{"id":20084,"date":"2013-07-13T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=20084"},"modified":"2015-03-19T13:57:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T20:57:49","slug":"warm-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/13\/warm-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"New Testament Warm-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20747 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bible-Question-Mark.png\" alt=\"Bible Question Mark\" width=\"580\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bible-Question-Mark.png 580w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bible-Question-Mark-300x98.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am part of a Bible Study currently working through the Gospel of Matthew. The group has been meeting for over a year now and we&#8217;ve worked our way through several books of the New Testament.<\/p>\n<p>When we come together, before we begin looking at the book in question, we have a bit of a question-and-answer session. The goal of these questions is to have a clear understanding as to the structure of the New Testament.<\/p>\n<p>Over the months that we&#8217;ve been meeting, the number of \u00a0questions have increased. I thought it would be encouraging for everyone to see how many questions concerning the New Testament they can now answer. It turns out that, not only can they recite the <a title=\"The Shape of the New Testament\" href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/07\/21\/the-shape-of-the-new-testament\/\">books of the New Testament<\/a> in order, but that they can answer over fifty questions about it:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>1. In what language was the New Testament written?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2. What is the likely exception to this?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>3. Which books appear first in the New Testament?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>4. Why are these books placed first in the canon?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>5. Why do they appear in this order?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>6. Which Gospels are attributed to Apostles?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>7. With whom is Mark associated?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>8. What is Mark&#8217;s other name?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>9. With whom is Luke associated?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>10. What is Luke&#8217;s profession?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>11. What comes after the Gospels?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>12. By whom is it written?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>13. To what genre does it belong?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>14. What is the first main message of the Acts of the Apostles?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>15. What is the second main point of the Acts of the Apostles?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>16. Between what years do the events described in Acts of the Apostles take place?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>17. What appears after Acts?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>18. Why are these epistles placed in this order?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>19. What are the names of the cities\/communities?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>20. From where did Paul write the epistle to the Philippians?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>21. What city was he probably in at the time?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>22. Why did Paul write that letter?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>23. Who probably delivered this letter for Paul?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>24. What are the main themes of that letter?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>25. What Christian hymn does Paul quote in the letter in Chapter 2?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>26. What is the main theme behind the letters to the Thessalonians?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>27. What claim-to-fame do the Thessalonian letter have?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>28. What appears after Thessalonians?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>29. Who was Timothy?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>30. What background information do you know about Timothy?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>31. Who was Titus?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>32. Who was Philemon?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>33. Where did Philemon most likely live?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>34. What is the context of the letter?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>35. What was the name of Philemon&#8217;s slave?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>36. What is the meaning of the slave&#8217;s name?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>37. What does Paul ask of Philemon?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>38. What appears after Philemon?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>39. Why does Hebrews appear here?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>40. What literary genre is Hebrews?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>41. What is the main theme of the book?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>42. What did St. Thomas Aquinas think about the authorship of this epistle?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>43. What appears after Hebrews? What category of books do we call these?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>44. Who most likely wrote James&#8217; epistle?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>45. How would you summarize James&#8217; epistle?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>46. What documents appear next?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>47. What documents appear after that?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>48. After that?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>49. What is the final book of the Bible?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>50. What is its literary genre?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>51. What are the two main senses of Scripture according to the Catechism?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>52. What are the three types of spiritual senses?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t taught this stuff in school. In fact, I remember that when I was teaching Confirmation it came as a surprise to many of the students that there was an Old Testament and a New Testament. <em><strong>Why isn&#8217;t this stuff taught in Catholic schools?!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> <\/span>The answers have now been posted:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/11\/answers-1-16\/\" target=\"_blank\">Answers 1-16<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/11\/answers-17-27\/\" target=\"_blank\">Answers 17-27<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/answers-27-42\/\" target=\"_blank\">Answers 27-42<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/answers-42-52\/\" target=\"_blank\">Answers 43-52<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The article <a title=\"New Testament Warm-ups\" href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/13\/warm-ups\/\">New Testament Warm-Ups <\/a>first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/RestlessPilgrim.net\" target=\"_blank\">RestlessPilgrim.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am part of a Bible Study currently working through the Gospel of Matthew. 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