SAN FRANCISCO — “Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ,” said St. Jerome. If that’s true, then lots of Catholics are getting to know Christ very well indeed. In the past year, nearly ...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a SpokaneFāVS series on how sacred texts are used in various religious traditions. Catholics believe that the Bible isn’t just one book but a collection of unique books.
Some Protestants still believe that Roman Catholics do not read the Bible and subordinate Holy Scripture to an amorphous thing called “tradition”­revelation which is not found in Scripture but has ...
Running multiple Catholic groups on various platforms from Facebook to Discord, a frequent question and discussion that comes up is, “Which Bible is right for me?” This is always a loaded question ...
(RNS) — During Ordinary Time, the church invites us to immerse ourselves in the Scriptures from both the Old and New ...
For reasons that my psychiatrist, if I had one, would have to explain, I tend to be intrigued by the anniversaries of historical events. Which is why I noticed recently that the American Bible Society ...
“St. Jerome,” from the workshop of Marinus van Reymerswaele. (Erik Cornelius/Sweden Nationalmuseum, via Wikimedia) St. Jerome, whose feast day is Sept. 30, is a giant in the intellectual history of ...
“Born-again” Christian preachers demonstrated at Georgetown’s front gates last Wednesday, warning of the dangers of Catholicism and its inability to lead us to salvation. The event didn’t really draw ...
If you ask a Christian they will say there are key differences between the Christian and Catholic faiths. And, there is right down to the books included in each of their bibles. It can be the deal ...