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The Catechism in Questions & Answers
- Introduction
- Contents
- 1. What is the source of our belief in God?
- 2. How does God reveal Himself?
- 3. How does God reveal Himself in nature?
- 4. How does God reveal Himself in history?
- 5. How does God identify Himself?
- 6. Where are revelations of God recorded?
- 7. Does God also provide revelations about the future?
- 8. Are there any other insights into God’s actions?
- 9. How are human beings to conduct themselves with respect to God’s revelations?
- 10. What do we understand by the idea of faith as a response to God’s revelations?
- 11. How do human beings come to believe?
- 12. What is Holy Scripture?
- 13. Who is the author of Holy Scripture?
- 14. Have the texts of the biblical books been handed down in a reliable manner?
- 15. How did the biblical books come to be collected?
- 16. What is the structure and content of Holy Scripture?
- 17. What is the content of the Old Testament?
- 18. What is the content of the New Testament?
- 19. How are the books of the Old Testament organised? How many of them are there and in what order do they appear?
- 20. What books of the Bible are numbered among the Apocrypha?
- 21. What value does the New Apostolic Church assign the Apocrypha?
- 22. How are the books of the New Testament organised? How many of them are there, and in what order do they appear?
- 23. What is the significance of Holy Scripture for the New Apostolic Church?
- 24. Who is commissioned to interpret Holy Scripture?
- 25. What is meant by the expression: “Jesus Christ is the centre of the Scripture?”
- 26. What is the significance of Holy Scripture for believers?
- 27. What are contributing factors in strengthening the believer’s faith through the study of the Bible?
- 28. What is the foundation and content of Christian faith?
19. How are the books of the Old Testament organised? How many of them are there and in what order do they appear?
The Old Testament is comprised of seventeen historical books, five doctrinal books, and seventeen prophetical books..
The seventeen historical books are:
- the five books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
- the book of Joshua
- the book of Judges
- the book of Ruth
- the two books of Samuel
- the two books of the Kings
- the two books of the Chronicles
- the book of Ezra
- the book of Nehemiah
- the book of Esther
The five doctrinal books are:
- the book of Job
- the book of Psalms
- the book of Proverbs
- the book of Ecclesiastes
- the Song of Solomon
The seventeen prophetical books are:
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Lamentations of Jeremiah
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
The revelations of God
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi