Why should a biblical scholar take note of canon law We might equally ask why should the blogging son of a canon lawyer suddenly push onto the front stage an article written by his father almost six years ago Why now Thomas Peters who calls himself ldquo American Papist rdquo published a few

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Each Gospel has its own way of presenting what each thought necessary to know about Jesus that John the Baptist was a witness to the identity of Jesus nbsp John s witness was extremely powerful because John was so greatly admired by everyone nbsp Though he did not beco

The Pope rsquo s recent comments on purgatory were extremely helpful His statement on purgatory helped to clarify the reality of purgatory not as a place but as a process but also simply any comment on the reality of purgatory is helpful From a news report on the Pope rsquo s comments we receiv

In my NT class this week we discussed the Gospel of Matthew the ecclesial Gospel which alone amongst the four Gospels actually uses the word ldquo ekklesia rdquo or Church We had some interesting discussions about the nature and exercise of authority in the Church and students are often surpri

What does the Good Word have to say to current political events in the USA Not much in some ways but everything in other ways for the Bible has a lot to say about speech its purposes and misuses The Bible fascinatingly nowhere mentions the Democrats or Republicans though I am pretty certain

The baptism of Jesus is the beginning of his ministry as all of the Synoptic Gospels Matthew 3 13-17 Luke 3 21-23 Mark 1 9-15 and Acts 10 37-38 demonstrate This is the point at which Jesus is called both to begin and to fulfill his mission One of the major questions must be quite simply why