Holy Scripture formed the basis of modern Christianity and is carefully preserved by the clergy. Like many centuries ago, people can touch eternal truths through the books of the Old and New Testaments.
The Holy Scripture refers to the knowledge and experience collected by believers in the books of the Old and New Testaments. It is more customary for a modern person to call Holy Scripture "the Bible."
The Bible includes 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament, canonized by the church. Both Scriptures, according to scholars, were created by many authors. The books tell about the relationship between God and man, which has existed and changed throughout history.
The Bible has been written for centuries. Historians believe that the sacred narrative was created from the 13th century BC to the 1st century AD. The complex history of the formation of the human soul, doubts, exploits and prophecies - all this is described in sacred texts and passed down from generation to generation.
The Old and New Testaments formed the basis of the activities of all traditional Christian Churches. They are a collection of those laws of Christianity on which the life of many millions of people on Earth is based.
The Old Testament was written by the Jews. It contains many events from the life of the Jewish people over 1000 years. The Old Testament story began in the 13th century BC. The protagonists of these books are the rulers of Israel, the righteous and the great prophets of Judea who lived before the birth of Christ.
The books of the Old Testament are canonized by the Great Sanhedrin and are sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They are divided into Law (Torah), Prophets (Neviin) and Scripture (Ktuvim).
Christians consider the entire Old Testament to be the preparation of mankind for the coming of Jesus Christ, although the Jews never accepted the New Testament as the canon of their faith. All 27 books of the New Testament Scripture are dedicated to the life and death of Christ.
The books on which modern Christianity is based were written from 40 to 100 after the birth of Christ. Their authorship is attributed to the Apostles because such divinely inspired stories could only be written by people who were close to Christ.
The New Testament includes four Gospels, 21 Apostolic Epistles and the Apocalypse, the book of the Revelation of John the Theologian. All the manuscripts of the New Testament have reached modern mankind in ancient Greek.
The New Testament in its current version was approved, that is, canonized, at the Ecumenical Councils of Christian Churches from 200 to 419 AD. The modern texts of the New Testament were translated into the Slavic language by the Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, and in Orthodox services they are read in Church Slavonic.
