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How the Bible Came to Be
The Bible Course
Document # TX001067
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What Is an Oral Tradition? • An oral tradition is a tradition that is passed on from
generation to generation by word of mouth.• Some families have both written and oral traditions. Why?
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The Stages in the Development of the Scriptures
• After Jesus ascended into Heaven, his disciples continued his mission by preaching and teaching about Christ.
• Oral tradition developed into the written Word as follows:
1) People experienced God.
2) These experiences were shared orally.
3) Inspired authors created a written version.
4) The successors of the Apostles, guided by the Holy Spirit, discerned the books to be included in the Scriptures (the canon).
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People Experience God
• People’s experience of God is central to the passing on of the message of the Scriptures.
• People experienced God through Revelation—whether over a long period of time as in the Old Testament or through the person of Jesus in the New Testament.
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People Shared Their Experiences of God
• Oral tradition: The handing on of the message of God’s saving plan, culminating in Jesus Christ, through storytelling, preaching, parables, and sacred wisdom.
• Most of the Bible’s writings were first transmitted orally and then written down.
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People Wrote Down the Stories• Because of their desire to capture the stories for future
generations or to record the authentic version, believers began recording the oral tradition in writing.
• Written tradition: The synthesis of the oral tradition into written books, capturing Divine Revelation under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
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The Church Determines the Canon
• The term canon comes from the Greek word meaning “rule” or “standard.”
• The biblical canon is the collection of books the Church recognizes as the inspired Word of God.
• The books of the Scriptures are canonical because they contain God’s Revelation to human beings.
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The Development of the Canon in Early Christianity
• The successors to the Apostles were guided by the Holy Spirit in discerning the canon of the New Testament.
• They looked at the following criteria as they evaluated the writings:1) apostolic origin
2) universal acceptance
3) the use of the writings in liturgical celebrations
4) the consistency of a book’s message with other Christian and Jewish writings
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Translations of the Bible Are Created
• The Bible was originally written in three languages:– Hebrew– Aramaic– Greek
• The Vulgate was the first common language translation. It was Saint Jerome’s translation of the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures into Latin.
• The Council of Trent recognized the Vulgate as authoritative.
• The Vulgate became the official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church for several centuries.
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