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Welcome to our Apologetics Lecture Series Lecture Two – The Bible

Welcome to our Apologetics Lecture Series Lecture Two – The Bible. Lecture Chapters Disclaimer Overview New Testament Old Testament The Need for Councils Luther and the Reformation Conclusion. Disclaimer

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Welcome to our Apologetics Lecture Series Lecture Two – The Bible

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  1. Welcome to our Apologetics Lecture Series Lecture Two – The Bible

  2. Lecture Chapters • Disclaimer • Overview • New Testament • Old Testament • The Need for Councils • Luther and the Reformation • Conclusion

  3. Disclaimer This series of lectures is not intended to be an all-encompassing, academic course on Apologetics. This study guide is not intended to be a text book for comprehensive information; it should be used in conjunction with the lecture on a particular topic. We will review, somewhat in depth, the traditions and teachings of the Catholic Church over the course of our lectures. Our series is designed to light the fire of the Gospels within you and encourage further research and education into our faith and its rich history.

  4. Overview

  5. Overview Council of Rome (382AD) Council of Hippo (393AD) Council of Carthage (397AD) Letter to Exuperius (405AD) Canon of the Catholic Bible – 73 Books 46 Old Testament 27 New Testament

  6. The New Testament

  7. The New Testament

  8. The New Testament Three-tier system for consideration: Authorship Orthodoxy Frequency This three-tier system was used to consider and approve all books of the New Testament. One tier alone was not sufficient for a book to be included and considered “inspired.”

  9. The Old Testament

  10. The Old Testament

  11. The Old Testament Sects of Judaism: Sadducees – used only the Pentateuch Pharisees – used 39 Hebrew language books Essenes/Samaritans – proprietary canon Jews of the Diaspora – Greek-speaking Jews who needed a translation of the texts. Septuagint – “70” (46 books total, Hebrew and Greek)

  12. The Old Testament 200 – 300AD Rabbis created the existing Hebrew scripture canon Scrolls discovered at Qumran and Nag Hamadi contained fragments of scrolls of books thought to be only Greek-language written in Hebrew

  13. The Need for Councils

  14. The Need for Councils

  15. The Need for Councils

  16. Luther and the Reformation

  17. Luther and the Reformation 1517 posted 95 theses on the door of church in Wittenberg 1519 debated Fr. Eck about “praying for the dead” Rejected books from the Greek-language Septuagint as “uninspired.” Named them the “apocrypha”

  18. Luther and the Reformation • Wanted to exclude New Testament books as well, namely the Book of James • Refuted his belief in “salvation by faith alone” • Actually says the exact opposite

  19. Luther and the Reformation The Vulgate Bible – translated by Saint Jerome

  20. Conclusion

  21. Thanks for coming to the Apologetics Lecture Series Lecture Two – The Bible

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