126. We can distinguish three stages in the formation of the Gospels:
1. the life and teaching of Jesus. the Church holds firmly that the four Gospels, “whose historicity she unhesitatingly affirms, faithfully hand on what Jesus, the Son of God, while he lived among men, really did and taught for their eternal salvation, until the day when he was taken up.”
2. the oral tradition. “For, after the ascension of the Lord, the apostles handed on to their hearers what he had said and done, but with that fuller understanding which they, instructed by the glorious events of Christ and enlightened by the Spirit of truth, now enjoyed.”
3. the written Gospels. “The sacred authors, in writing the four Gospels, selected certain of the many elements which had been handed on, either orally or already in written form; others they synthesized or explained with an eye to the situation of the churches, the while sustaining the form of preaching, but always in such a fashion that they have told us the honest truth about Jesus.”
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
416. In what does the natural moral law consist?
514. To what type of work does every person have a right?
566. What places are conducive to prayer?
295. Why did Christ institute the sacraments of Penance and the Anointing of the Sick?
213. How can one reconcile the existence of hell with the infinite goodness of God?
263. What are the effects of Baptism?
553. What are the different forms of the prayer of petition?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
How important is God’s love to our lives, according to 1 John 4:8?
The Light of the World: Jesus is the light that illuminates the darkness (John 8:12)
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?
The importance of hospitality and caring for others: The generosity of Tobias and his wife Sara.
What is Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem described in Mark 11:1-11?
How can we flee the appearances of evil, as described in 1 Thessalonians 5:22?
How does Esther’s story tell the Jewish people’s story of redemption?
