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Helpful Terminology
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Bible
The word “bible”
comes from the Greek biblia, which means
books or scrolls. |
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Testament
The word testament
is a synonym for covenant. |
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Canon
Greek meaning
“measuring rod,” and later came to mean
a rule by which something was judged. It
came to be used as a term to mean the
official list of individual books that
make up the Scriptures. |
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Deuterocanonical
In Greek, this term
means “second canon.” These books are
those texts not found in the Hebrew
canon, but were added to the Greek
translation, the Septuagint, and then
copied into Latin by the Church. These
books are: Sirach, Wisdom, Baruch, 1 and
2 Maccabees, Tobit, Judith and additions
to Ester and Daniel. These books were
not added to the protestant canon. To
find out more, go to this web link:
http://www.daily-word-of-life.com/ot_3.htm |
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Gospel
This word means
“good news” and is unique to describe
the good news of Jesus Christ. |
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Old Testament
The word “testament”
means “covenant.” There are 46 books
that make up what we call the “Old
Testament.” These scriptures, known to
the Hebrew people by the time of Jesus,
are divided into different categories of
texts according to the type of writing.
These books are the story of the
covenant God had with his people and the
foundation for the “New Covenant” that
was ushered in with Jesus Christ. Some
refer to this as the “Hebrew
Scriptures.” The first reading at mass
is from this part of the bible. |
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New Testament
The “new covenant”
God made with his people through the
Incarnation. These 27 books continue to
tell the story of God’s plan for our
salvation through the retelling of the
ministry of Jesus, the ministry of His
Followers, and the life of the early
Church. In the mass the Gospel and
Sunday’s second reading are from this
part of the bible.
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New Testament
The New
Testament contains 27 books which can be
divided as follows: |
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The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) |
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The Acts of the Apostles |
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The Epistles (Letters)
The Epistles can be divided into the
following groups:
The Letters of St. Paul -
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Romans |
Colossians |
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1 & 2
Corinthians |
1 & 2
Thessolonians |
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Galatians |
1 & 2
Timothy |
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Ephesians |
Titus |
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Phillipians |
Philemon |
The Catholic or Universal Letters -
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James |
1, 2 & 3
John |
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1 & 2 Peter |
Jude |
Hebrews and Revelation (sometimes called
“The
Apocalypse”) |
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Old Testament
Catholics divide the
Old Testament into three sections:
the
historical books, the wisdom books and
the prophetic books. |
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Pentateuch / Law:
the five foundational books that
comprise the Jewish Torah give the basis
for the telling of the origins of God’s
people and their unique relationship
with God.
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Genesis |
Numbers |
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Exodus |
Deuteronomy |
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Leviticus |
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Historical Books:
recount the period of Israelite history
from about 1250 to 100 B.C.
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Joshua |
1 & 2 Kings |
Tobit |
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Judges |
1 & 2 Chronicles |
Judith |
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Ruth |
Ezra |
Esther |
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1 & 2 Samuel |
Nehemiah |
1 & 2 Maccabees |
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Wisdom Books:
a reflection of the experience of the
Jewish people with God and the world
these writings comprise poetry, songs,
and instruction on living a virtuous
life.
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Job |
Song of
Songs |
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Psalms |
Wisdom (of
Solomon) |
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Proverbs |
Sirach |
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Ecclesiastes |
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Prophets:
The prophets reminded the people of the
covenant they made with God. Despite
human misbehavior and subsequent
misfortune, God was ever faithful to
that covenant and ever ready for them to
return to Him.
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Isaiah |
Hosea |
Nahum |
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Jeremiah |
Joel |
Habakkuk |
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Lamentations |
Amos |
Zephaniah |
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Baruch |
Obadiah |
Haggai |
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Ezekiel |
Jonah |
Zechariah |
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Daniel |
Micah |
Malachi |
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