Scripture: A Portrait of Jesus

Good Morning! Please take out your Bibles and prepare for class

We talked about friendship with Jesus. In order to RESPOND to the knock at the door,

we need to KNOW Him. We are going to explore the Gospels—which

are one of the best introductions to Jesus.

Bible video

Last week…

The New Testament

Why is it called the New Testament? These books testify to the life, death, and

Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Which Testament contains the Gospels?

Matthew Mark Luke John

Who wrote the Gospels?

From oral accounts of the apostles, collections of sayings and events from Jesus’ life.

Where did the Gospel writers get their

information?

Details of the stories would have been

forgotten or changed if they were not written down

The faith could be spread through these writings

Gospels were then used to instruct people who wanted to become Christians

What is the purpose of the Gospels?

When the first Christians met for the breaking of the bread, someone would speak about Jesus and his teachings.

In what parts of our Eucharist do we continue this tradition?• The Gospel reading and the homily

St. Jerome

Translator of the Bible

Was a hermit Later became a priest Spent most of his adult life reading and writing

about the Bible About 383 AD, the pope asked him to

translate the New Testament from Hebrew and Greek into Latin

He later translated the Old Testament from Hebrew to Latin as well.

St. Jerome:

See p. 16 in textbook

See Matt. 8:23-26

The Qur’an

Muslims The Book of Mormon

Mormons The Veda

Hindus

The holy books of other religions:

How would you answer if someone from one of these religions asked what the Bible is about?

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