You can tell that the earliest Christians were inspired and not just because Pentecost was about to fall upon them you can tell they were inspired because of their nicknames Some of these were given by Jesus himself Peter for Simon and Sons of Thunder for James and John jump immediately to m

At nbsp The End of the Modern World etc Joe Trabbic a philosopher at Ave Maria University nbsp posted on ldquo Aquinas and Modern Biblical Exegesis rdquo nbsp on May 25 2011 It has generated no comments on the site which is odd since it is a lively and helpful piece Thomas on Scriptur

One of the great beauties of the Church is the liturgical calendar and the eternal rhythms to which one becomes attuned One of the realities of writing with the Church rsquo s calendar is that soon you have written on almost every feast day It is a wonderful thing to turn one rsquo s mind to writi

We usually focus on the Visitation Luke 1 39-56 due to the extraordinary meeting not only between Elizabeth and Mary but between Jesus and John both still in the womb It is a nascent meeting of the key players in the culmination of salvation-history Yet it is also important to see this at the

This might seem self-serving but I want to give everyone a warning there is a role for historical critical biblical studies Many theologians Catholic and otherwise decry disparage deprecate and condemn the guild of biblical scholars and the role of historical critical scholarship in understan

Here is the balance one must strike when speaking about the end of the world no I do not think that the world will end tomorrow but yes as a Christian the hope that Christ will return and establish the Kingdom of God is a hope that Christians today and Christians before us cherish as a ground