Bible 101: A Basic Introduction to the Word of God

2010 by Saint Mary s Press Living in Christ Series Document #: TX001000 Bible 101: A Basic Introduction to the Word of God In the Bible , which is also called the Sacred Scriptures, God speaks to us through human words . Through the Scriptures and Tradition, God not only reveals to us divine truth but God s very self. That is why we call both the Bible and Jesus Christ (the Second Person of the Trinity) the Word of God. Through all the words of Sacred Scripture, God speaks with one single Word, his one Utterance in who he expresses himself completely (Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC], 101). The word Bible , is a derivative of the Greek word biblios, which simply means books. And that is the way we should think of the Bible , as a library of books that is divided into two parts: the Old Testament (before Jesus) and the New Testament (after Jesus birth).

The Acts of the Apostles was written by the same author who wrote the Gospel According to Luke. It shows how the Church was formed and how the first Christians spread the Good News, starting in Jerusalem and ending in Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire. These books cover 5 BC to the early AD 60s. The Letters. The Letters, or Epistles (some ...

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