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
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- Which to reference
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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
3. When/how are the books used by the Church (e.g. in the Lectionary)
- Tobit
- Job
- Revelation
- etc
Sources:
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
4. Who wrote these books?
Sources:
https://www.suscopts.org/q&a/index.php?qid=812&catid=188
- What is inspiration? What does it mean that the Holy Spirit "wrote" the Bible?
- What is inspiration?
- Holy Spirit wrote the Bible?
- What is inspiration?
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
COL Curriculum p.46