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Lesson 6

How Was the Bible Put Together?

The controversy over which books were truly inspired ultimately led to the formation of the Biblical canon, or list of inspired books.

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Lesson Topics
Church History Interpretation New Testament
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Lesson Vocabulary

  • Canon of Scripture
    :
    (n.): The official list of inspired books that make up the Bible
  • Septuagint
    :
    (n.): The pre-Christian Greek translation of the Old Testament books made by Jewish scholars and later adopted by Greek-speaking Christians.
  • Synod
    :
    (n.): A meeting of bishops of a particular region, of the whole world, or of bishops and priests and other members of the faithful within a particular diocese to address the doctrinal and pastoral needs of the Church.
  • Gnostic Gospels
    :
    (n.): Ancient books about the life of Christ that are infused with theology that reflects the Gnostic heresy rampant at the time. Two are falsely attributed to St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Mary Magdalene
  • Gnosticism
    :
    (n.): The name given to a heresy of the early Church that taught, among other things, that Jesus was not fully human, the material world was evil, and salvation was achieved through secret knowledge, or gnosis.
  • Arianism
    :
    (n.): An influential heresy of the early Church that taught that Jesus, the Son of God, was created by God the Father, and therefore not truly equal to Him or of the same substance.
  • Apocryphal Books
    :
    (n.): Those seven books of the Old Testament and parts of the books of Esther and Daniel that are not considered by most Protestants to be inspired writings but are still considered valuable for their historical, spiritual, and theological significance. Also called the “apocrypha.”
  • Council of Trent
    :
    (n.): An ecumenical council held from 1545–1563 in Trent, Italy that sought to affirm Church teaching, answer Protestant heresies, and end abusive practices within the Church.
  • Latin
    :
    (n.): The universal language of the Roman Empire, which, until modern times, was read and understood by most educated people in the Western world. To this day, it is the official language of the Catholic Church.
  • Vulgate
    :
    (n.): The 4th century Latin translation of the Bible that was mostly completed by St. Jerome. It became the official Latin translation of the Bible for the Catholic Church in the 16th century. The Latin word vulgata means “commonly used.”
  • Literal Translation
    :
    (n.): A straightforward translation of the Bible that replaces words in the original language with words in the secondary language that have the same simple meaning and without regard for figures of speech of nuances in meaning.
  • Dynamically Equivalent Translation
    :
    (n.): A translation of the Bible that uses different words or different figures of speech from those in the original in the attempt to preserve the actual, deep meaning of the original.

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