Strand: Scripture, Israel and Jesus (SIJFE1)
Foundation
The Bible is a collection of books, with multiple authors that teaches about God's love, the life of Jesus and the call to love.
Explore and respond to Scripture that teaches about God’s love, the life of Jesus and the call to love.
Elaborations
Tradition holds the Bible as the inspired Word of God. The Bible has an oral tradition that was written down in order to explain and give meaning to various events and experiences in the lives of the Chosen People. The Church interprets the Bible in order to make meaning of its place and purpose in the world and to enlighten its members on their journey of faith. The Bible is not a museum piece. For people of faith it is a living document which is always brought into dialogue with the times in which it is encountered.
The Bible is divided into two parts: The Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament gives witness to Ancient Israel’s encounter with the living God (Abraham, Moses, Wisdom, Prophets, Psalms). The New Testament is the early Church’s encounter with the person and work of Jesus Christ. A Catholic approach to Scripture is that it is to be interpreted post critically. See ECSI
See Learning Lites: Covenant, Revelation