THIS is a short Sunday Gospel: only six verses. But three of the six are a quotation from Isaiah. A scant three verses carry ...
Q: What scriptural basis is there for praying for the dead, for their repose, or for praying to the dead, for their intercessions? And in a related way, what scriptural basis is there for the Catholic ...
from the Bible’s New Testament; the teacher guide for that lesson also mentions Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and other faiths. Another kindergarten unit about art appreciation primarily would focus ...
By Troy Closson Texas education officials are expected to vote this week on whether to approve a new elementary-school curriculum that infuses teachings on the Bible into reading and language arts ...
The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to ... which closely follow the verses from the Bible, common to both Jewish and Christian traditions.
The Old Testament books are grouped in the following ... The chapter division, as found in the Bible today, dates from the thirteenth century and is the work of Stephen Langton, professor at ...
In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...
So, who wrote the Bible? The answer is twofold: human authors wrote it, yet God authored it through them. They held the pen, but they conveyed the words that God intended. While the majority of the ...
Therefore, today, we discuss the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and, next week, the New. Here is my take on pleasing God: I really want to and try to use my gifts and talents to glorify Him.
In just a few weeks the 17-year-old thought he’d be free ... was to focus on another color in the Bible — the red letters in the New Testament that are attributed to Jesus.