CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 2

INTRODUCTION TO INTRODUCTION TO

SACRED SCRIPTURESACRED SCRIPTURE

JESUS CHRIST:JESUS CHRIST:GOD’S REVELATION GOD’S REVELATION

TO THE WORLDTO THE WORLD

9/9/2014

Two volunteers readers for retreat? Paperwork? CS 2.5 Hours Due Friday!!! Test Corrections Chapter 1

– Question/Answer/Page Number (1/2 point) Intro to Sacred Scripture: Warm-up Activity

– St. Peter Retreat tomorrow…meet in Trepp at 8:05 Film: Peter and Paul

The Pentateuch

GROUP PRESENTATIONS:Outline/Facts/Information/Symbols

THE PENTATEUCH– Genesis (Group 1) – Exodus (Group 2) – Leviticus (Group 3)– Numbers (Group 4) – Deuteronomy (Group 5)

Bible Study: St. Peter

Who is Peter? (Book of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)

What 3 significant things did he accomplish?

Name and explain 3 significant bible stories about peter.

Was he a leader? Did he betray God? Did he repent? Did he have trouble keeping his faith alive? Explain!

Explain St. Peters teachings. (book of acts)

The Game of LifeThe Game of Life

CITIUSCITIUSALTIUSALTIUSFORTIUSFORTIUS

We participate in the journey We participate in the journey of life, hoping to be all that of life, hoping to be all that God intends for us: the best God intends for us: the best

people we can be.people we can be.

How to Locate and Read How to Locate and Read Bible ReferencesBible References

Jn 1:1-18Jn 1:1-18

1.1. Jn—abbreviated title of Jn—abbreviated title of the bookthe book

2.2. First number—First number—chapter chapter number; number; verseverse number number follows the colon (:)follows the colon (:)

3.3. Hyphen (-) indicates Hyphen (-) indicates several chapters or several chapters or versesverses

4.4. Semicolon (;) Semicolon (;) separates two separates two references; comma (,) references; comma (,) separates two verses separates two verses in the same chapterin the same chapter

The Bible Is the The Bible Is the Inspired Word of GodInspired Word of God

The Church teaches The Church teaches that:that:

God is the author of God is the author of the Bible, the Bible,

the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit inspired the writers of inspired the writers of the sacred books, andthe sacred books, and

the Sacred Scriptures the Sacred Scriptures teach the Truth.teach the Truth.

What Is What Is Inspiration?Inspiration?

God is the author God is the author of the Bible—he of the Bible—he used the human used the human authors as his authors as his instrument to instrument to convey Divine convey Divine

Revelation to us.Revelation to us.

The end product:The end product:

THE INERRANT THE INERRANT WORD OF GODWORD OF GOD

How to Read the BibleHow to Read the Bible

We must pay attention to what the We must pay attention to what the human authors wished to say and to human authors wished to say and to

what God wanted to reveal through their what God wanted to reveal through their words.words.

Vatican II: Scripture “must be read in Vatican II: Scripture “must be read in the light of the same Spirit by whom it the light of the same Spirit by whom it

was written.”was written.”

Vatican II on Sacred Vatican II on Sacred ScriptureScripture

Note the content Note the content and unity of the and unity of the whole Scripturewhole Scripture

““Read the Read the Scriptures within Scriptures within ‘the living Tradition ‘the living Tradition of the whole of the whole Church’”Church’”

Pay attention to the Pay attention to the “analogy of faith”“analogy of faith”

Literary Literary FormsForms

Identifying the correct Identifying the correct literary genre is vitally literary genre is vitally important in scriptural important in scriptural

interpretation.interpretation.

This helps to This helps to determine the literal determine the literal sense of the biblical sense of the biblical

text.text.

Historical BookHistorical BookProphecyProphecy

PoetryPoetryLettersLetters

GenealogiesGenealogiesMiracles storiesMiracles stories

ParablesParables

Different Readings of the Different Readings of the BibleBible

How to Understand the How to Understand the BibleBible

Literal SenseLiteral Sense

What the author What the author intended by the intended by the words he wrotewords he wrote

Spiritual SenseSpiritual Sense

Looks to the deeper Looks to the deeper meaning of various meaning of various scriptural passages scriptural passages

as part of God’s as part of God’s overall plan of overall plan of

SalvationSalvation

The Senses: The Senses: In SummaryIn Summary

Literal senseLiteral sense: teaches : teaches history; what the words say in history; what the words say in

a historical contexta historical context

Allegorical senseAllegorical sense: teaches : teaches what you should believe; what what you should believe; what the words means in the larger the words means in the larger context of Salvation Historycontext of Salvation History

Moral senseMoral sense:: teaches what teaches what you should do regarding how you should do regarding how

to live your lifeto live your life

Anagogical senseAnagogical sense: teaches : teaches where you are going; building where you are going; building

up the virtue of hope while up the virtue of hope while leading us to Heavenleading us to Heaven

Biblical TranslationsBiblical Translations

Importance of Importance of the Bible for the Bible for

CatholicsCatholics

Scripture readings Scripture readings are integral to every are integral to every

Mass and all the Mass and all the sacraments.sacraments.

Scripture is also at Scripture is also at the heart of the the heart of the

Liturgy of the HoursLiturgy of the Hours—the public prayer —the public prayer

of the Church.of the Church.

Modern Approaches for Modern Approaches for Studying Sacred ScriptureStudying Sacred Scripture

The Catholic Church teaches us to read The Catholic Church teaches us to read Sacred Scripture prayerfully and Sacred Scripture prayerfully and

interpret it critically.interpret it critically.

St. St. JeromeJerome

TRANSLATOR OF THE TRANSLATOR OF THE BIBLE FROM ITS BIBLE FROM ITS

ORIGINAL ORIGINAL LANGUAGESLANGUAGES

IMPORTANT CHURCH IMPORTANT CHURCH FATHERFATHER

USED HIS PEN TO USED HIS PEN TO WRITE FIERCE WRITE FIERCE

LETTERS TO HIS LETTERS TO HIS OPPONENTSOPPONENTS

ST. AUGUSTINE SAID ST. AUGUSTINE SAID OF HIM, “WHAT OF HIM, “WHAT

JEROME IS IGNORANT JEROME IS IGNORANT OF, NO MAN HAS OF, NO MAN HAS EVER KNOWN”EVER KNOWN”