Salvation History Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium

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Salvation HistoryScripture, Tradition,
Magisterium
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Opening Prayer

• Our Father P.175
• Scripture P. 18

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Ice Breaker Finding Time

• Each table will race to put the events in each of
  their envelopes in the order that they happened
  from the earliest date to the latest date.
• The table that has the most events correct will
  win.

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Salvation History

• The story of our salvation is found in Scripture
  which is without error as it was inspired by God.
• Sacred Tradition guides us in living Christs
  Teachings.
• The Magisterium is the teaching authority of the
  Church which also is without error in matters of
  faith and morals.

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Reading and Reviewing

• Read Paragraphs 1-6
• God has made Himself known to us through Creation
  but also through the Old Testament.
• Finally God made Himself known to us by coming to
  live among us as Jesus Christ.
• We call this Divine Revelation.

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Divine Revelation

• God has chosen to reveal Himself bit by bit to
  us, not all at once.
• This revelation began with Adam and Eve who used
  to walk with Him in the Garden.
• Later to the Israelites who would become the
  Jews.
• They gave us the Old Testament which tells of
  Gods revelation to them.

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Divine Revelation

• All of the Revelation of the Old Testament lead
  to Gods greatest Revelation.
• For God so loved the world that he sent His only
  SonJesus Christ.
• Jesus chose Twelve Apostles and taught them
  everything they needed to know for salvation.
• This revelation to them, the gospel, was
  entrusted to those twelve and their successors to
  be passed down to all generations.

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Divine Revelation

• The Apostles passed this revelation in two forms,
  Scripture and Tradition (Preaching).
• Together Scripture and Tradition form the deposit
  of faith, the full revelation of Christ.
• One without the other is lacking, though always
  valuable.
• Scripture includes the Old and New Testaments.
• Sacred Tradition includes teachings on the
  Trinity, Sacraments, and our Creed.
• With the death of the last Apostle (John 100AD)
  there will be no further revelation.
• The Church simply looks deeper and deeper into
  what we have been given by Christ and his
  Apostles.

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Sacred Scriptures

• It is important to remember that Sacred Scripture
  is tied to Sacred Tradition.
• The New Testament was written after Jesus died,
  rose, and ascended into heaven.
• It was the Apostles who wrote these books (or
  those who recorded the Apostles direct
  teachings).
• It was the Apostles Successors who read through
  the many books, letters, and works written about
  Jesus to decide, under the guidance of the Holy
  Spirit, which were true and accurate.

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Sacred Scripture

• Does anyone know of any books written in the time
  shortly after Jesus that are not included in the
  Bible?
• Gospel of Thomas
• Gospel of Judas
• Gospel of Mary Magdelyne
• These books were not included because they did
  not accurately record what Jesus revealed.

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Sacred Scripture

• By the early 400s all the books of Old and New
  Testament were agreed upon by the Bishops.
• St. Jerome Translated all of these books into
  Latin in 383AD this edition of scripture was
  announced as the official Scriptures (The
  Vulgate) in the West.
• Catholics have neither added nor subtracted to
  scripture since, nor will they ever.

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Interpreting Scripture

• Scripture can be interpreted literally and
  spiritually.
• When we interpret it literally we read it like a
  textbook or manual. When it says that Joshua
  fought the Battle of Jericho, we read that he
  actually fought the battle of Jericho.
• Even when reading the scriptures literally we
  must remember that it is only without error in
  regard to the Truth god means to reveal (For
  faith and morals).
• It doesnt matter if God created the world in
  Seven days or 70 billion years.
• It is important that God did Create the world,
  the order of Creation, and that He rested.
• It would make little difference to our salvation
  either way.

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Interpreting Scripture

• There are three ways of interpreting scriptures
  spiritually.
• Allegorical
• Moral
• Anagogical
• The allegorical sense of interpreting scriptures
  would be to read it as it relates to Jesus.
• Read Psalm 22 picturing Jesus on the Cross.

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Interpreting Scripture

• The next spiritual sense of interpreting
  scriptures is the moral sense.
• How does the passage relate to each of us here
  and now.
• Finally there is the anagogical sense.
• How does this scripture passage relate to the
  eternal. How does it point to heaven and our
  salvation.

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How Was Scripture Written

• God used many people to write the scriptures.
• He chose each person for their unique style,
  gifts, and perspective.
• Though each word was written with the authors
  talent, the words are completely inspired by God
  alone.
• We have four different tellings of Jesus life
  (The Gospels) each one is unique, some parts
  almost exactly the same, some contain stories the
  others dont.
• It is the Word of God because though it was
  written by human hands, the words themselves are
  Gods.
• There are some pictures of the Gospel writers
  with the Holy Spirit whispering in their ear as
  they write.

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Inerrancy

• God wants us to get to heaven and He has given us
  two toolsScripture and Tradition.
• If these two things could be full of errors, how
  could we ever believe?
• God has promised us that the Sacred Scriptures
  and Sacred Tradition would be inerrant so that we
  could have faith.
• God promised us that the Holy Spirit will Guide
  us into all truth.
• We begin with this trust and when there is
  conflict, we study and reason out why.
• Our Faith is confirmed by reasonableness of the
  Truth.

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The Magisterium

• The Magisterium is the teaching office of the
  Church.
• What does she teach?
• The truths necessary for salvation (Faith and
  Morals).
• The Magisterium is the Pope and the Bishops in
  union with him.
• The Magisterium has been unbroken from the time
  of the Christ and the Apostles to the current day.

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Chalk Talk Apostolic Church
Jesus Christ
Pope and Bishops
Apostolic Succession
Peter
The Twelve
Apostles
Popes
Bishops
Bishops
Bishops are The successors Of the Apostles
Pope Benedict XVI
Popes are successors Of Peter
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Infallibility

• The Pope and the Bishops in union with the Pope
  can speak infallibly on matters of Faith and
  Morals.
• To be infallible means that it is without error.
• An example of an infallible teaching is that Mary
  was conceived without original sin (The
  Immaculate Conception).

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Review

• In your small groups turn to page 21 in your text
  and read answer the questions.
• Start with the person who has the closest
  birthday to today and then go clockwise, each
  person reading and answering one question until
  you have reviewed them all.

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Closing Prayer

• The Apostles Creed P. 175