June 13, 2007
Christianity’s Favorite Bible Verse: John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. - - John 3:16 I think most would agree that this is the most popular,...
March 18, 2007
Homosexuality and the Bible
We live in a culture that has embraced the notion that any protest of “gay marriage” or homosexual activities is considered “homophobia” or “gay bashing.” In a sense, America has already embraced the homosexual agenda. However, the Bible has a...
June 30, 2006
Did the Catholic Church forbid Christians from Reading the Bible?
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. - - St. Jerome quoted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church 133. It has become an extremely common belief that the Catholic Church prevented Christians from reading the Bible and...
April 16, 2006
The Son is Risen
Happy Easter to you all and God bless! At the Transfiguration of Mount Tabor, Peter and James and John had seen Jesus radiating light from His body and clothes, in a manner outside all earthly experience. The evidence of the...
April 8, 2006
The Problem of Authority
We’re seeing an interesting trend in America these days that gives more credence to the controversial than the actual. In other words, people seem to crave controversy in a way that leads them away from Truth. In fact, Truth is...
January 2, 2006
Secrets of the Bible
Are there “Secrets of the Bible?” We are constantly (in America at least) being told that someone has discovered the secrets of the Bible. We are told to buy a book or subscribe to a particular website so that these...
November 16, 2005
The Correlation of Sacred Scripture with Church Tradition
Joachim has once again graced our lowly site and posted an excellent refute to comments made by a fellow blogger. After reading Joachim's comment I felt it worthy of being a post in and of itself. If you wish to...
November 12, 2005
"Are Catholics Allowed To Read The Bible": An Article by Francis J. Ripley
I stumbled upon this article recently and I felt that it adequately addresses this common misunderstanding held by many Protestants. It also sheds some light on just how active the Catholic Church has been in making Sacred Scripture available to...
September 23, 2005
Half the Truth: the Bible Alone
Ultimately many of the questions we all discuss on this website come down to one question: Is the Bible the sole source of authority? According to our brothers and sisters who are non-Catholic, the answer is “Yes” in the vein...
July 17, 2005
Should we believe the Bible? How do we know it’s True?
Often I’ve heard from non-Christians the seminal phrase that the Bible is just a collection of writings from men, rather than from God. How can we defend the Bible as God’s divinely written Word? This is tougher than it sounds....
June 21, 2005
Bible Verses that only Catholics can Explain
We continually argue that the Bible is unconditionally “Catholic” in its thought and arguments. Because of that, there is Scripture that cannot be explained outside of Catholic theology – in other words, if you aren’t Catholic, you can’t comprehend what...
June 11, 2005
Why do protestants and Catholics have different Bibles?
Many protestants don’t realize that they have a different Bible than Catholics (many Catholics miss this as well). The protestant Bible only contains 39 Old Testament books, 7 less than the Catholic Bible and two other books are missing a...
May 20, 2005
Did Jesus really rise from the dead?
It amazes me what passes for journalism these days. Tonight I’m watching an episode of 20/20 that questions whether Jesus really rose from the dead. These so-called men of God are suggesting that Jesus didn’t physically rise from the dead....
March 3, 2005
WSJ’s Review of Whose Bible is it? by Jaroslav Pelikan
The Wall Street Journal featured an interesting review of a new book by Jaroslav Pelikan – a history professor at Yale – entitled Whose Bible is it? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages. I don’t know much about...
October 12, 2004
The Bible Alone? Which Bible?
I’m curious about something that protestants obviously uphold. My understanding of Sola Scriptura is that the Bible is all we need to understand salvation and become “saved.” From a logical perspective, how does this work? For example, three-fourths of the...
September 24, 2004
Catholic Exegesis: Reading the Bible From the Heart of the Church
Hello Everyone! It's been quite some time since my last posting, in fact this is my first time on the blog in over a month. So please know that my lack of responses hasn't been due to the fact that...
August 18, 2004
A Focus on Scripture
I often hear protestants proclaim proudly that their pastor or church “focuses” on the Bible. “He preaches right from it!” is a sign that they have a good pastor at their local church. I agree that focusing on Scripture, the...
July 16, 2004
Inspiration of the Bible: An Excerpt From Catholicism and Fundamentalism, The Attack on Romanism by Bible Christians
Over the years I have spent a lot of time pondering the Scriptures as well as the claims of various denominations in terms of the inspiration of the Bible. As I have always found, the Protestant explanation is wanting. It...
July 9, 2004
Was Matthias Really An Apostle?
Allow me to begin by saying that this is an article I never dreamed I would ever have to be writing but considering the extensive controversy surrounding this matter, at least in the minds of some of our Protestant brothers...
July 1, 2004
The Transmission of Divine Revelation: An Excerpt from the Catechism of the Catholic Church
There has been much discussion on this blog about the relationship between Sacred Scripture and Tradition. In all fairness to our readers I felt it necessary to post the Catholic Church's teaching on this matter as found in the Catechism...
June 25, 2004
Mary's Gospel: The Marian Influence on the Gospel of Luke
We have often discussed on this blog the role of Mary in the Early Church. Many have insisted that her role was minimal and insignificant. Yet we cannot deny the vividly strong presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the...
June 24, 2004
Should We Examine the Bible to Verify Truth?
Acts 17:11. Now those Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Absolutely. That’s the simple answer, but in our...
June 23, 2004
Oral Tradition in the Old Testament
Often on this blog we engage in dialogue, or maybe debate would be the better word, about "oral tradition" verses the "written word." Many of our Protestant brothers and sisters insist that it is the Bible alone that reveals to...
