The Bible Facts Continued:

How is the Bible Textually Divided?

  The Bible as originally set down was not divided into chapter and verse. Stephen Langston Archbishop of Canterbury in the 13th Century, first divided the Bible text into Chapters. Santes Pagninus divided the Old Testament chapters into verses in 1528, and Robert Etienne, a printer in Paris, did the same for the New Testament in 1551.

Do we Have the Original Manuscripts of the Bible?

  No original manuscripts of theBible survive. Some very ancient copies of original manuscripts, however, are in existence. 

Why is Bible Study Important?

  It is through Bible Study that we learn about God's Will for Ourselves and for Mankind. We arrive in Heaven, not for doing our will, but for doing God's Will.

The Bible unmasks Satanic deception

  Starting with Genesis, we learn how Satan, disguised as a serpent, tricked Adam and Eve into eating forbidden fruit, for in fact, all temptation is evil disguised as good.

  The Sermon on the Mount tells us that it is not the proud, but the meek that will inherit the earth.

  Equally, we learn that the suffering that appears to be an abhorrent evil, can become a great gift from God (as in Job and I James).

  Armed with these tools from Scripture that enable us to see, we can evaluate the events of life in a new light, assisting us in our prayers.

Do we have to read the Bible to achieve Salvation?

  No, while Bible reading, is encouraged; neither Jesus, the Church nor the Bible command us to read the Bible. In the life of the Church, printing, much less word processors, did not exist for hundreds of years.

 The Bible, however, is an uniquely inspired set of documents, providing Our Salvation History. And, it will appear, that there are certain passages within Scripture, be it from The New Testament or Psalms, that can provide each individual critical insights into their personal relationship to God.

Does the Scripture contain all of God's Revelation?

No, Tradition which is older than Scripture, supports and complements Scripture, by providing additional insights into God's Revelation. Tradition was used by the Catholic Church as the basis for Bible book inclusion.

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The Catholic Mass fulfills the Bible Promises

From Genesis onward, we learn that Man had greatly offended God through sin, but finite Man had no way to remedy the situation. The animal sacrifices offered, in the Old Testament, while many, were inadequate reparation for continuing offenses against the Blessed Trinity.

  With the sacrifice of Our Lord at Calvary, the sin debt was repaid to the Blessed Trinity, although not acknowledged by many. It is not until the Book of Revelation, the final Book of the Bible, that we learn, in the re-enactment of Our Lord's Sacrifice to the Ancient One, that man participates in the offering of this perfect gift of Our Savior, and in effect, God can become man's debtor, because the infinite gift far exceeds the offense. The gift is both victim and Priest. In effect a perfect gift is exchanged for our repeated offenses.

It is not surprising that the Holy Ghost, who is the author of the Bible, used His power for both the incarnation and the trans substantiation within the Mass to accomplish the same purpose.

The Bible: Chronicles our Estrangement and subsequent Redemption

In Genesis, we are told how Adam's sin caused Adam to notice his own nakedness, and to hide from God. And we learn of the connection between sin and man's compulsion to hide himself from God.

 By this estrangement from God, all possibility of forgiveness is precluded, since only God can forgive, and God can no longer be approached for this purpose. The Book of Genesis leaves mankind with a problem: God will not violate man's free will; but man is incapable of forgiving his own sin.

Only a man without sin has the possibility of re-establishing this relationship, as was done at Calvary. But this man, can only represent all men in so far as they choose to accept this act. This human compulsion to estrangement is not easily broken, and is reflected in our relationships with God and man. This creates the requirement for the re-enactment of the Redemption which occurs at every Mass.

Mary in the Bible

Angels in the Bible

Bible Themes