SCRIPTURE

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• SCRIPTURE
• AND
• TRADITION

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• My Child,
• You may not know me, but I know everything about
  you ..........................Psalm 1391
• I know when you sit down and when you rise
  up.........................................Psalm
  1392
• I am familiar with your ways......................
  ..................................................
  Psalm 139
• Even the very hairs on your head are
  numbered......................................Matt
  hew 1029
• For you were made in my image.....................
  ..........................................Genesis
  127
• In me you live and move and have your
  being.........................Acts of the
  Apostles 1728
• For you are my offspring..........................
  ..................................................
  ..Acts 1728
• I knew you even before you were conceived
  ............................................Jeremi
  ah 14
• I chose you when I planned creation...............
  .........................................Ephesian
  111
• You were not a mistake............................
  ..................................................
  Psalm 13915
• For all your days are written in my
  book.................... .........................
  ....Psalm 13915
• I determined the ewxact time of your birth and
  where you would live............Acts 1726
• You are fearfully and wonderfully
  made..............................................
  .....Psalm 13914
• I knit you together in your mothers
  womb..............................................
  .Psalm 13913
• And brought you forth on the day you were
  born...........................................Psa
  lm 716
• I am not distant and angry, but am the complete
  expression of love...........1 John 416
• And it is my desire to lavish my love on
  you...............................................
  ....1 John 31
• Simply because you are my child and I am your
  father...................................1 John
  31

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• I offer you more than your earthly father ever
  could..................................Matthew
  711
• For I am the perfect father.......................
  ...............................................Mat
  thew 548
• Every good gift that you receive comes from my
  hand..................................James 117
• For I am your provider and I meet all your
  needs......................................Matthew
  633
• My plan for your future has always been filled
  with hope.........................Jeremiah 2911
• My thoughts twoard you are countless as the sand
  on the seashore............Psalm 13917
• And I rejoice over you with singing...............
  .........................................Zephaniah
  317
• I will never stop doing good to you
  ..................................................
  ....Jeremiah 3240
• For you are my treasured possession...............
  .......................................... Exodus
  195
• And I want to show you great and marvellous
  things.................................Jeremiah
  333
• If you seek me with all your heart, you will find
  me............................Deuteronomy 429
• Delight in me and I will give you the desires of
  your heart..............................Psalm
  374
• For it is I who gave you those desires............
  ........................................Philippian
  s 213
• I am able to do more for you than you could
  possibly imagine..................Ephesians 320
• I am also the Father who comforts you in all your
  troubles .............2 Corinthians 13-4
• When you are broken-hearted, I am close to
  you.........................................Psalm
  3418
• As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you
  close to my heart...............Isaiah 4011
• One day I will wipe away every tear from your
  eyes................................Revelation
  213
• And I will take away all the pain you have
  suffered on this earth..............Revelation
  213

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• For in Jesus, my love for you is
  revealed..........................................
  .............John 1726
• He is the exact representation of my
  being.............................................
  ...Hebrews 13
• He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not
  against you........................Romans 831
• And to tell you that I am not counting your
  sins..................................2
  Corinthians 518
• Jesus died so that you and I could be
  reconciled.................................2
  Corinthians 518
• His death was the ultimate expression of my love
  for you..............................1 John 410
• I gave up everything I loved that I might gain
  your love.............................Romans 831
• If you receive the gift of my son, Jesus, you
  receive me ...............................1 John
  223
• And nothing will ever separate you from my love
  again...............................Romans 838
• I have always been Father and will always be
  Father................................Ephesians
  314
• My question is....... Will you be my child?
  ..................................................
  ....John 112
• I am waiting for you..............................
  ..................................................
  ....Luke 1511
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• Love Abba (Galatians 46 Romans 815)
• Your Father, Almighty God

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• Four Criteria for Canonicity (why certain books
  were eventually accepted into the NT Canon, while
  others were rejected)
• Apostolic Origin - attributed to and/or based on
  the preaching/teaching of the first-generation
  apostles (or their closest companions).
• Universal Acceptance - acknowledged by all major
  Christian communities in the Mediterranean world
  (by the end of the fourth century).
• Liturgical Use - read publicly along with the OT
  when early Christians gathered for the Lord's
  Supper (their weekly worship services).
• Consistent Message - containing theological
  ideas compatible with other accepted Christian
  writings (incl. the divinity and humanity Jesus).
  

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• Four-Fold Role of the Evangelists as Authors
  (what they contributed, even if "God is the
  Author" of all scripture)
• 1) Selectors - from among the many things Jesus
  said and did, they chose which stories they
  wanted to include and which to omit.
• 2) Arrangers - they organized the materials in a
  particular sequence, not necessarily
  chronologically but often in thematic blocks.
• 3) Shapers - they adapted and edited the
  individual stories from their sources so as to
  emphasize the themes they wanted to stress.
• 4) Proclaimers - they were not objective
  historians, but preached the "good news" about
  Jesus in ways appropriate to their audiences.

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• Big T Tradition
• 2 Thessalonians 213-15
• But we are bound to give thanks to you,
  brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose
  you rom the geginniing to be saved through
  sanctification by the spirita dn belief in truth.
  To this he called you through our gospel, so
  that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus
  Christ. So then, brothers and sisters, stand
  firm and
• hold to the traditions which you were taught by
  us, either by word of mouth or by letter.

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• Many things taught by word of mouth. Not
  everything given to the early Church was written
  down.
• Jesus didnt say write a book.
• He did found a church. .. Do this in memory of
  me
• Matthew 1615-19 And he said to them, But who
  do you say I am. Simon Peter replied, You are
  the Christ, the son of the living God. And
  Jesus answered him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar
  Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this
  to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I
  tell you, you are Peter and on this rock I will
  build my church and the powers of death shall not
  prevail agains it. I will give you the keys of
  the kingdom of heaven.

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• How many books make up the Bible?
• The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 73 books
  46 Old Testament and 27 New Testament as part
  of the Canon. A canonical book refers to one that
  the Church acknowledges as belonging to its list
  of sacred books, as inspired by God, and as
  having a regulating (rule) value for faith and
  morals.
• God is the author of sacred Scripture because
  he inspired its human authors he acts in them
  and by means of them. He thus gives assurance
  that their writings teach without error his
  saving truth. DV, n. 11.
• Most Protestant traditions only regard 39 books
  of the Old Testament as inspired the difference
  centers on Tobit, Judith, 1-2 Maccabees, the Book
  of Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and parts of Esther
  and Daniel.

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• Who wrote the Bible?
• Holy Mother Church, relying on the belief of
  the apostles, hold that the books of both the Old
  and New Testament in their entirety, with all
  their parts, are sacred and canonical, because,
  having been written under the inspiration of the
  Holy Spirit (cf. Jn. 2031 2 Tim 316 2 Pet
  119-21 315-16) they have God as their author
  and have been handed on to the Church herself. In
  composing the sacred books, God chose men and
  while employed by him they made use of their
  powers and abilities, so that with Him acting in
  them and through them, as true authors, consigned
  to writing everything and only those things which
  He wanted. - DV, n. 11

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• The Church existed without the written form for
  decades.
• Oral tradition has authority.

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• Small t tradition
• (sung about on Fiddler on the Roof)
• Cultural traditions.
• a) the way we celebrate Mass
• b) the vestments that were worn
• c) laws on fasting
• d) priestly celibacy.

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• Quote Dei Verbum 10 Sacred Tradition and Sacred
  Scripture make up a single sacred deposit of the
  Word of God which is entrusted to the Church. By
  adhering to it the entire holy people, united to
  its pastors remains always faithful to the
  teaching of the apostles. . But the task of
  giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of
  God, whether in its written form or in the form
  of Tradition has been entrusted to the living
  teaching office of the Church alone. (i.e. the
  Magisterium)

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• Some of that was written down. Some remains in
  the collective memory of the Church.
• Sola Scriptura. if it is not in the bible we
  wont believe it. This is a position held by most
  Protestant denominations. It is not a Catholic
  teaching. Scripture is essential, as are
  Tradition and the Magisterium of the Church.
• CCC Paragraphs 748-975

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• The Worlds Most Dangerous Bible Study
• Eric Elnes
• Very interesting way of taking a piece of
  Scripture and pairing it with a modern piece of
  music and see how they relate or contrast.

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ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

• Cardinal Ouellet in Origins Volume 38, 19
• From the Introduction in the Synod on the Word.
• Tradition, in its first perception, is the
  living transmission of the mystery of the new
  covenant. Tradiitons is constituted by apostolic
  preaching, it precedes the Scriptures, elaborates
  and acccompaines always The word of

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• (Cardianl Ouellet contd)
• The unity of living tradition and holy Scripture
  rests on the Holy Spirits assistance to those
  working pastoral ministry. But the task of
  authentically interpreting the word of God,
  whether written or handed on, has been entrusted
  exclusively to the living teaching office of the
  Church, whose authority is exercised in the name
  of Jesus Christ. This teaching office is not
  above the word of God but serves it, teaching
  only what has been handed on, listening to it
  devoutly, guarding it scrupulously and explaining
  it faithfully in accord with a divine commission
  and with the help of the Holy Spirit, it draws
  from this one repository of faith everything
  which it presents for belief as divinely
  revealed. (Dei Verbum 10)

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• Go onto the website for Bible Christian Society
  (biblechristiansociety.com) and listen to the
  podcast, Which came first, the Bible or the
  Church?
• Review your notes from class.

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• Read
• Introduction to Scripture and Tradition
• Introduction to the Magisterium and the Catechism
  of the Catholic Church
• Read paragraphs 1 to 141 of the Catechism.
• Good site with indexing of the Catechism
• scborromeo.org/ccc/ccc_toc2.

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• After reviewing each of the sources and Cardinal
  Oullets statement, explain in an academic essay
  the role of Scripture, Tradition and the
  Magisterium in the Catholic Church. Explain how
  they work together. Explain why one is not more
  important than the other and why. Your answer
  should include an explanation of how the bible
  was formed.

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• Please be in touch with me when you have
  developed an outline of your essay. Ill review
  your outline and make comments before you do the
  final version.
• fathershawnhughes_at_sympatico.ca
• Homework for next Thursday Read or listen to
  the podcast of Book 2 God and Book 5, Jesus
  Christ of the Luke E. Hart series. Go to
  kofc.org and then click on Publications and
  Resources and youll see Luke E. Hart series
  under the Highlights banner.