The Old and New Testaments
Objective
I can evaluate the accuracy of statements on the Old and New Testaments.
Warm Up
“For, though Christ established the New Covenant in His blood, still the books of the Old Testament with all their parts, caught up in the proclamation of the Gospel, acquire and show forth their full meaning in the New Testament and in turn shed light on it and explain it.”
Dei Verbum 16
Discussion Question
How did Jesus establish the New Covenant?
What is our primary source for understanding the New Covenant?
What are all the books of the Old Testament and all their parts caught up in?
Where, then, do we find the full meaning of the Old Testament?
What does the Old Testament help us do with the New Testament?
The Old and New Testaments
The Old and New Testaments form an organic unity—that they naturally fit together, and each one helps us to better understand the other. Both the Old and New Testaments to be equally the inspired Word of God and therefore of great value for our salvation and our spiritual lives.
Read the handout closely, keeping in mind your predictions from the prediction guide.
The Old and New Testaments.pdfExtension Activities
Activity: Old and New Testament Acrostic Poem
Create an acrostic poem using the word Scripture where each letter of the word is part of a statement about the Old Testament or the New Testament, or both, and their relationship to each other. Decorate your acrostic poems. An example is provided below.
