Name the Epistle
"Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your minds, so that you will be able to discern the will of God and to know what is good and acceptable and perfect."
Romans
A Pharisee asked, "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Everything in the Law and the Prophets depends on these two commandments.”
St. Peter, the first Pope, is known to have been martyred this way
Crucified upside-down
This book recounts the story of a man who keeps his faith in God even though his family is killed, his wealth is lost and he develops a serious illness. In the end he has ten more children and earns back more wealth than he had before.
Job
This heresy teaches the concepts of "scripture alone" (the idea that only the Bible should be used when forming theology) and "faith alone" (the idea that we are justified by faith alone)
Protestantism
"He made him who did not know sin to be sin for our sake, so that through him we might become the righteousness of God."
2 Corinthians
The devil said to Jesus, "To you will I give all this dominion with its accompanying glory, for it has been delivered into my power, and I can bestow it on whomever I choose. All this will be yours if you worship me."
"It is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve."
The longest papal election in history lasted this long
3 years
After the leadership of Joshua, this book tells the stories of several Israelite leaders that directly came after Joshua
Judges
This heresy teaches that Christ was a creature made by God and not God himself
Arianism
"For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for a life of good works that God had prepared for us to do."
Ephesians
A Jew asked Jesus, "Are you greater than our father Abraham? He is dead, and the Prophets are also dead. Who do you claim to be?"
"1If I glorify myself, that glory has no value. It is my Father who glorifies me...
...2Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
(John 8:54-56)
After Attila the Hun came to Rome to invade and conquer, this Pope came out to meet him and convinced him not to invade and go home.
1Pope Leo (the great)
(In some versions of the story it is said that 2St. Peter appeared to Attila the Hun in a vision to tell him to listen to Pope Leo or he would die)
This book includes both the anointing of Israel's first king Saul as well as its second, David, and also the story of David and Goliath.
1 Samuel
This heresy denies that we inherit original sin and that we are only sinful because of the example of the sinful community we are born into
Pelagianism
"Have I now become your enemy because I have told you the truth?"
Galatians
Jesus said "Who was it who touched me?" and Peter replied "Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing closely upon you."
"Someone touched me, for I could sense power going out from me."
This excommunicated emperor/king spent three days kneeling in the snow begging for forgiveness from Pope Gregory VII
Henry IV
This book tells the story of the Jews returning from Babylonian captivity, rebuilding Jerusalem's temple, and a man's efforts to restore Jewish law and purity as more Jews returned from exile.
Ezra
This heresy teaches that Christ did not die for all men, but instead only died to save the elect.
1Jansenism
2Calvinism (denomination that holds these beliefs)
"He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead,
so that in every way
he should be supreme."
Colossians
A Pharisee asked Jesus, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
"1What did Moses command you?...
...2what God has joined together, let no one separate."
Mark 10:2-9
Other than St. Peter, this Pope had the longest pontificate.
Pope Pius IX (31 years and 7 months)
This book is about a prophet who's life is a living parable about God's love for Israel. After being instructed by the Lord, the prophet marries a prostitute who then is unfaithful to him.
Hosea
This heresy incorporated many pagan beliefs of the supernatural into a facade of Christianity. They Believed that spirit was created by God and the body was created by an evil god and the spirit must be freed from the body. Having children was considered one of the greatest sins in this heresy (Interesting how they rarely exist anymore)
Albigensianism