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The Bible
The Christian holy book is the The holy book of Christians split into two sections: Old Testament and New Testament. and this is the most important Religious texts or bodies responsible for guiding people on how to live. for Christians, as it contains the teachings of God and The central figure of Christian history and devotion. The second person of the Trinity..
All Christians, regardless of A group within a religion. Christian denominations include, for example, Roman Catholic and Anglican denominations., regard the Bible as the starting point for guidance about their faith. The Protestant Bible contains 66 different books and is split into the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Old Testament
The Old Testament is a collection of books that were written before the life of Jesus. It contains rules which Jews and Christians seek to live by, such as the The list of rules, revealed by God to Moses, found in the Old Testament books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. Also known as the Decalogue. in the book of Exodus.
The Old Testament also contains examples of:
- other people that Christians can learn from, eg A person in the Book of Job in the Tanakh (also in the Old Testament) who undergoes immense suffering.
- prayers and songs that are used in worship, eg the psalms
- passages that are regarded as A prediction of what will happen in the future. of the Messiah, such as Isaiah chapter 53
New Testament
The New Testament is a collection of books that were written after Jesus died and rose from the dead. It contains the four The teachings of Jesus and the apostles. - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It is in the gospels that Christians learn about the example that Jesus set and the teachings that he gave to his disciples and early followers.
The New Testament also contains the teachings of Saint Paul who helped to form the early church's teachings. He wrote some of the letters, sometimes called epistles, that are in the New Testament, such as Romans or The Epistle to the Romans is a letter by St Paul and is the sixth book in the New Testament. and A book of the New Testament, written by St. Paul to the Church in Galatia..
Some Christians also regard the Books that are only found in some versions of the Old Testament. or A collection of ancient books that are in the Greek Old Testament, but not in the Hebrew Canon. Some Churches recognise the Apocrypha as part of the Old Testament Canon. as part of the Bible. The Deuterocanonical are books that are accepted as scripture by A group of Christians who accept the Pope in Rome as their leader. and the Eastern Churches, but they were not in the Hebrew In Christianity, the accepted books of the Bible. A list. and are not regarded as canonical by Protestants. These books are usually placed after the Old Testament in a Bible. They help to place other books in historical context and offer teachings of Judaism from the period in between the Old and New Testaments. Examples of Deuterocanonical books include The Book of Wisdom and The Books of Maccabees.
Word of God
The Christian faith regards the Bible as the Word of God. This means that the authors of the Bible were inspired by God to write down what they witnessed and what was revealed to them. Therefore Christians must follow what the Bible teaches.
Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.