The Bible
A book of faith that tells the
story of God and Gods people
The bible is:
Sacred Scripture
(Holy Writing)
The bible is:
God’s Word
Written by Humans,
inspired by the
Holy Spirit
The bible is:
A library of books
that reveal Gods
truth to us.
The Bibles essential
message is God
loves us and wants
to be in a
relationship with
us.
The bible
Tells the story of Gods
love for us, revealed
most perfectly in the
life, death and
resurrection of Jesus.
Through Jesus
God offers forgiveness,
freedom,
companionship and
new life.
The authoritative list of books
in the Scripture are known as:
Official Canon of the
Catholic Church
400 BCE
Divided into Two Major Sections
 The Old Testament or Hebrew
Scripture
 The New Testament or Christian
Scripture
Divided into Two Major Sections
 The Old Testament or Hebrew
Scripture
 The religious history, laws and sacred
stories of the descendants of
Abraham.