Catholic

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Catholic Studies Course
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Catholic Studies Course

• The Holy Scriptures (6 sessions)
• The Church (5 sessions)
• The Sacraments (7 sessions)

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The Bible

• The human, but inspired, witness to Gods
  revelation of himself
• Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are
  bound closely together, and communicate one with
  the other. For both of them, flowing out from the
  same divine well-spring, come together in some
  fashion to form one thing, and move towards the
  same goal. (Vatican II, Dei Verbum)

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Approaches to Scripture

• Typological
• Literary
• Historical
• Redactional (authorship/editions)

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Senses of Scripture

• Literal
• Spiritual
• Allergorical (references to Christ)
• Moral (what we should do)
• Anagogical (reflect eternal realities)

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Value of Old Testament

• Rejected by Marcionite Heresy
• Divinely inspired like NT
• Look forward to Christ in context of Gods
  relationship with his chosen people
• Old Covenant not revoked but extended

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The Jewish Scriptures

• The TaNaK
• T Torah (Law)
• a
• N Nebiim (Prophets)
• a
• K Ketubim (Writings)

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Pentateuch (Torah)

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

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Which books?

• Canon definitive list
• Canon of Hebrew Bible fixed by Rabbis c. 1st C AD
  consists of 39 books
• Greek translation (mid 3rd C BC) the Septuagint
  consists of 46 books
• Church accepted all 46 until Reformation (16th C)
  when Protestants decided only Hebrew books were
  canonical
• 7 extra books plus additional passages in Daniel
  and Esther Deuterocanonical books (or
  Apocrypha) make sure your bible has them!

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Themes

• Relationship
• Key events
• Creation
• Call of Abraham
• Exodus
• Later on Arrival in Land Monarchy Exile
  Return
• Pattern of restoration, faithfulness, rebellion,
  punishment, restoration

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Call and PromiseorVocation and Covenant

• Noah and the Flood (Gen 7-9)
• Covenant never again sealed by rainbow
• Dietary laws
• Abraham (Gen 12, 15, 17, 22)
• Promise of descendents
• Name change
• Moses (Exodus 3,6,10,32,34)
• Gods name revealed
• Promise of deliverance and land of Canaan
• Ten commandments
• Immediate rebellion and restoration