originates from Matthew and Luke - birth, Magi, Flight to Egypt, circumcision, Slaughter of the Innocents, kid Jesus in the Temple, Joseph ii.     Catholic Church keeps up the authoritative opinion of the virgin birth - no siblings or sisters - the content that alludes to Jesus’ siblings and sisters utilizes a word that additionally implies cousins