ASF Module 1

AUGUSTINE BELIEVED THAT GOD SPOKE TO HIM THROUGH THE BIBLE. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT SCRIPTURE WAS A

"SECOND-ORDER" OF REVELATION

(SECONDARY TO THE REVELATION IN THE INCARNATED SON OF GOD.)

THE BIBLE ACTS AS A SYSTEM OF LANGUAGE SIGNS THAT ARE BOTH

SENSIBLE AND REFERENTIAL

TWO FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN UNDERSTANDING THE SCRIPTURE

THE DIVINE WORD

and

THE HUMAN WORDS

3 THINGS WHY THE BIBLE IS IMPORTANT

1. SCRIPTURE IS HOLY
2. SCRIPTURE’S MESSAGE IS TRUE (BECAUSE THE GOD OF TRUTH IS THE PRIMARY ‘AUTHOR’ OF SCRIPTURE)
3. SCRIPTURE IS ‘BLAMELESS’ IN WHAT IT ASSERTS

WHY ARE ALL SACRED SCRIPTURE DIVINELY INSPIRED?

BECAUSE THEY WERE WRITTEN UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

THIS MODEL DESCRIBES GOD AS AN EFFICIENT CAUSE AND HUMAN AUTHORS AS AN INSTRUMENTAL CAUSE

PROPHETIC MODEL OF INSPIRATION

4 ERRONEOUS VIEWS ON INSPIRATION

1. NEGATIVE ASSISTANCE THEORY
2. HYPNOTIC THEORY
3. SUBSEQUENT INSPIRATION THEORY
4. DICTATION THEORY

THEORY STATING THAT INSPIRATION IS REALLY DIVINE ASSISTANCE FOR AVOIDING ERRORS

NEGATIVE ASSISTANCE THEORY

OCCURS WHEN A PERSON IS ACTUALLY HYPNOTIZED AND IS THEREFORE IN A DIFFERENT, OR ALTERED, STATE OF MIND.

HYPNOTIC THEORY

THEORY STATING THAT SOME BOOKS RECEIVE THEIR INSPIRED CHARACTER THROUGH CHURCH'S APPROBATION

SUBSEQUENT INSPIRATION THEORY

THE IDEA THAT THE BIBLE'S WORD IS WRITTEN STRAIGHT FROM GOD.

DICTATION THEORY

MEANS ‘FREE FROM ERROR’

INERRANCY

CAN THE BIBLE HAVE ERRORS?

NO.

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AS THE BIBLE IS OF GOD AND GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF TRUTH, IT CANNOT BE IN ERROR

HE MENTIONED ‘THE PERFECT CLARITY OF SCRIPTURAL EXPRESSIONS’

AUGUSTINE

THE TWO IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS OF SCRIPTURE AS DIVINE SPEECH

1. EVERYTHING SAID IN SCRIPTURE MATTERS
2. NO ONE CAN EXHAUST ITS MEANING(S)

AUGUSTINE GIVES SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE HARMONY BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

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True or False?

True.

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THE NEW TESTAMENT PROVIDES THE THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE TO ‘UNLOCK’ THE MEANING OF THE OLD.

DEALING WITH THE CANON OF THE SCRIPTURE, AUGUSTINE USUALLY USES THE PHRASE

“THE DIVINELY INSPIRED SCRIPTURE”

IT IS THE COMPLETE LIST OF THE SACRED WRITINGS THAT THE CHURCH HAS COME TO RECOGNIZE THROUGH APOSTOLIC TRADITION

THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE

What is meant by the Canon of Scripture?

AKA biblical canon. It is a set of texts (also called "books") regarded as part of the Bible.

THE CANON OF SCRIPTURES CONSISTS OF

46 BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

AND

27 OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

THE CANON OF THE SCRIPTURE CAN BE DISTINGUISHED AS

1. DEUTEROcanonical
2. PROTOcanonical
3. Apocryphal

What does canonical mean?

ALL BOOKS CONSIDERED TO BELONG TO THE BIBLE

SECOND BOOKS CONSIDERED TO BELONG TO THE BIBLE

Deuterocanonical books

BOOKS CONSIDERED WHOSE CLAIMS HAVE NEVER BEEN DOUBTED IN THE CHURCH

Protocanonical

NOT HELD EQUAL TO THE SACRED SCRIPTURES BUT ARE USEFUL AND GOOD TO READ.

Apocryphal books

DIVISIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS

1. Pentateuch
2. Historical books
3. Wisdom Books
4. Prophetic Books

THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS IN THE OT ARE CALLED BY THE SEPTUAGINT BIBLE (GREEK BIBLE) AS

Pentateuch

PENTE MEANS

AND

TEUCHOS MEANS

PENTE = “FIVE”

TEUCHOS = “BOOK” OR “SCROLLS OR ROLLS”

THESE BOOKS GIVE US A HISTORY OF HOW PEOPLE LIVED OUT THE DEMANDS OF THE COVENANT AS THEY INFILTRATED, CONQUERED, AND SPREAD THROUGH THE PROMISED LAND OF CANAAN

HISTORICAL BOOKS

THE MAJOR THEME OF THESE BOOKS IS THE UPS AND DOWNS OF ISRAEL’S LIVING OUT THE PROMISES THEY MADE IN THE COVENANT

HISTORICAL BOOKS

ISRAEL REFLECTS ON HUMAN LIFE IN THE LIGHT OF ITS FAITH

WISDOM BOOKS

A COLLECTION OF HYMNS AND PRAYERS EXPRESSING THE CENTRAL THEMES OF ISRAELITE FAITH

BOOK OF PSALM

OFFERS US RELIGIOUS INSIGHTS INTO HUMAN BEHAVIOR

WISDOM LITERATURE

SCHOLARS DIVIDE THIS SECTION INTO THE MAJOR PROPHETS AND THE MINOR PROPHETS

THE PROPHETIC BOOKS

DIVISIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS

1. Gospels
2. Acts of the Apostles
3. Epistles
4. Revelation or Apocalypse

FOUR DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OF THE SAME EVENT – THE LIFE, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS

THE GOSPELS

T/F

EACH GOSPEL HAS THE SAME STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS

FALSE.

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EACH GOSPEL HAS ITS DISTINCTIVE STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS BECAUSE OF EACH AUTHOR’S STYLE, SOURCES AUDIENCE, AND OTHER FACTORS

THIS BOOK CONTINUES WHERE THE GOSPELS LEAVE OFF

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

IT NARRATES THE ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST AND LEADS ON TO THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AT PENTECOST

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

THESE BOOKS ARE FOLLOW-UP LETTERS (21 OF THEM) TO PARTICULAR PERSONS OR COMMUNITIES AFTER THE GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED ORALLY TO THEM

THE EPISTLES

THE CONTENTS OF THIS DEALS WITH PARTICULAR THEOLOGICAL, MORAL, OR SOCIAL QUESTIONS THAT AROSE IN THE GROWING CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES.

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AS A WHOLE, THEY SHOW CHRISTIANS HOW TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST

THE EPISTLES

IT IS THE LAST BOOK IN THE BIBLE.

REVELATION OR APOCALYPSE

IT IS THE LEAST READ AND MOST DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT IS AN UNDERGROUND LETTER USING SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE

REVELATION OR APOCALYPSE

T/F

THE REVELATION SYMBOLIZES CHRIST AS THE LAMB WITH SEVEN HORNS AND SEVEN EYES.

TRUE.

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SEVEN HORNS MEANING UNIVERSAL POWER

AND

SEVEN EYES MEANING KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM