00:00How are you, my dear brother? How are you? Let's now continue with our next
00:25introductory topic in which we will examine the Holy Scriptures in greater depth, already
00:31which is the foundation of all our training in this course. First, I want to tell you that the
00:39The Bible was written over a very long period of time. This led to the creation of two
00:45canons or lists of inspired and authoritative books, that is, books that have the capacity to teach.
00:52These are the Palestinian canon with 39 books and the Alexandrian canon or the canon of the 70 with 46.
01:00books. The Catholic Church has always recognized the canon of the Old Testament with 46 books,
01:07That is, the canon of the 70. The seven books of difference are generally known as
01:15deuterocanonical, that is, those who entered the canon a little later. The brothers of the
01:21Reformers or Protestants have taken the Palestinian canon as the canon of the Old Testament,
01:28as Martin Luther decided in 1521 when he separated from the Catholic Church.
01:35Until that time the Church was united in terms of the number and content of the books.
01:42This section of the Bible consists of the books of the law, which are known as the Torah and are
01:475. The prophetic books or Nevi'im, which are 22, and the wisdom books or Ketuvim, which are 19.
01:57The Hebrews recognize this collection of the Old Testament as the Tanakh. If you see,
02:03It is the first letter of the collections and in the middle a vowel to remember it.
02:08Meanwhile, the New Testament canon for all Christians has always been
02:14of 27 books. This is divided into the historical books, 4 gospels and the book of the acts of the apostles.
02:23The letters, which number 21, include 13 from Paul and the one addressed to the Hebrews, 2 from Peter, and the one from James,
02:32The Book of Jude, the three Gospels of John, and finally the Book of Revelation. So our Bibles and the
02:39The stories of the separated brothers are basically the same. They only differ in these 7 books that many
02:46Congregations, especially the older ones, already recognize this. In this regard, we must say that
02:53It is always preferable to have a Catholic Bible. The only Bible that cannot be used is the one from the
03:00Jehovah's Witnesses, since they have modified the content of some books, altering their
03:07Contents. Regarding the differences between our Bible and that of our separated brethren,
03:13And what also causes a lot of confusion is the name we use to refer to God, since in the
03:19Protestant Bibles use the name Jehovah, and Catholic Bibles, as I see, use it. In order to be able to
03:26To understand how this error arose, we must know that the Jews did not use the following in their writing:
03:32vowels. These were included from the seventh century AD onwards. In addition, they had
03:39They had a great fear of rebellion against using God's name, so they never pronounced it. Therefore
03:47when in their reading they found what is known as the tetragrammaton, that is, the four consonants,
03:54Instead of pronouncing Yahweh, they said Adonai, which means the Lord. As we already mentioned, in the
04:03In the seventh century, a group of people called the Mazoretes took on the task of adding vowels.
04:09to all Jewish scripture, and some mistakenly deduced that the vowels of Adonai or Adonai,
04:18Where the letter I in Hebrew is a consonant, these are the ones that must be inserted between the vowels.
04:24of the tetragrammaton, and that's how it ended up as you see it on your screen. As you can see, it's just a mistake.
04:33translation, but it always refers us to what the tetragrammaton is, Yahweh. Now then, to conclude,
04:42Let me tell you that it is essential that every Christian read and respect the Holy Scriptures,
04:48As we said, ignorance of Sacred Scripture is ignorance of Jesus Christ. Therefore
04:55I suggest we start with the Gospel of Saint Luke, followed by the book of Acts of the
05:00apostles, continue with Paul's letters and finally with the letter to the Hebrews, right away
05:07return to the Gospel of Mark to continue with the letters of Saint Peter, return now to the Gospel of
05:13Matthew to continue with the letters of James and Jude, and to conclude with the Gospel of John, his
05:20letters, and finally the last book, Revelation. As always, I encourage you to expand your knowledge.
05:29in our Fundamental Evangelization course which you can find on our website www.evangelizacion.mx.
05:37I'll see you tomorrow to begin our exploration of Jesus, specifically by answering the question
05:44Who is Jesus? Until tomorrow, receive my blessing.
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