The Bible
Welcome to the page about the Bible.
Here you can explore how we use the Bible, why we use it with an activity at the end.
What is the Bible?
The Bible is a very important and special book in our faith that has lots of different stories in it about how to be kind, brave and full of love.
Stories like David fighting a giant, Noah building a huge boat or Jesus helping people in many ways.
These stories help us in our lives today to live like Jesus did when He was on Earth.
Why is the Bible important to Catholics?
The Bible is important because it helps us know how to live with love, kindness and faith.
The Bible teaches us about God and how much He loves us and how we should treat others.
We can turn to the Bible when we aren’t sure what to do and it reminds us that we are never alone as God is always with us and always present.
Facts about the Bible
- 73 Books in the Bible in total
How do I use the Bible?
The Bible is very important in helping us understand our faith. It begins all the way when God created the world and how he did this, to Jesus telling us what Heaven will be like and what Jesus promises to us.
The Bible is another very special form of prayer that we use to understand the life before and after Christ
BC- Before Christ
AD- After Christ
The Bible is a collection of books written by people who lived around the time of Jesus.
there are two testaments in the bible, the old and new
how many books are in the entire bible? 73, 46 OT and 27 NT
how do we read a bible reference?
for example, the our father prayer is detailed in the Book of Matthew 6:9-13.
but what do these numbers mean?
‘Matthew’ is the book that we have to look for, and Matthew is one of the four gospels
activity
for this you will need to grab your nearest Bible.
this activity, you are going to find the below passages using your bible and what you have learnt about finding passages in the bible.
what is the title of
Luke 15
John 10 11-18
Deuteronomy 6:5
John 8:12
John 6:35
Psalm 23:1
Luke 22:19
You can check you are correct using the answers sheet below