VII. TRUTH A. THE TEACHING CHURCH Discussion Aids What three necessary things does man receive through membership in Christ’s Church? Which of the three is treated in this chapter and the next? What mass of truth did Christ give to His Church in the person of its first officials? What is that part of it called that, by the inspiration of God, was written down? The Scriptures How does the fact of Inspiration mark off certain books from all other writings in the world? Define Inspiration. What is the Old Testament? The New Testament? Into what three divisions does the New Testament fall? Development of Doctrine At the time of the death of the last apostle did the Church have all the mass of truth the apostles taught? Was it all written down? Did the Church merely preserve this truth? What did she do with it? Was all doctrine expressed explicitly in this truth? Illustrate by an example how the implicit i6i