The New Testament :: Bible Religion Christian Christianity

The New TestamentI.The Primary stemma of the Knowledge of savioura.Proclaims the Incarnation -- the Word made Flesh -- deliverer becomes Manb.Fulfillment of the Promise of the Old TestamentII.Collection of hands (proclaiming the fulfilment of Gods promises through His Son, delivery boy)a.Gospelsi.Written by the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke, buttii.CCC 125 = Gospels are the heart of all the Scriptures as they are the primary source of life and learn of deliverymaniii. of import sources of in dramatis personaeation about the historical Jesusiv.Faith testimonials announcing the unsloped intelligence service of salvation evangelists are not primarily interested in the historical details 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 resplendencyv.Not all alike1.Mark suffering servant2.Matthew humankind 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 lettersi.Pauline (13 books) dealt with particular problems confront by the early Church and continued proclaiming faith in Jesus to be its central focus1.7 of the books directly attributed to Paul the others were believably 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) another 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 preaching 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 die hard decade of the first century. Each evangelist adapted his materials keeping in mind the circumstances of the particular audience for whom he was writing.each had distinct audiences.i.Most of what we know about Jesus early life comes from Matthew and Luke --- birth, Magi, shoot to Egypt, circumcision, Slaughter of the Innocents, boy Jesus in the Temple, Josephii.Catholic Church maintains the belief of the virgin birth --- no brothers or sisters ------ the text that refers to Jesus brothers and sisters uses a word that also means cousins