Biblical Basics 3

Given the date 250 AD, AD means

• After the death of Jesus
• Ante Domingo
• Anno Domini

Which of these events happened first according to the Old Testament Timeline?

• OT stories and laws written on scrolls
• Jewish people shared OT stories by telling them over and over again
• Entire OT translated into the "Greek Septuagint"

Which of these events happened last according to the Old Testament Timeline?

• All OT scrolls collected together in the same place
• OT stories (featuring Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses, the prophets, etc.) happened
• OT stories and laws written on scrolls

Which of these events occurred first according to the New Testament Timeline?

• The Councils of Hippo and Carthage
• Martin Luther rejects 7 books of the Bible
• NT books and letters written and read at Masses

Which of these events occurred last according to the New Testament Timeline?

• The Councils of Hippo and Carthage
• The apostles share stories and teachings of Jesus with everyone they meet
• Gnostic Gospels (Not Matthew, Mark, Luke or John) being written

What is the Catholic title for the collection of books that are not part of the Protestant Bible?

• Apocrypha
• Deuterocanonicals
• Septuagint

The Protestant Christian Bible is smaller than the Catholic Bible because there are .......

• seven fewer Old Testament books in the Protestant Bible
• seven fewer New Testament books in the Protestant Bible.
• Trick Question! They are the same size.

Which of the following books will you NOT find in a Protestant Bible?

• Genesis
• Numbers
• Wisdom

The "Gnostic Gospels" is another name for the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 main reasons the Gnostic Gospels were not included in the Bible?

• People knew the books contained some heretical (false) teachings.
• The books were written too many years after the time of Jesus and His apostles.
• The books were written in languages that the first Christians did not understand.