Hagiographers are sacred writers.

Sacred scriptures written by hagiographers.

Byblos – the city where the bible named.
Byblos – was along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Byblos – now Jubayl found in Lebanon
Papyri- writing material, used for writing books
Biblia- latin word which means book
Sacred tradition- word of God in oral form
Bible- written word of God
Bible is a sacred scriptures
Bible- always directs us to Jesus
Jesus- is the son of God
Jesus- our model on how to become good children of God
God- is the best, the greatest, and the most powerful of all.
God is only one.
God the Father gives everything to the Son, because he loves the Son very much.
God the Father thinks how to save us. This is the Father’s great love for us.
God the Son accepts everything that the Father gives and he does this because he loves
the Father very much. He does everything that the Father wants.
God the Son made sure that Father’s plan is done.
God the Son is Jesus Christ who proclaimed the good news of Salvation
God the Son became man and died for our salvation
God the Holy Spirit binds the Father and the Son in a never ending love.
Holy Spirit is the love binding the Father and the Son
God the Holy Spirit shares the love to us.
The bible has two parts
Old testament
New testament

Old testament prepares for the coming of Jesus

It has a 46 books
Written in Hebrew language
Three groups of Old Testaments
1. The Law- covers the rules that should guide the lives of the people of God. There
are group of 5 books comes from Moses. They are GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS,
NUMBERS and DEUTOERONOMY
2. The Prophets- consists in the writings of those men who gave the message of God
to his people. They urged the people to be faithful to the Law.
3. The Writings- is the mixed section of the Old Testament. It consists in all the books
that cannot be included in the Law and in the Prophets. Some of these books are
about the wise teachings in Israel.
Psalms- 150 poetic prayers
New Testament- describes the coming of Jesus and what his coming has done to our
world.
Tells us how wonderful Jesus is.
It has 27 books
It consist of GOSPELS, LETTERS, a story on the growth of the Church
and a work describing future events.

The four gospel are MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE and JOHN

Gospel- proclaim the good news about Jesus as the Messiah
Gospel of Luke- The Acts Of The Apostles- which describes the growth of the church.
Letters- address different needs of the early Christian communities.

Book of Revelation- the work describing future events

Book of Revelation- is an encouragement to Christians who are under persecution
Holy Trinity three Person in one God
Holy Trinity is the source and example of true love.