Declaration of the National Bible Week Celebration
2242 by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos
National Bible Day formally moved to January
44 by Pres. Corazon Aquino
Emphasizes the significance of reading and learning the Bible
1067 by Pres. Fidel Ramos
National Bible Week becomes National Bible Month
124 by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte
Declaration of the National Bible Day
Republic Act No. 11163
Saving Events
series of saving events wherein God's entrance
Saving Events
These were gradually seen as events where God revealed His saving love to His people.
Oral Tradition
Through it, the memory and the meaning of the saving events were handed down to generations.
Written Tradition
In due time, parts of the oral tradition were written down in a variety of ways such as stories, sayings, poems, songs, and narratives.
Edited Tradition
Pieces of the oral and written traditions were gathered, formulating them in such a way that they spoke to lives of the people who live during that period.
Canonical Tradition
A process was done to determine which sacred writing becomes a book in the Bible or not.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient Jewish religious manuscripts found in the Qumran Caves in the Judaean Desert near the Dead Sea.
When was the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered?
1946
Who is keeping the Dead Sea Scrolls now?
Government of Israel
Where is the Dead Sea Scrolls housed?
Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum
How many books in the Protestant Bible?
66
How many books in the Catholic Bible?
73
Protestant Bible
O.T. - 39 Books
N.T. - 27 Books
Catholic Bible
O.T. - 46 Books
N.T. - 27 Books
Who did not like the 7 deuterocanonical books?
Martin Luther
When did Martin Luther throw out the 7 books?
16th Century
Who did not think that the 7 books were canonical? When?
Jewish Council of Jamnia, 90 AD
7 Deuterocanonical Books?
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Tobit
Judith
Baruch
Sirach
Wisdom
Imprimatur o pagpayag
an official license by the Roman Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical or religious book
Nihil Obstat (No Obstacle) o Walang Pagtutol
a certification by an official censor that a book is not objectionable on doctrinal or moral grounds
Deuterocanonico
means "second canon"
Saint Damasus I
He chose the Scriptures which he considers "genuine" and "ordered" then later called them as "Damasine List"
Saint Jerome
He translated the Scriptures for thirty years in a cave in Jerusalem.
What did Saint Jerome call as the translated scriptures?
Latin Vulgate
Saint Siricius
He called the Damasine List as the "Bible".
Bible was derived from the Greek word "Byblos" which means "compilation of books".
Tertullian
He gave the term "New Testament" in 200 AD
Archbsp. Stephen Langton and Cardinal Hugo De Caro
chapters
Robert Estienne
verses
Saint Isidore of Seville
punctuation marks
Division of the Bible
It enables the reader to pen point immediately any given passages.
Division of the Bible
The credit for the divisions into chapters which is approximately equal length, those book to the beginning of the 12th century.