Station 1: Introduction to Your Bible

Station 1: Introduction to Your Bible

1. What are the books of the Scripture?

• How many?
• Canonical books
  • Why missing from versions of the Holy Bible
  • Print Press (Protestants)
• Different versions of the Holy Bible
  • Which to reference

Sources:

• http://www.suscopts.org/mightyarrows/vol7_no1omittedcanonicalbooks.pdf
• https://www.suscopts.org/q&a/index.php?qid=2243&catid=188
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/vyg0atmc03machy/New%20Testament%20101%Ppt.pdf?dl=0
• Coptic Reader

2. How are the books categorized? Which books fall into each genre?

• Old Testament
  • Pentateuch
  • Historical Books
  • Wisdom 
  • Prophetic Books
    • Major
    • Minor
• New Testament
  • Gospels
  • Historical
  • Pauline Epistles
  • Catholic Epistles
  • Prophetic

Sources:

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/vyg0atmc03machy/New%20Testament%20101%20Ppt.pdf?dl=0 
  (The above link is Seminary level presentation - it should not be used as is )

3. When/how are the books used by the Church (e.g. in the Lectionary)

• Gospels
• Epistles 
• Acts
• Tobit
• Job
• Revelation
• etc

Sources:

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/yj7p0pqys9ymvv1/Coptic%20Orthodox%20Lectionary%20Volume%201%20-%20Sundays%20-%20St.%20Mary%20Kitchener.pdf?
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7jtmp4w7pntr2f/Coptic%20Orthodox%20Lectionary%20Volume%202%20-%20Weekdays%20-%20St.%20Mary%20Kitchener.pdf?dl=0 
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7jtmp4w7pntr2f/Coptic%20Orthodox%20Lectionary%20Volume%202%20-%20Weekdays%20-%20St.%20Mary%20Kitchener.pdf?dl=0 
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/tksed98qnegc7n9/Coptic%20Orthodox%20Lectionary%20Volume%203%20-%20Great%20Lent%20-%20St.%20Mary%20Kitchener.pdf?dl=0

4. Who wrote these books?

• Authors
• Who were they?
• Main Author

Sources:

https://www.suscopts.org/q&a/index.php?qid=812&catid=188

5. What is inspiration? Inspiration Vs Dictation 

• What is inspiration?
  
• Holy Spirit wrote the Bible?

Sources:

• https://www.suscopts.org/messages/lectures/scriptureslecture2.pdf First link
• https://www.mystjohn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BibleE.pdf Part 8
• https://www.copticchurch.net/patrology/schoolofalex2/chapter10.html
• https://suscopts.org/resources/interesting-facts/15/the-unity-of-the-holy-bible-and-the-multiplicity-o/
• COL Curriculum p.46