The Holy Bible consists of two main books, the Old Testament and the New Testament. Focusing on the New Testament, written originally in Greek and recording the life and teachings of Christ and his earliest followers. Within the New Testament is a collection of different books. It includes the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, twenty-one Epistles by St Paul and others, and the book of Revelation. This essay will discuss the formation of the gospels, the process of canonisation and the Gospels of Luke.
There are different stages of the formation of the New Testament that takes place over 100 years. The first stage of the Gospels being found was the ministry of Jesus (the historical people and the events of their lives). In this stage, …show more content…
In this stage, it’s the time after Jesus’ death and the apostles and witnesses recall the stories and spread the good news orally, passing down through word of mouth. The purpose of this stage was to preach to non believers to convert them to Christianity and give additional information to already Christians to guide them in their own spiritual journeys. This event happened 33-70 AD/CE.
The third stage was the writings of the evangelists (the time of writing down). This stage came after generations of word of mouth stories, as they were dying out and the generation of the witnesses were no longer around. In this stage, after hearing Christ’s stories, recording it down and creating reading material for generations to come to read. An example would be the Bible, composed of many articles, letters and gospels. The purpose of this stage was to keep alive the messages of Christ and keep believers in the know. This stage happened 70-100 …show more content…
Canonisation refers to the term used to describe the process of choosing the writings that the church recognised as having a rightful place in the Bible. Over a number of centuries after the writings of evangelists, various church councils decided which writings were special and inspired by God (scriptures). As there were so many stories and it got confusing especially as some contradicted other stories. It is because of this process that Catholics apply the messages in the New Testament books to their lives such as how to pray, worship and treat others.
One of the gospel writers was Luke the evangelist, he wrote letters of scriptures which are in the New Testament. Luke was born in Antioch and spoke and wrote in Greek. He didn’t live in the time of Jesus but was a follower who collected stories about Jesus. He was a doctor and accompanied Paul on his journey. Luke was a gentile who wrote for his audience who were also gentile and had a problem being identified as being Gentile Christians as Luke showed kindness when they were oppressed. The purpose of his letters were to update his Gentile Christian audience to more modern setting and
There are different stages of the formation of the New Testament that takes place over 100 years. The first stage of the Gospels being found was the ministry of Jesus (the historical people and the events of their lives). In this stage, …show more content…
In this stage, it’s the time after Jesus’ death and the apostles and witnesses recall the stories and spread the good news orally, passing down through word of mouth. The purpose of this stage was to preach to non believers to convert them to Christianity and give additional information to already Christians to guide them in their own spiritual journeys. This event happened 33-70 AD/CE.
The third stage was the writings of the evangelists (the time of writing down). This stage came after generations of word of mouth stories, as they were dying out and the generation of the witnesses were no longer around. In this stage, after hearing Christ’s stories, recording it down and creating reading material for generations to come to read. An example would be the Bible, composed of many articles, letters and gospels. The purpose of this stage was to keep alive the messages of Christ and keep believers in the know. This stage happened 70-100 …show more content…
Canonisation refers to the term used to describe the process of choosing the writings that the church recognised as having a rightful place in the Bible. Over a number of centuries after the writings of evangelists, various church councils decided which writings were special and inspired by God (scriptures). As there were so many stories and it got confusing especially as some contradicted other stories. It is because of this process that Catholics apply the messages in the New Testament books to their lives such as how to pray, worship and treat others.
One of the gospel writers was Luke the evangelist, he wrote letters of scriptures which are in the New Testament. Luke was born in Antioch and spoke and wrote in Greek. He didn’t live in the time of Jesus but was a follower who collected stories about Jesus. He was a doctor and accompanied Paul on his journey. Luke was a gentile who wrote for his audience who were also gentile and had a problem being identified as being Gentile Christians as Luke showed kindness when they were oppressed. The purpose of his letters were to update his Gentile Christian audience to more modern setting and