transmission of divine revelation

before jesus returned to heaven, he commissioned the apostles to continue his mission of sharing the message of salvation

we were challenged by the gospel of christ to spread the truth and continue the mission he gave his disciples

passing on christ's revelations

tradere pass on, hand over

• comes from the need of the church at a certain place and time

• can be modified

• living and lived faith of the church

• these are official teachings

• cant be modified

scriptural (written), apostolic (oral), teachings of the magisterium (written & oral)

what's in the holy bible

• practices & beliefs that can be justified by referencing the sacred scriptures

the teachings that the apostles have left us

• through the unbroken chain of popes, bishops, priests, deacons

• from the magister

• exercised by the pope or by a bishop in making solemn definitions / teachings

• encyclicals

• timely

bases off of the scripture only

• reformers / protestants

• bible over tradition

no

oral traditions

sacred deposit of the word of god

• written by and for believers

• an account of life, preserved in memory, turned into text

• records events designed by god

• encounters and experiences with god

• word of god written by men

• with inspiration from the holy spirit

nihil obstat, imprimi potest, imprimatur

"nothing hinders"

• given by a censor liborum

• attests that the book does not damage faith or morals

"it may be printed"

• given by a major religious superior

• only if the author is part of a religious congregation

"let it be printed"

• given by the author's diocesan bishop

stacked sheets of papyrus folded and bound in the middle

divine library

• st jerome

• most sacred books

• historical narratives

• wisdom and poetry

• prophecies

• ordered its production

• translations from non-hebrew and non-greek speaking communities emerged

only authorized one translation of the bible (latin)

was commissioned by pope st damasus in 383 CE to translate the scriptures to latin-vulgate

said by st jerome

divided the books into chapters

divided chapters into verses

special influence from the holy spirit to the humans to properly convey what god wanted to say

holy spirit

humans

pope paul iv "the Bible must be acknowledged as teaching solidly, faithfully, and without error the truth, which God wanted to put into writing"

the church affirms that the inspiration was divine

pope leo xiii "god was so moved and impelled them to write..."

the bible contains error but teaches no error

1. events & experiences

2. oral tradition

3. written tradition 4 edited tradition

4. canon of scriptures

the measure of what fits in the bible and what doesnt

recognition of a book's divine inspiration

condition of a book having passed the standards for determining divine inspiration

• prophetic origin

• coherence with the torah

• constant use in the liturgy

• language

• apostolic origin

• coherence with the essential gospel message

• constant use in the liturgy

the books that didnt pass for canonicity

• no inspiration, used by scattered groups, no apostolic guarantee, heretical, irrelevant

72-73 46/45 - old testament (if jeremiah & lamentations are counted) 27 - new testament

66 39 - old testament 27 - new testament

second canon

agreement between god and israel fulfilled by jesus christ

• a lesson on faithfulness

• covenants (promises), laws, prophecies in preparation for the coming of Jesus

• written in hebrew, some in greek

• tells us of jesus

• how he established the covenant relationship between god and humanity

• written in greek, some in aramaic