The New Testament :: Bible Religion Christian Christianity

The New TestamentI.The Primary Source of the Knowledge of Jesusa.Proclaims the Incarnation -- the Word do Flesh -- Jesus becomes Manb.Fulfillment of the Promise of the Old TestamentII.Collection of books (proclaiming the fulfillment of Gods promises through His Son, Jesus)a. gospel singingi.Written by the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, Johnii.CCC 125 = religious doctrine are the heart of on the whole the Scriptures as they are the primary source of life and precept of Jesusiii. chief(prenominal) sources of information or so the historical Jesusiv.Faith testimonials announcing the good news of salvation evangelists are not primarily interested in the historical enlarge of Jesus life -- primary interest in the good deeds he performed, the words of salvation he taught, and the meaning of his passion, death, resurrection and glorificationv.Not all alike1.Mark suffering servant2.Matthew humanness of Jesus3.Luke Gospel message is for all4.John emphasizes the symbolisms within Jesus lifevi.Synoptic Gospels1.how Jesus lived2.Matthew, Mark and Lukevii.Johns Gospel what Jesus meantb.Acts of the Apostlesi.Written about the time following Pentecost (for abt 30 yrs)ii.Lukes sequel to his Gospelc.Epistles garneri.Pauline (13 books) dealt with particular problems faced by the early Church and continued proclaiming faith in Jesus to be its central focus1.7 of the books straightaway 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) some other book full of symbolisms written to aid 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 preachi ng 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 basic 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 means cousins