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1 - Feb 2016 - Nostra Aetate: Jewish rabbis’ historic reappraisal of Christianity, AD2000 Report
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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch taught us that Christians have accepted the Jewish Bible of the Old Testament as a book of Divine revelation.
2 - Dec 2015 - China: New clampdown on believers in China, Bernardo Cervellera
The Bible must be interpreted so as to promote what is good for social development.
3 - Nov 2015 - Anglican Ordinariate: Radical ecumenism – the Ordinariate’s new Catholic Missal, Fr Ramsay Williams
The Scriptural readings are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible (second Catholic edition) the officially authorised version of Scripture for the Ordinariates.
4 - Oct 2015 - Hebrew Catholics: “Salvation comes from the Jews” (John 4:22), Andrew Sholl
9% Gentilegreatly appreciated its Jewish roots and background and firmly condemned the first heresy Marcionism which essentially saw no value in the Old Testament the Tanach or Hebrew Bible and even in much of the New Testament except the Gospels.
5 - Oct 2015 - Call to action: Call for urgent action on Religious Education
Children need to be made familiar with the Catholic Catechism the Bible references and the importance of going to Mass every Sunday at the very least.
6 - Sep 2015 - Books: YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOUR: A Homiliary for the Roman Liturgy, Aidan Nichols OP, Paul Simmons
He does not look at the scripture readings in isolation but looks at them through the prism of the doctrines of the Church: a preaching of scripture which takes doctrine as guide to the clarification of the Bibles main lines.
7 - Sep 2015 - Hebrew: The Sign of the Cross, Andrew Sholl
(g) On Saturday the Sabbath Psalm 92 was sung: the Bible itself calls it For the Sabbath.
8 - Aug 2015 - The Holy Land: Believers in Israel, Andrew Scholl
She told me that on one occasion during Bible class where the Old Testament is studied not only from a religious perspective but as Jewish history and Jewish literature since the ethos of most kibbutzniks was atheist the teacher asked the students of this primary school class whether they knew about whom Chapter 53 of Isaiah was talking after they finished reading it.
9 - Aug 2015 - Confraternity of Christ the Priest’s Diamond Jubilee, Fr Thomas Casanova
She leaves a previous appointment with only one little box and just a few items a spare habit bible crucifix and a couple of other odds and ends.
10 - Aug 2015 - Pope Francis’ rallying call for the poor
The Bible tells us that God hears the cry of his people and I wish to join my voice to yours in calling for land lodging and labour for all our brothers and sisters.
11 - Jul 2015 - Books: THE CREED IN SCRIPTURE, by Stephen J. Binz, Paul Simmons
Available from Freedom Books) Written as part of the Lectio Divina Bible Study Series the Creed in Scripture is both an analysis of the biblical foundations of the Apostles and Nicene Creeds and an introduction to the purpose of the creeds and their development.
12 - Jul 2015 - Turin and Manoppello: “He has risen as he said ...”, Paul Badde
Recently Pastor Clausnitzer from Worms showed me a translation of the Bible dating from 1545 where Doctor Martinus supplemented this fundamental passage of the Gospel of John (20: 5-10) in this way: After him came Simon Peter who entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths on the ground and also the cloth that Jesus had on his head not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
13 - Jul 2015 - Culture: Magna Carta and Christianity: the inseparable links, Dr Augusto Zimmermann
In Chapter 18 of Deuteronomy the Holy Bible seemed for him to convey the principle that the law of the land should be reduced to writing for the instruction of the civil ruler.
14 - Jun 2015 - Reflection: Faith: dialogue of mind and heart, Audrey English
The Bible alone and all the knowledge in it is not sufficient to save us.
15 - Jun 2015 - Family: Pope Francis upholds Church teaching on the family, Fr Ken CLark OLSC
And the Bible says a beautiful thing: man finds woman they find one another and man must leave something to find her fully.
16 - Jun 2015 - Jesus: the extra-Biblical evidence, Andrew Sholl
The bible tells us in the Book of Exodus chapter 14 verses 5 to 31 how the Egyptian army was wiped out after it gave chase to the Israelites who were fleeing slavery in Egypt ostensibly initially with Pharaohs permission.
17 - May 2015 - Translation: Understanding God’s word in the Scriptures, Andrew Sholl
Words do matter: what we say and how we say it especially if its God who says it in the Bible.
18 - Apr 2015 - Books: THE MASS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS, by Mike Aquilina, Paul Simmons
The reformers argued that they were going back to the true teaching of the Bible and the teaching and practice of the early church.
19 - Apr 2015 - EWTN's new app for smartphones and tablets, Peter Westmore
The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) in the United States has released an app for iPhones and smartphones which includes the full Bible the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSV-CE) as well as a quality audio recording of the Gospel of Mark and access to EWTNs web content.
20 - Apr 2015 - Palliative care protects human dignity, Pope Francis
Biblical warning At the same time the Bible reserve a stern warning to those who neglect or mistreat their parents (cf.
21 - Mar 2015 - Apps: Smartphone apps to bring you closer to God, Peter Westmore
Perhaps the most useful Catholic apps are the multi-purpose ones which contain common prayers often the full text of the Bible a guide to reconciliation and other sacraments and even the Mass readings and responses.
22 - Mar 2015 - Challenging radical Islam, John A. Azumah
The Lords Resistance Army in Uganda quotes the Bible as did the Branch Davidians of David Koresh the Peoples Temple of Jim Jones and many other eccentric Christian cults.
23 - Mar 2015 - News: The Church Around the World
The bible verse theme for the occasion was You are my Lord apart from you I have no good thing.
24 - Feb 2015 - Books: AUSTRALIANS AND THE CHRISTIAN GOD: An historical study, by Hugh Jackson, Michael E. Daniel
The following decades witnessed the rise of rationalism accelerated in part by scientific discoveries and theories particularly Darwins theory of evolution which challenged traditional interpretations of the Bible and this was accompanied by a decline in religious practice by Protestants.
25 - Feb 2015 - News: The Church Around the World
Quoting a survey by the Bible Society Mr Bolton said that a quarter of British children knew nothing of the Nativity and 43 percent had never heard of the Crucifixion.
26 - Dec 2014 - The after-life: Why pray for those who are no longer with us?, Audrey English
How a Bible believer can say there is no hell or that those who dont go to God just disappear defies logic.
27 - Nov 2014 - Letters: Eucharistic Prayers, Franklin J. Wood
Parts of this Eucharistic Prayer quote extensively from the Bible.
28 - Nov 2014 - Scripture: Is the Hebrew Bible incomplete?, Andrew Sholl
All Jews know or ought to know from the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) that the sacrificial system of the Temple of Jerusalem only forgave sins that were committed inadvertently.
29 - Nov 2014 - Formation: 'I used to be a Catholic', Audrey English
I have learnt more about the Bible than in all the years as a Catholic.
30 - Oct 2014 - Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint: What's the difference?, Andrew Sholl
Since most Catholics and other Christians in Australia are used to a multiplicity of English translations of the Bible I often have to point out that there is now only one Hebrew text of the Old Testament or Tanach: acronym of Torah (Law) Neviim (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings).
31 - Oct 2014 - Pope Francis' pastoral focus in visit to South Korea, AD2000 Report
Lay people often lead small prayer or Bible study groups and invite neighbours and family to join taking a page from the grassroots evangelisation employed with huge success by many Protestant denominations in South Korea.
32 - Sep 2014 - Christian witness in a secular world, Fr Paul Rowse OP
The most chilling passage in the Bible for me is part of the scene of the arrest in Gethsemane when the guards approach to arrest the Lord.
33 - Jul 2014 - Apps: Smartphone Catholic apps for all purposes, Peter Westmore
It contains: Two Bibles: Douay-Rheims and Clementine Vulgate.
34 - Jun 2014 - Letters: Smartphone apps on the Mass, A. Erskine
In the United States they use the New American Bible while Australia England and Ireland use the Jerusalem Bible with the Grail translation of the Psalms.
35 - Jun 2014 - Sisters of St Paul of Chartres and their global impact, CNA REPORT
They did not know much about God some of them did not even read the Bible.
36 - Jun 2014 - Religious freedom and same-sex 'marriage', Fr John FLynn LC
In 2011 John Craven was preaching on the streets of Manchester when he quoted the Bible about homosexuality.
37 - Jun 2014 - US Catholic school embroiled in dispute over Church teaching, Kirsten Andersen
Could he have been harsher than the Bible?
38 - Jun 2014 - UK Bishop speaks out on secularism's debt to Christianity, CNA REPORT
This he concluded means taking the theological buzz-words of secularism and driving them back to their foundational values in the Bible and the Christian Tradition .
39 - May 2014 - Books: HOW THE WEST WON: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity, Rodney Stark, Father John Flynn LC
The Bible may well condemn greed but it does not condemn commerce he points out.
40 - May 2014 - Letters: Christianity persecuted, Robert Bom
In some countries it means deadly violence in others like Australia it ranges from persistent requests in parliaments for anti-Christian legislation down to daily press rants and ravings against God and the Bible.
41 - May 2014 - Apps: Check out religion apps for smartphones!, Peter Westmore
Hundreds of apps will come up covering a whole range of things from daily prayer meditations bibles Mass texts aids for reception of sacraments like Reconciliation prayer apps Catholic news apps and sacred music.
42 - May 2014 - News: The Church Around the World
It is a strategic region for world harmony as taught to us by the prophets of the Bible from Isaiah to Micah.
43 - Apr 2014 - Conversion and confession, Cedric Wright
But if we go to the source - the Bible - there is no ambiguity in the commission which Our Lord gave to his Apostles and disciples on two occasions.
44 - Apr 2014 - Radicalism in Islam: the Christian response, Father Samir Khalil Samir SJ
So together with peace we can build our project on one of social justice because this precept is in the Koran the Bible and it is the ideal for Christians Muslims and Jews.
45 - Apr 2014 - Communicating the Faith with C.S. Lewis, Fr. D. Longenecker
That is a Bible study on a Blog.
46 - Mar 2014 - Books: WHERE WE GOT THE BIBLE: Our Debt to the Catholic Church, by Henry G. Graham, Michael E. Daniel
WHERE WE GOT THE BIBLE: Our Debt to the Catholic Church Henry G.
47 - Mar 2014 - Private revelations: Are they reliable?, John Young
How are private revelations related to Gods Revelation in the Bible and Sacred Tradition?
48 - Feb 2014 - Books: THE IMITATION OF CHRIST by Thomas a Kempis, Br Barry Coldrey
Available from Freedom Publishing) The Imitation of Christ is the most popular spiritual book of all time after the Holy Bible.
49 - Dec 2013 - Reflection: Benedict XVI's Christmas homily: 'Make room for God', Benedict XVI
Transeamus is what the Latin Bible says: Let us go across daring to step beyond to make the transition by which we step outside our habits of thought and habits of life across the purely material world into the real one across to the God who in his turn has come across to us.
50 - Nov 2013 - Letters: Australia's new Prime Minister, Arnold Jago
Australias new Prime Minister Tony Abbott in his first Parliamentary speech in 1994 quoted these words from the Bible: What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me?
51 - Oct 2013 - The Catholic Church is holy, despite its members' sins, Audrey English
The Catholic Church is holy because it gave us the Bible the holiest book revered by all Christians.
52 - Sep 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
The Churchs teaching which is based on the Bible and Gods revelation is that sexual love is reserved only between a man and woman in the lifelong life-giving relationship of marriage and any relations outside of that hetero or homo would be less than Gods intention.
53 - Aug 2013 - Letters: Christian example, Arnold Jago
No Bible.
54 - Jun 2013 - Reflection: Marriage: a reflection of Christ's love for us, Fr Paul Chandler
What God wants for us The Bible begins with a marriage of man and woman Adam and Eve and ends with the marriage of Christ and His Bride the Church the new Adam and the new Eve.
55 - Jun 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
EWTN News Pope on inspiration and truth of the Bible Addressing members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission recently Pope Francis discussed their chosen theme the inspiration and truth of the Bible.
56 - Apr 2013 - POPE FRANCIS: 'REBUILD MY CHURCH', Michael Gilchrist
Leading men and women to God to the God who speaks in the Bible: this is the supreme and fundamental priority of the Church and of the Successor of Peter at the present time.
57 - Mar 2013 - News: The Church Around The World
African Anglicans have resisted changes in policy on matters of human sexuality insisting that their churches must be bound by the moral standards of the Bible and the Christian tradition.
58 - Dec 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
95 ISBN 978-1-58617-606-8 A Year with the Angels Mike Aquilina Author Mike Aquilina offers a years worth of reflections on the Angels drawn from the Bible and writings of the Saints.
59 - Nov 2012 - The new evangelisation: restore a sense of the sacred, Andrew Kania
The Basilian Monk stretched his hand across the Bible that my father was reading from and covered the text.
60 - Oct 2012 - Letters: Biblical assertions, Frank Mobbs
Fr Brian Harrison continues to maintain (September AD2000) that a Catholic must believe every assertion (proposition) in the Bible including such trivia as that Ruth married Boaz.
61 - Oct 2012 - Liturgical Music: Vatican II: Singing nourishes faith ... raises minds to God, Bishop Arthur Serratelli
The Bible has nearly 500 references to singing.
62 - Sep 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-0-85244-761-1 A Year with the Angels Mike Aquilina Author Mike Aquilina offers a years worth of reflections on the Angels drawn from the Bible and writings of the Saints.
63 - Sep 2012 - Letters: Old Testament, Fr Brian Harrison OS
So there is no reason why we should now start adding to them any new clause(s) about the Bible.
64 - Aug 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-0-85244-761-1 A Year with the Angels Mike Aquilina Author Mike Aquilina offers a years worth of reflections on the Angels drawn from the Bible and writings of the Saints.
65 - Aug 2012 - Letters: Old Testament God (2), Frank Mobbs
Fr Harrison sides with Dawkins: I believe God did those things because the Bible reports them and the Church guarantees the truth of every assertion in the Bible.
66 - Aug 2012 - Letters: Old Testament God (1), Fr Brian Harrison OS
On reading Frank Mobbs rebuttal of the attack on the Bible aired by Richard Dawkins during his televised debate with Cardinal Pell I am left wondering whether we are being offered a cure that is worse than the disease.
67 - Jul 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-0-85244-761-1 A Year with the Angels Mike Aquilina Author Mike Aquilina offers a years worth of reflections on the Angels drawn from the Bible and writings of the Saints.
68 - Jul 2012 - Books: FR ALEXANDER MEN: Martyr of Atheism, by Michel Evdokimov, Michael Daniel
In addition he wrote a large number of books and articles on Orthodox spirituality and the Bible most of these being published abroad.
69 - Jul 2012 - Books: ANSWERING THE ANTI-CATHOLIC CHALLENGE, by Robert M. Haddad, Angela Schumann
In The Bible and the Church Daniel Miller addresses questions about authority refuting Galeas Sola Scriptura position.
70 - Jun 2012 - Reflection: Benedict XVI: Pentecost and the Church's universality, Pope Benedict XVI
Lord is the title given to God in the Old Testament a title that in the reading of the Bible took the place of his unspeakable name.
71 - Jun 2012 - Books: YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE, by Peter Kreeft, Arthur Ballingall
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE by Peter Kreeft (Ignatius Press 2005 328pp $33.
72 - Jun 2012 - Faith and Reason: Cardinal Pell debates Richard Dawkins on Q&A: a commentary, Frank Mobbs
The Bible The first question asked in the program concerned the basis of our moral values.
73 - May 2012 - Reflection: Nicene Creed's "consubstantial":What does this mean?, Bishop Arthur Serratelli
When translating the Bible from Latin into German Martin Luther created neologisms such as Morgenland (the land where the morning sun rises) for the Orient.
74 - Apr 2012 - eVangelisation: The Catholic Church and the digital media revolution - cradio.org.au, Jason Rushton
From Ultimo the broadcast reaches Colombia India Portugal Greece Canada Poland and even Malawi - whence last week one listener sent the encouraging message: Thank you for the wonderful message that you give me because i sic get the truth about the bible.
75 - Mar 2012 - Books: LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT, by Thomas Howard, Michael Daniel
While Protestants appealed to the Bible to settle matters of belief they differed considerably amongst themselves as to how it should be interpreted.
76 - Mar 2012 - Extraordinary life of new Czech Cardinal, Dominik Duka, Peter Westmore
He has written books on theology and biblical history and was one of those initiating a 30-year project now completed to translate the Jerusalem Bible into the Czech language.
77 - Feb 2012 - Census: Growth and decline in the churches: research findings, Frank Mobbs
When you join one particular church congregation you will be required to do a nine-month introductory course on the Bible.
78 - Dec 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-0-85244-185-5 The Catholic Church and the Bible Peter Stravinskas Father Stravinskas is a prolific writer on Catholic topics.
79 - Dec 2011 - Books: RONALD KNOX AND ENGLISH CATHOLICISM, by Terry Tastard, Michael Daniel
The convert son of an Anglican bishop and a former Anglican priest he was a prodigious writer of articles and books celebrated preacher translator of the Bible and author of detective stories.
80 - Dec 2011 - Religious education: Different worlds: being Catholic in Indonesia and Australia, Phillip Turnbull
I experienced that first hand standing in the local bookshop when a new parent stormed in and said I have to buy a Bible.
81 - Dec 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
Guided by the Holy Spirit we compiled the Bible it says stating that the Church was started by Jesus.
82 - Oct 2011 - Books: MEDJUGORJE REVISITED: 30 Years of Visions or Religious Fraud?, Michael Gilchrist
Available from Freedom Publishing) Donal Foley has written extensively on Marian apparitions notably his Marian Apparitions the Bible and the Modern World (Gracewing 2002) while the previous version of the present work Understanding Medjugorje was published in 2006.
83 - Oct 2011 - Letters: Old or young earth?, Fr Brian Harrison OS
org) Also there are plenty of erudite biblical scholars - including liberals and unbelievers uninhibited by any felt need to defend the Bibles truthfulness - who see no justification whatever in literary or exegetical science for claiming that day as used in Genesis 1 was intended by the ancient Hebrew author to mean an indefinite period of time or that the ages of the patriarchs in Genesis 5 were meant to be understood as symbolic rather than historical.
84 - Sep 2011 - Letters: Book of Genesis, Frank Mobbs
Suppose that you had never heard of the Book of Genesis the first book in the Bible would your faith as a Christian be affected in any way?
85 - Aug 2011 - Letters: Christian heritage, Fr Bernard McGrath
A South-Sea Islander once reproved a soldier for using the thin pages of a Bible to roll his cigarettes: If it werent for the Bible youd be in my cooking pot!
86 - Aug 2011 - Exegesis: Genesis account of creation and fall: what does the Church teach?, John Young
In conversation with a Baptist student for the ministry I once interpreted a Bible passage in a non-literal sense and he suggested that if we do that with this particular text we will not know where to stop.
87 - Aug 2011 - Books: MARY: VIRGIN, MOTHER AND QUEEN: A Bible Study Guide for Catholics, Paul Simmons
The scriptural foundations of Marian devotion MARY: VIRGIN MOTHER AND QUEEN A Bible Study Guide for Catholics by Fr Mitch Pacwa SJ 160pp PB ISBN 978-1-61278-715-2.
88 - Jul 2011 - Letters: St Peter's wife, Francis Vrijmoed
Regarding John Youngs response (March AD2000) to my letter about St Peters wife (February AD2000) I have examined seven different bibles and one biblical commentary with regard to the passage in 1 Corinthians 9:5.
89 - Jun 2011 - Archbishop Hickey: tribute to an outstanding Church leader, Brian Peachey
Hickey Biblical Foundation giving Scholarships for Bible Studies or the Centre for Evangelisation a new organisation under his direction to spread the Faith.
90 - May 2011 - Books: DAUGHTER OF MAN, MOTHER OF GOD, by Barry M. Coldrey, Michael Gilchrist
There are three sections: the first deals with themes such as Marys Presence in the Gospels; The Women of the Bible: Eve to Mary; Mary in the Early Church; and the four major dogmas regarding Mary: Mother of God .
91 - May 2011 - Letters: 'Spirit of Vatican II', Fr. M. Durham
As for ambiguity in some passages of the Vatican II documents a similar accusation could just as easily be levelled at the Bible itself.
92 - Mar 2011 - Reflection: Mary's rosary: picture book of faith, hope and love, Bishop Robert Finn
The rosary is more than a faint echo of Bible stories.
93 - Mar 2011 - Books: Theophilos: A Novel, by Michael O'Brien, Michael Daniel
In his afterword OBrien emphasises the fact that although the work draws on material from the Bible and the works of Philo of Alexandria and Josephus Theophilus is essentially a work of fiction.
94 - Feb 2011 - Vocations: Following in the footsteps of St Francis of Assisi, Kay Cozad
Each brother shares his deep devotion to God through participation in Bible study door-to-door evangelisation walks parish missions confirmation and youth retreats catechesis with the neighbourhood children Saturday devotions and Mass and serving area parishes in any way they can.
95 - Dec 2010 - Books: THE LAST CRUSADER, by Louis de Wohl, Michael Daniel
His extensive range of novels based on the lives of saints and sections of the Bible belong to his latter literary career and were a response to the deepening of his faith and the belief that his talents should be directed to promoting Catholicism.
96 - Nov 2010 - Saints: Blessed John Henry Newman: why he is worthy of canonisation, Frank Mobbs
He was asked to translate the Bible into English but the project died.
97 - Nov 2010 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency Tenth annual Indian Bible quiz The Logos Quiz held annually in the Indian state of Kerala is sponsored by the Bible Commission of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC).
98 - Oct 2010 - Books: THE PATH TO ROME: Modern Journeys to the Catholic Church, Bishop David Robarts
There are eight sections: the first is made up of five women clergy and a clergy wife; the second five Evangelical bible Christians; the third a New Ager; the fourth three Anglo-Catholics; the fifth a mainstream Anglican; the sixth an introduction to the unfinished business of Conversion and Ecumenism; the seventh four public figures - two politicians and two Anglican bishops; the eighth comprises two historical perspectives on conversion to Catholicism in England.
99 - Oct 2010 - New Missal: Why we need the new translation of the Mass, Bishop Peter J. Elliott
A new Lectionary will follow no longer derived from the Jerusalem Bible.
100 - Oct 2010 - News: The Church Around the World
Galileos correct idea he explained was that the Bible does not teach science.
101 - Sep 2010 - Britain prepares for Benedict XVI's visit, Joanna Bogle
I remained silent from 8am to 8pm and must honestly say that I cherished every moment and will long remember it as a day spent in prayer reading (I had my Bible and other suitable books) and quiet reflection against the background of the round of Sunday Masses at Londons busiest place of worship.
102 - Jul 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
90 ISBN 978-0-89870-560-7 Inside the Bible Kenneth Baker SJ Here is a reader friendly introduction to each of the 73 books of the Bible designed to help the non-expert grow in the knowledge and love of Gods Word.
103 - Jul 2010 - Books: THE ABBESS OF ANDALUSIA: Flannery O'Connor's Spiritual Journey, Lorraine Murray, Terri Kelleher
He further reassures his listeners that his church is based on the Bible.
104 - Jul 2010 - New apologetics for the new evangelisation
These include arguments raised on the one hand by those who misrepresent Gods Word by reading the Bible as a code and on the other hand claims by others that all religions but especially Catholicism are an illusion that destroys personal happiness and critical scientific intelligence (p.
105 - Jun 2010 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: The Eucharist: the background to Vatican II's liturgical reforms, Br Barry Coldrey
Scholars now knew more of the ancient world more of the world of the Bible the New Testament and the early Christian Church.
106 - Apr 2010 - Jerusalem: Catholic soldiers' World War I military pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Tom Johnstone
The Force Commander General Sir Edmund Allenby whom Weston was bound to consult was a deeply religious man who knew his Bible well and cared much for the Holy Land and its antiquities.
107 - Apr 2010 - Foundations of Faith: How do Catholics relate to non-Christians?, Fr Dudley Perera OMI
The Hebrew Bible (known to Christians as the Old Testament) offers us a preview of how the early Christians regarded non-Christian religions.
108 - Mar 2010 - Conversion: Paul Fitzgerald: my spiritual journey, Paul Fitzgerald
What they appear to have shown is that the Bible describes human progress to the letter.
109 - Dec 2009 - Books: 111 QUESTIONS ON ISLAM: Samir Khalil Samir SJ on Islam and the West, Michael E Daniel
This is in contrast to the Bible which Christians believe is inspired by God but which contains human elements such as language figures of speech or literary devices.
110 - Dec 2009 - Foundations of Faith: The Eucharist: what the Old and New Testaments tell us, Br Barry Coldrey
Peace-offering The second kind of sacrifice in which part of the victim was eaten is sometimes called a peace-offering in the Bible but it was really a kind of communion service.
111 - Dec 2009 - Marriage: A Biblical defence of marriage: Africans take the lead, Babette Francis
In Uganda and Kenya where polygamy is common Christians are defending the Bible but in the US any references to the Bible or Christianity are forbidden in connection with government services or on government property.
112 - Nov 2009 - Letters: Women priests, Robert Prinzen-Wood
The Bible in Acts 20:17 Titus 1:5 and Peter 5:1 refers to presbyters as being in authority over their flocks.
113 - Nov 2009 - Foundations of Faith: 'O happy fault': the Christian doctrine of original sin, Noel Roberts
Rands Atlas Shrugged was the second most popular choice after the Bible.
114 - Oct 2009 - Books: THE QUEST FOR SHAKESPEARE, by Joseph Pearce, Michael Daniel
There are certainly Catholic allusions in the plays but there are also references indicating the playwright was familiar with Protestant translations of the Bible which Pearce does not discuss.
115 - Oct 2009 - Letters: Galileo debate, David Walker
Secondly Galileo was found guilty on two counts: of propounding the thesis that the earth is in motion and of asserting that the Bible is not a scientific authority.
116 - Oct 2009 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: Cutting edge moral issues for the third millennium, Br Barry Coldrey
While Christians in general accept the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God the informed committed practising Catholic believes that where public theologians and private Bible readers differ the Church via the Pope and bishops in union with him have the authority to pronounce on faith and morals.
117 - Oct 2009 - Seminary Life: Spiritual direction at Sydney's Good Shepherd Seminary, Fr Paul Glynn SM
You find it expressly stated in Exodus 19:6 Isaiah 61:61 Peter 2:5-10 and in three places in the final book of the Bible Revelation 1:6 5:10 and 20:6.
118 - Sep 2009 - Letters: Galileo, David Walker
Moreover at a time when heresies concerning the Bible were rife the claim that the Bible might and should be interpreted by the individual Christian according to the light given him could not but raise the spectre of Protestantism.
119 - Aug 2009 - Books: THE WINE OF CERTITUDE: a Literary Biography of Ronald Knox, by David Rooney, Michael Daniel
There is some evidence that Ronald Knoxs writings may be set for a similar revival if the forthcoming re- publication of the Knox translation of the Bible is a guide.
120 - Aug 2009 - God's Messengers: Angels: what Scripture and Tradition reveal, Susan McKinley
According to descriptions of angels in the Bible when they do appear they do not look much like the winged creatures depicted in Da Vincis or Fra Angelicos beautiful paintings.
121 - Aug 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone): a recipe for doctrinal chaos, Dr Frank Mobbs
was invariably The Bible.
122 - Aug 2009 - Is this where 'progressive' religious life is heading?, AD2000 REPORT
Other ideas amid the mishmash included: The Bible is a human product: simply the experiences of the people of Israel on the one hand and of the early Christian community on the other; it was human not divine thinking.
123 - Aug 2009 - News: The Church Around the World
Worlds oldest Bible available online The worlds oldest Bible the 1600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus has been digitised online after being housed in four separate locations for over 150 years.
124 - Jul 2009 - Books: The Catholic Church and the Bible, by Peter Stravinskas, Br Barry Coldrey
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE BIBLE by Peter Stravinskas (Ignatius Press 1996 134pp $23.
125 - Jul 2009 - Books: GOD'S WORD: Scripture, Tradition, Office, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Br Barry Coldrey
Gods Word is encountered in the Bible in Tradition and through the teaching office of the bishop who as a successor of the Apostles is the witness to divine revelation.
126 - Jul 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Galileo: heretic or hero? What are the facts?, Noel Roberts
The Bible expressly states that the world had a beginning that the earth was fixed in the firmament and that Christ came once and for all to this planet to save sinful humanity.
127 - Jul 2009 - New Evangelisation: Catholics Come Home: a fresh approach to re-evangelising, Bob Denahy
They tell how the Church contains sinners and saints and how it can trace its history back in an unbroken line to the first pope appointed by Jesus Christ Peter; that it has founded more hospitals schools and universities than any other institution on the planet; that under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit it compiled the Bible; that it has always promoted the sanctity of human life at all stages of development as well as the sanctity of life-long marriage; and that in a confused and hurting world its teachings are consistent true and strong.
128 - Jun 2009 - Letters: Holy Land Pilgrimage - Association of Hebrew Catholics, Andrew Scholl
How did he manage to fulfil the task set in the Bible for the Jews to serve as a light unto the nations while other Jews failed miserably?
129 - Jun 2009 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency Benedict XVI: how to interpret the Bible On 23 April the Pope addressed 30 representatives of the Pontifical Biblical Commission following their plenary assembly dedicated to the theme Inspiration and truth in the Bible.
130 - Jun 2009 - Vocations: Brisbane's Holy Spirit Seminary: promising signs of growth, Anthony Barich
He also established a school of prayer open to the public where young people gathered with older people to pray for vocations through the Lexio Divina a form of Bible meditation during Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St Patricks Church in Fortitude Valley in the city.
131 - May 2009 - Letters: Doctrinal differences, John Morrissey
Even with the Bible on hand if we do not know precisely what we believe how are we to respond to challenges to our faith and practice with anything more than a crude fundamentalism or a mushy peace-and-love mantra without any depth?
132 - May 2009 - US Catholics leaving the Church in droves: what can be done?, Fr Joseph A. Sirba
They were attracted to these congregations because of clear and strong homilies Bible studies youth programs for their children and good music.
133 - Apr 2009 - Books: AD2000 Books for April
95 The Bible and the Quran Although written 50 years ago this classic now translated from its French original is more timely than ever.
134 - Apr 2009 - Books: LIVING BIBLICALLY, by Archbishop Barry Hickey, Michael Gilchrist
Available from Freedom Publishing) The publication of a new book by Perths Archbishop Barry Hickey has brought into focus the importance of more Catholics picking up the Bible again - and reading it.
135 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Bush fires, Maureen Federico
I am not sure what message the Bible says to Mr Zwartz but both the Old and the New Testament have a number of retribution passages: Noahs Ark is a famous one the Plagues of Egypt the Psalms Jesus throwing out the sellers in the Temple the whitened sepulchres and the scandalising of children punished by a millstone around his neck and cast into the depths of the sea.
136 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Love and truth, Frank Mobbs
I noted that all hold to private interpretation of the Bible resulting in endless disagreements between themselves and the rejection of the Catholic Church.
137 - Apr 2009 - US Catholic universities: how not to observe Lent
At Seattle University the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the student Trans and Allies Club are sponsoring Transgender Awareness Week which includes a session on supposedly transgender Bible heroes and heroines.
138 - Mar 2009 - Reflection: Benedict XVI: why kneeling is central to Christian worship, Benedict XVI
Kneeling does not come from any culture - it comes from the Bible and its knowledge of God.
139 - Mar 2009 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books
95 The Bible and the Quran Although written 50 years ago this classic now translated from its French original is more timely than ever.
140 - Mar 2009 - Books: THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN, by Jacques Jomier OP, Tim Cannon
THE BIBLE AND THE QURAN Jacques Jomier OP (Ignatius Press 2002 130pp $22.
141 - Mar 2009 - Letters: In communion?, Errol P. Duke
The Bible sets out very clearly that He came on earth to call sinners (like me!
142 - Mar 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Protestant Churches: origins and beliefs (2), Frank Mobbs
Their creed is the Bible an assertion made by most Protestants.
143 - Feb 2009 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books
The text is based on a 19th century Latin-English edition and its Scripture readings are taken from the Douay-Rheims Bible.
144 - Feb 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Protestant Reformation: origins and beliefs, Frank Mobbs
There is no central authority for Lutherans and Luthers principle that every Christian is entitled to interpret the Bible bit him savagely when other Protestants attacked his interpretations.
145 - Dec 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: Which Church did Jesus establish with his authority?, Frank Mobbs
I may consider crossing over to the Marcionites followers of Marcion whose Bible consists of 11 books only (including a Gospel of Marcion).
146 - Dec 2008 - Bishops' Synod on Bible concludes: Pope working on Apostolic Exhortation, AD2000 Report
If it is true that the Bible is also a literary work even more the great code of universal culture it is also true that it should not be robbed of its divine element but rather should be read in the same spirit in which it was written.
147 - Nov 2008 - News: The Church Around the World
At a press conference on 16 September to announce the project Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi president of the Pontifical Council for Culture said Evolutionary theory is not incompatible a priori with the teaching of the Catholic Church with the message of the Bible and theology and in actual fact it was never condemned.
148 - Oct 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books
95 Inside the Bible Fr Kenneth Baker SJ Fr Baker provides a concise introduction to each of the 73 books of the Bible including the time frame and author the theme and theology a summary of contents and some comments on the context in which each book was written.
149 - Oct 2008 - Letters: Sermons (letter), Chris Hilder
I hope that the upcoming Synod on the Bible addresses this problem of critiquing the Bible vs.
150 - Oct 2008 - Foundations of Faith: Recent Marian apparitions and the life of the Church, Br Barry Coldrey
In the Bible - both in the Old and New Testaments where angels sometimes appeared without warning.
151 - Aug 2008 - The tragic dilemmas of China's one-child policy, Babette Francis
Meanwhile religious freedom abuses include nine House Church leaders and two Bible teachers detained for helping quake victims.
152 - Aug 2008 - Foundations of Faith: How much history do the Scriptures contain?, Frank Mobbs
You will have noticed that previous articles in this series rely heavily on the Bible (Scriptures).
153 - Aug 2008 - News: The Church Around the World
The instrumentum laboris focuses on a balanced approach to the Scriptures reading the Bible carefully and relying on the authoritative guidance of the Churchs magisterium.
154 - Jun 2008 - Letters: FEMINISM V. MANKIND: Selected Essays, Catherine Sheehan
Simone de Beauvoirs The Second Sex is strongly Marxist and later became the bible of the feminist movement.
155 - Jun 2008 - Christianity 'lite' with all the hard parts unmentioned: a spiritual dead-end, Alan Roebuck
But they do so comparatively rarely; perhaps when addressing an audience consisting mostly of traditional Bible-believing Christians.
156 - Mar 2008 - Letters: Language, Kevin McManus
The only popular use of breaking open would be in opening a packet of biscuits not a book and least of all the Bible.
157 - Dec 2007 - Letters: Archaeology, Ann Marie Streda
Richard Dawkins certainly hasnt read Dead Mens Secrets by Jonathan Gray an independent Christian archaeologist who provides scientific evidence in support of the Bible.
158 - Dec 2007 - Liturgy: Australian archbishops report progress with new English Mass translations, Michael Gilchrist
At this stage he says the Bishops Conferences of Australia New Zealand Ireland Scotland and England and Wales are still hoping to produce a Lectionary which combines a modified form of the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Bible with a modified form of the Grail Psalter.
159 - Nov 2007 - Internet 'Singing Catechism': catechesis for the 21st century, Fr James Tierney
Each double-page spread has one Q amp; A explanations diagrams pictures Bible verses further Bible references and cross- references within the book.
160 - Nov 2007 - Books: ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN by Dale O'Leary, Bill Muehlenberg
These include the claim that one person in ten is homosexual; that homosexuality is genetically based so homosexuals cannot change; that all relation- ships are of equal value; that children do just fine raised in same-sex households; and that the Bible does not condemn committed homosexual relationships.
161 - Nov 2007 - Books: Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating: essential reading in apologetics, Valerie Renkema
CATHOLICISM AND FUNDAMENTALISM: The Attack on Romanism by Bible Christians by Karl Keating (Ignatius Press 1988 360pp $29.
162 - Nov 2007 - Liturgical Abuse: Trinitarian language lost in Brisbane Scriptures, Michael Apthorp
They go far beyond what one might expect in a run-of-the-mill inclusive language Bible.
163 - Oct 2007 - Books: Books available from AD Books
95 Inside the Bible Kenneth Baker SJ This book is an invaluable birds eye view of the 73 books of the Bible for the non-specialist reader.
164 - Oct 2007 - Truth: And the Light shines in the darkness: the meaning of true ecumenism, Andrew Kania
Christ taught this when he spoke to his disciples: May they all be one just as Father you are in me and I am in you so that they also may be in us so that the world may believe it was you who sent me (John 17: 21 The New Jerusalem Bible).
165 - Oct 2007 - Sacred language: New US liturgy head endorses revised Missal translation
Eugene Nida head of the American Bible Society.
166 - Oct 2007 - More of the same: Retired Sydney bishop calls for a radical overhaul of the Catholic faith, Michael Gilchrist
Elsewhere on the doctrinal front Bishop Robinson believes that Pius XIIs infallible declaration in 1950 on Marys Assumption into heaven should never have been issued: The problem is that there is no evidence from the bible for the Assumption the tradition does not go back to the event itself and the arguments from the world around and within us are weak (p.
167 - Sep 2007 - Books: FAITH AND CERTITUDE, by Thomas Dubay SM, Tim Cannon
A thoroughly convincing case for belief in the God of the Bible FAITH AND CERTITUDE by Thomas Dubay SM (Ignatius Press 1985 266pp softcover $24.
168 - Jul 2007 - Books: AD2000 Books
95 You Can Understand the Bible Peter Kreeft Popular author and teacher Peter Kreeft has written a clear road map of the Bible focusing on the core message of each book.
169 - Jul 2007 - Books: A Catholic Replies to Professor Dawkins, by Thomas Crean OP, Tim Cannon
Meanwhile our very own Andrew Denton saw fit to ridicule Christianity as it manifests itself across Americas famed bible-belt in his discursive ABC television documentary God On My Side.
170 - Jul 2007 - Interview: He could no longer explain why he wasn't Catholic, Tim Drake and Francis Beckwith
During my middle school years while attending Maranatha House a Jesus People church in downtown Vegas I also frequented a Catholic Charismatic Bible study.
171 - Jun 2007 - Youth ministry active in the Melbourne archdiocese, Barry Coldrey
Catholics-on-Campus offers a well attended Friday Rosary and Bible discussion group from 6pm with most of the students going to dinner together after the formal part of the evening.
172 - Jun 2007 - Verbicide: 'Happy' or 'Blessed'? How faith can be drained of meaning, Arthur Ballingall
In his excellent book Back to Virtue (Ignatius Press) Catholic philosophy professor Peter Kreeft maintains that the modern tendency of Bible translators to render makarios as happy is a fundamental and disastrous mistake.
173 - Jun 2007 - New Zealand Catholic college's intellectually challenging RE program, Bernard Moran
We dedicated Year 10 to a serious structured study of the Bible Year 11 to Catholic Church history Year 12 to Christian art history world religions ethics and life skills while Year 13 was dedicated to philosophy and theology.
174 - May 2007 - Culture survey shows moral divisions in the US
Although 52 percent of Americans say they believe that the Bible is Gods authoritative Word only 36 percent (including 92 percent of the Orthodox) believe that people should live by Gods principles.
175 - Apr 2007 - Belief: Christian-Muslim dialogue: major stumbling blocks, Fr Richard Umbers
Gnosticism Given that more parish-goers may have read The Da Vinci Code than the Bible perhaps we could tap into the popularity of Gnosticism and relativism and begin preaching a new stage of fluidity at the dawn of the age of Aquarius the water bearer.
176 - Apr 2007 - News: The Church Around the World
The first page of the Bible is not a cosmological treatise about the coming to be of the world in six days he said.
177 - Mar 2007 - News: The Church Around the World
The document agrees with the Codex Vaticanus a fourth-century edition of the Bible.
178 - Feb 2007 - News: The Church Around the World
It was eventually moved to the Holy of Holies in the Jerusalem Temple that the Bible says King Solomon built around 1000 BC.
179 - Dec 2006 - 2006 National Church Life Survey: important questions overlooked, Michael Gilchrist
In contrast the smaller Bible-based Christian churches have enjoyed increasing attendance rates e.
180 - Dec 2006 - Modest dress: Suitable attire for Mass: the moral dimension, Bishop John W. Yanta
As the hot weather has descended on us and we are in summertime or vacation time it is appropriate to speak of modesty of dress especially in participation in the Holy Eucharist the receiving of Our Lord in Holy Communion the privilege of being a lector of the Sunday Bible Readings and serving as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion.
181 - Oct 2006 - Books: Towards A People's Liturgy: The Importance of Language, by Mark Twinham Elvins, Michael E. Daniel
Among the enduring legacies of the 16th century were the King James translation of the Bible into English and The Book of Common Prayer.
182 - Oct 2006 - Letters: Counter Reformation, Alan Barron
In my younger and more zealous years as a Bible-believing Baptist I would have hotly contested much of what John wrote.
183 - Sep 2006 - History: The Counter Reformation and the Jesuits, John Morrissey
By 1572 the Englishman Gregory Martin the originator of the Douay Bible could only marvel at the piety devotion and charity there.
184 - Aug 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
Any public expressions of faith such as carrying a Bible a crucifix or rosary beads and praying in public are forbidden.
185 - Jul 2006 - Letters: The Da Vinci Code, Denis Dominguez
Jesus entrusted His Church guided by the Holy Spirit to write and choose the canonical list of books comprising the Holy Bible.
186 - Jun 2006 - Is dialogue possible between Christians and Muslims?, Cardinal George Pell
The Bible in contrast is a product of human co-operation with divine inspiration.
187 - Jun 2006 - Education: Why do CEOs use Groome's RE method?, AD2000 Report
In Sharing Faith he says Revelation as doctrine which understands revelation as divinely authoritative doctrine inerrantly proposed as Gods word by the Bible or by official Church teaching .
188 - Jun 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
The model includes Bible study leadership training and one-on-one discipleship.
189 - May 2006 - Catholicism-lite's Church of convenience, Paul A. Wagner
This dismissal of a final call to Judgment is surprising since the Bible contains numerous verses referring to a Day of Judgment by Christ Himself.
190 - May 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
Echoing the words of Benedict XVI to the members of the Pontifical Academy of Life he said The Bible expresses love for each human being even before he is formed in his mothers womb.
191 - Apr 2006 - Letters: Translations, George Simpson
The instructions inter alia are as follows: The natural gender of personae in the Bible including the human author of various texts where evident must not be changed in so far as this is possible in the receptor language.
192 - Mar 2006 - Letters: Canadian Lectionary, Matt Walton
The widely used 1991 Canadian Lectionary for example strips and defuses the word of God of its Divine power re-wording the psalms canticles and great lyrical passages of the Bible deleting many of the masculine pronouns referring to God and rewriting the Gospels Acts and the Epistles.
193 - Mar 2006 - Vocations: Dominican Sisters: religious vocations continue to rise in Nashville, Tracey Rowland
The fact that it is set in the Bible belt creates some amusing marketing problems for its Faculty.
194 - Mar 2006 - Liturgy: Eucharistic faith: why the Mass needs re-enchanting, Alvin F. Kimel Jr
They are the liturgical expressions of the Good News Bible.
195 - Mar 2006 - Archbishop Hickey: how to address the crisis of faith, Archbishop Barry Hickey
Our understanding of the formation of the books of the Bible has been enormously advanced by literary and historical criticism and explication so that we can know fairly accurately what the texts meant in their original context.
196 - Feb 2006 - The Church of England: beyond satire?, Rev Peter Mullen
They have thrown out the Book of Common Prayer and The Authorized Version of the Bible and substituted dumbed-down politically correct prayers which sound as if they were written by a committee made up of Tony Blair Karl Marx and Noddy.
197 - Dec 2005 - Books: Christmas reading from AD Books
00 The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims This is a beautiful reprint of the famous Douay-Rheims translation of the Bible.
198 - Dec 2005 - The Eucharist: gift of an interventionist God, Chris Hilder
References The Navarre Bible New Testament Compact Edition Scepter Publishers Princeton NJ 2001.
199 - Oct 2005 - Reflection: What the early Church tells us about the celebration of Mass, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM
This was the view of the 16th century Protestants whose new churches did away with the altar and the tabernacle in the apse replacing them with a huge pulpit from which the Scriptures were read and explained at great length by Bible preachers who had replaced the sacrificial priests of the Catholic Church.
200 - Sep 2005 - Letters: Simple Catechisms, Rosanna Sherman
Most telling were his statements: Every Catholic must have the courage to believe that his faith (in communion with that of the Church) surpasses every new magisterium of the experts of the intellectuals; and The rule of faith yesterday as today is not based on the discoveries (be they true or hypothetical) of biblical sources and layers but on the Bible just as it is as it has been read in the Church since the time of the Fathers until now (page 76).
201 - Sep 2005 - Canadian Bishops' cave-in to 'renegade Catholicism' under fire
MP Charlie Angus has been denied communion by his priest with the support of Timmins Bishop Paul March and London Bishop Ronald Fabbro has publicly announced that MP Joe Comartin is no longer allowed to act in public roles in the Church neither to give marriage preparation classes (as he did formerly) nor to distribute communion nor to read the Bible at Masses.
202 - Sep 2005 - News: The Chuch Around the World
Jerusalem pool discovery verifies Scripture account Workers in Old Jerusalem have stumbled upon the ruins of the Pool of Siloam where Jesus in the Gospel of John heals a man blind from birth - the new find is being praised as a discovery which helps to prove the historical authenticity of the Bible.
203 - Aug 2005 - Letters: Small Catechisms available (letter), Fr Edward P. Evans
In the same series they have published My First Bible My First History of the Catholic Church My First Rosary My First Way of the Cross A Prayer Book and My First Lives of the Saints (Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate Isabella De Rosis St Multinational Village 1700 Paranaque M.
204 - Aug 2005 - Letters: Origins of the Bible (letter), George Simpson
In his excellent article Why many Catholics join fundamentalist sects (July AD2000) Dr Frank Mobbs mentions the belief of some that the Bible stands alone as the revelation of Gods word.
205 - Aug 2005 - Feminist translation: Inclusive language and the Trinity: the latest from Brisbane, Michael Apthorp
No mainstream Bible whether Catholic Protestant or ecumenical has had the hubris to impose inclusive language on the Trinity itself in this manner and certainly no such Bible is being seriously considered as a basis for the new English Lectionary.
206 - Aug 2005 - Campus Life: Cardinal Pell's program for a Catholic culture at Sydney's universities, Stephen Lawrence
We do this with a large picture of the pope an icon the presence of a priest in habit a small table covered in promotional material for World Youth Day or events on campus and a Bible and Catechism.
207 - Jul 2005 - Evangelisation: Why many Catholics join fundamentalist sects, Frank Mobbs
These factors are respect for the Bible ecumenism and a lack of theological formation.
208 - Jul 2005 - Year of Eucharist: The Eucharist: heart of our faith, Cardinal George Pell
We recall too the priest Melchisedec from the first book of the Bible offering bread and wine (Genesis 14.
209 - Jun 2005 - Letters: Pre-Vatican II myths, Douglas V. Boyle
Critics outside the Church accuse us of ignoring the Bible as the one and only source of Gods word to man regarding the Churchs Tradition as anti-God and apocryphal.
210 - May 2005 - Books: Remembering Pope John Paul II
95 The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims This is a beautiful reprint of the famous Douay-Rheims translation of the Bible.
211 - May 2005 - Books: Sacred and Secular Scriptures / The Catholic Revival in English Literature, David Birch
Furthermore can we define what it means to be a Catholic through the Bible as sacred scripture or through secular literature like The Lord of the Rings Mansfield Park and Moby Dick?
212 - Apr 2005 - Books: Religious resources for 2005
95 The Jabez Prayer Collection Stephen Elkins This book and CD include 30 inspiring prayers from the Bible adapted for children.
213 - Apr 2005 - Books: The Path to Rome: Modern Journeys to the Catholic Church, Michael Casanova
One convert is led by the Bible itself to discover that the Church of the living God is the pillar and bulwark of the truth (1 Timothy 3:15).
214 - Apr 2005 - Letters: Christ the Creator, Gerard J. Keane
The false belief that the Bible contains errors looks quite ridiculous when one believes the Word made flesh is also our marvellous Creator and our gracious Redeemer.
215 - Apr 2005 - Exploding myths about the 'pre-Vatican II' Church, John Young
For example we are confidently told that Bible reading by the laity was discouraged by the pre-Vatican II Church.
216 - Mar 2005 - Letters: Bible and Church (letter), Frank Bellet
Ignoring the tradition in the Catholic Church these people talk as if the Church came out of the Bible instead of the other way round.
217 - Mar 2005 - Dissent: Notes from a theology unit at Australian Catholic University
Original sin is not in the Bible.
218 - Mar 2005 - News: The Church Around the World
Archaeology validates Old Testament account Canadian archaeologist Russell Adams a professor at McMaster University has recently unearthed evidence which helps to show the historical accuracy of the Bible.
219 - Feb 2005 - News: The Church Around the World
Fifty-two percent of all those polled believe as the Bible says that Jesus will return to earth someday; 21 percent do not.
220 - Dec 2004 - Books: Inspiring Christmas Gifts
95 The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible Scott Hahn amp; Curtis Mitch Based on the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition this study guide leads readers through a penetrating examination of Saint Pauls Letters to the Corinthians using the biblical text and the Churchs guidelines.
221 - Dec 2004 - Books: Decoding Da Vinci, by Amy Welborn, Anthony Cappello
We all know people who do not go within kilometres of a Bible or a church.
222 - Dec 2004 - Letters: Orthodoxy succeeds (letter), Fr Adrian Head
It has affiliates in different parts of the world in their own languages In response to some criticisms that Radio Maria is too pietistic Fr Fanzaga points out that listeners have nominated the 30 percent of transmissions dedicated to the Rosary Mass spiritual talks catechesis Bible studies courses in theology the Angelus by the Pope etc as being their most popular programs.
223 - Dec 2004 - New Evangelisation: Rebuilding a lost Faith, Fr John Walter
She then asked if she could read a passage from Matthews Gospel from the Bible at the bedside.
224 - Nov 2004 - Books: More new titles from AD Books
95 The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible Scott Hahn amp; Curtis Mitch Based on the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition this study guide leads readers through a penetrating examination of Saint Pauls Letters to the Corinthians using the biblical text and the Churchs guidelines.
225 - Oct 2004 - Books: The Ceremonies Of The Roman Rite Described, Fortescue,O'Connell, Alcuin Reid, Msgr. Peter J. Elliott
00 Available from AD Books) Reviewing Fortescue-OConnell is almost like being asked to evaluate the Bible such is the status of this most authoritative liturgical manual for celebrating the pre-conciliar liturgy.
226 - Sep 2004 - Books: Catholic Family Catechism: 2004 Disciples Edition with 50 Questions and Answers, Fr Peter Murphy
Crammed into these pages are clear doctrinal points key Bible quotes numerous citations from Scripture Church Tradition some Fathers practical devotionary tips art work pictures and the odd chart or quiz question.
227 - Sep 2004 - Books: The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, by Philip Jenkins, John Barich
Bible-based The new Christianity would of necessity absorb some of the local African and Latino practices and be more Bible-based especially amongst the Protestants and evangelicals.
228 - Sep 2004 - Letters: NRSV Bible, Mrs M.A. Ross
It was with astonishment and consternation that I read that the new translation of the Mass is to use the NRSV translation of the Bible even if the excessive and inappropriate use of the inclusive language is to be moderated (July AD2000).
229 - Sep 2004 - Sydney Catholic Adult Education Centre courses prove popular, Peter Holmes
Because we record all our lectures students can enrol in units given in past terms such as Faith and Reason Opening the Bible The Early Church The Creed Christian Leadership Moral Life in Christ The Gospel of Luke The Old Testament and The Sacraments as well as participating from week to week in the classes being offered in Term three.
230 - Sep 2004 - Books: Exposing 'The Da Vinci Code' fraud, James Hitchcock
At one time Christians found deeply troubling the claim that the Bible was unreliable history and if they accepted the claim they did so with a heavy heart.
231 - Aug 2004 - Books: More new titles for 2004 from AD Books
00 The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims edition The most beautifully translated Catholic Bible in English this Douay-Rheims edition is the first ever to be digitally typeset.
232 - Jul 2004 - Books: More new titles for 2004 from AD Books
95 The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims edition The most beautifully translated Catholic Bible in English this Douay-Rheims edition is the first ever to be digitally typeset.
233 - Jul 2004 - Liturgy: New improved English Mass translation nears completion, Michael Gilchhrist
The NRSV translation (like its predecessor the RSV) is generally superior to that of the Jerusalem Bible being presently used in Masses (with its happy preferred to blessed).
234 - May 2004 - Books: Marriage and Family in the Biblical World, edited by Ken Campbell, Bill Muehlenberg
The last paragraph of the book nicely ties all the loose threads together: The New Testament - indeed the entire Bible - presents a coherent body of teachings pertaining to marriage and the family.
235 - Apr 2004 - Letters: Jehovah's Witnesses
Even their badly-translated New World Translation Bible contradicts their own theories that Jesus was only a man - and a prophet.
236 - Feb 2004 - Interview: Scott Hahn interviewed on Dei Verbum : What Vatican II taught about Scripture, Zenit News Service
The Catechism takes its cue from Dei Verbum and calls us all to read the Bible from the heart of the Church.
237 - Dec 2003 - Letters: Social Justice Statement, Michael Barr
The Bible contains passages that can be read in a similar way and the history of the Catholic Church is vulnerable to similar criticism.
238 - Sep 2003 - Books: Some Fell On Rock, by Fr John O'Neill, Fr Peter Joseph
He knows that Scripture must be read in union with the Church but he also knows that profitable Bible-reading is not the preserve of scholars.
239 - Sep 2003 - Homosexual conduct: how Gospel teaching can be distorted, Bill Muehlenberg
No other sexuality is allowed in the Bible with married heterosexual sexuality established by God in the opening chapters of Genesis.
240 - Sep 2003 - Catholic summer conferences in the United States: signs of hope, Richard Egan
The Conference demonstrated the existence of a new and flourishing school of Catholic biblical scholarship in the United States which is committed to studying and teaching the Bible from the heart of the Church.
241 - Aug 2003 - Reflection: The Apocalypse: proclaiming the final victory of Christ and His Church, Fr G.H. Duggan SM
As the last book in our Bible the Apocalypse serves as a worthy finale to the account of Gods dealings with mankind the great drama that began with the creation of man recorded in the first chapter of Genesis.
242 - Aug 2003 - Books: Will Catholics be Left Behind, by Carl Olson, Envoy Magazine
It then examines the Book of Revelation providing insights into the nature and purpose of that difficult final book of the Bible.
243 - Aug 2003 - Letters: Orthodoxy? (letter), Brian Dethridge
This is not a straight analysis of the cause of death as a physical fact says my trusty Catholic Edition of the New Revised Standard Bible in its end-notes.
244 - Jul 2003 - Orthodox Anglicans close ranks to preserve faith, Nigel Zimmermann
But as Archbishop Peter Jensen will tell you their wealth does not reside in church property or trusts but in their faith in Gods written Word the Bible.
245 - Jun 2003 - Books: Family in the Bible, edited by Richard H. Hess and M. Danial Carroll, Bill Muehlenberg
FAMILY IN THE BIBLE Edited by Richard H.
246 - Jun 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000
Catholic World News Pontifical Biblical Commission centenary The Bible and Morals theme to be addressed The Pope on 29 April welcomed members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and its president Cardinal Ratzinger as they celebrated their annual plenary assembly on the theme The Bible and Morals and also commemorated the centenary of the institution of this pontifical commission.
247 - May 2003 - Books: Christianity On Trial: Arguments Against Anti-Religious Bigotry, Bill Muehlenberg
Isnt the Bible at odds with science?
248 - May 2003 - Books: Life-Giving Love: Embracing God's beautiful design for marriage, Kimberley Hahn, Leanne and Michael Casanova
Nowhere in the Bible will you find the following proverb: Blessed are the man and woman who have at least four years spacing between their children because they will never be stuck double-diapering.
249 - Apr 2003 - Books: Marian Apparitions, The Bible, And The Modern World, Michael Gilchrist
MARIAN APPARITIONS THE BIBLE AND THE MODERN WORLD by Donal Anthony Foley foreword by Aidan Nichols OP (Gracewing 2002 453pp $51.
250 - Apr 2003 - Ecumenism: Christian unity: major obstacles still remain, David Schutz
Montgomery an American evangelical Lutheran defined evangelicalism as characterised by the following traits: Conviction that the Bible alone is Gods objectively inerrant revelation to man.
251 - Dec 2002 - Letters: 'Misandry' (letter), Name and address supplied
Through Christ and His Apostles God is the author of the Bible.
252 - Dec 2002 - Thomas Groome: his influence on religious education continues, Eamonn Keane
In this regard he says that revelation as doctrine which understands revelation as divinely authoritative doctrine inerrantly proposed as Gods word by the Bible or by official Church teaching .
253 - Nov 2002 - Letters: Tough teachings (letter), Mrs Maureen Federico
Obstacles indeed there must be but alas for the man who provides them (Jerusalem Bible).
254 - Nov 2002 - Letters: Birth control (letter), Kevin Tighe
It is The Bible and Birth Control by Charles D.
255 - Oct 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000
Catholic World News Catholic Biblical Federation meeting Popes message: make the Word of God accessible to all Observing that a world in search of the truth needs the Bible John Paul II last September urged the Catholic Biblical Federation meeting in Beirut to make the Scriptures accessible to all peoples.
256 - Sep 2002 - Books: Open Embrace: A Protestant Couple Rethinks Contraception, Bill Muehlenberg
The Bible obviously has a high view of both sexuality and children.
257 - Aug 2002 - Letters: Value for money? (letter), L.L. Booth
He did not say to which sect she belonged nor whether she regularly attended chapel if at all but it seems to me that she could do little more than tell a few ecumenical Bible stories to the students in her charge.
258 - Aug 2002 - Editorial: The Assumption of Our Lady: 15 August, Michael Gilchrist
Since Mary in the Bible is called the mother of Jesus her cousin Elizabeth describing her as the mother of my Saviour and since her Son was God the second person of the Holy Trinity it followed she was the Mother of God.
259 - Jun 2002 - Letters: Latin Course (letter), Rev V.I. Falconer SJ
The reason why I recommend the use of the two older English versions of the Bible if available is that their translations are closer to the Latin than are more modern translations such as those of Msgr Ronald Knox or the Jerusalem Bible.
260 - Jun 2002 - How John Paul II's 'new springtime' came to an American parish, Elizabeth A. Wittman
A weekly Holy Hour format provided the time for adult catechesis in the form of a series on the Catholic Catechism and a Bible study.
261 - May 2002 - Books: Prove It! Church, by Amy Welborn, Bill Muehlenberg
Thus there are chapters dealing with such questions as Why isnt Catholicism more Bible-based?
262 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Harry Potter (letter), Christine Slagter
As Catholics we not only have the Bible to turn to for the word of God but the Churchs teachings to guide us.
263 - Mar 2002 - Books: Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism, by Paul Vitz, Bill Muehlenberg
Bill Muehlenberg a Baptist is National Secretary of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne.
264 - Mar 2002 - Thoughts of a recent convert to Catholicism, Rett Peaden
Each Sunday every Catholic church celebrates the same day of the Christian year and reads the same passages from Scripture (from the Old Testament Psalms the New Testament and the Gospels which is more Bible reading than any Protestant church Ive ever attended).
265 - Feb 2002 - Books: Hogwarts or Hogwash? by Peter Furst and Craig Heilmann, Bill Muehlenberg
Bill Muehlenberg a Baptist is National Secretary of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne.
266 - Feb 2002 - Letters: Human evolution, Fr Brian Harrison OS
According to your correspondent John Schmid (November AD2000) Pope Leo XIII in his 1880 encyclical Arcanum merely gives a description of creation as in the Bible without thereby implying anything either for or against the theory of human evolution.
267 - Feb 2002 - Into the Deep Forum: young Catholics meet Australian bishops, Helen Ransom
Bishop Grech encouraged the audience to embrace the Cross to be faithful to the basic tenants of the Faith including the Holy Mass and the Sacraments and to read the Bible.
268 - Feb 2002 - Archbishop Philip Wilson sets out his agenda for Adelaide, Michael Gilchrist
Earlier in his Southern Cross interview Archbishop Wilson identified three key insights that he plans to emphasise namely the centrality of Sunday Mass in the parishes the key role of the Bible in forming faith and the life of prayer and finally the family as the major focus of the Churchs pastoral activity.
269 - Dec 2001 - New Titles from AD Books
95 The Navarre Bible: Gospel and Acts (Readers Edition) Five volumes into one.
270 - Dec 2001 - Books: Daily Gospel 2002, Bible Diary 2002, Anthony Cappello
DAILY GOSPEL 2002 BIBLE DIARY 2002 (Softcover $15.
271 - Dec 2001 - Books: The Prayer Of Jabez' by Bruce Wilkinson, Bill Muehlenberg
Bill Muehlenberg a Baptist is National Secretary of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne.
272 - Nov 2001 - Bookstore: New Titles from AD Books
95 The Navarre Bible: Gospel and Acts (Readers Edition) Commentaries by Cardinals Avery Dulles and Edward Cassidy and Rabbi Leon Klenicki Five volumes into one.
273 - Nov 2001 - Letters: Catholic teaching, John Schmid
Dr Rumble then mentioned that atheistic materialists exaggerated his theories and used them in their efforts to discredit the Bible and undermine religion altogether.
274 - Nov 2001 - Opinion: Catholics before and after Vatican II: separating fact from myth, John Young
It is true that most Catholics did not read the Bible.
275 - Oct 2001 - Events: Gerry Matatics Visit / Catholic Homeschooling Conference, Parramatta, AD2000
His topics will include Purgatory and Suffering The Bible Contraception and Abortion The Mass: Heaven on Earth Did Jesus really know He was God?
276 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'The Book of Marriage', edited by Dana Mack and David Blankenhorn, Bill Muehlenberg
Short pithy articles come from a wide range of sources: the Koran and the Bible Aristotle and Erasmus Homer and Chaucer Milton and Kafka George Bernard Shaw and Viktor Frankl Thomas Aquinas and Martin Luther.
277 - Sep 2001 - Why today's secular culture is anti-Catholic, James Hitchcock
One can point to the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century as splitting the religious unity of the Western world and perhaps - not intentionally - giving rise to a belief on the part of many people that religion is a purely personal and private thing between oneself and God and oneself and the Bible - that there is no single authority or Church which can pronounce the truths of Christianity.
278 - Sep 2001 - The John Paul II Cultural Centre opens in Washington DC, Alex Sidhu
Also on display are gifts received by the Holy Father during his pontificate such as a Mother of Pearl Bible case presented by the King of Jordan.
279 - Aug 2001 - Books: Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God, by Scott Hahn, Catherine Sheehan
For Protestants who believe that the Bible is the only authority neither of these assertions can be proven because they are not found in Scripture.
280 - Aug 2001 - Books: Genetic Turning Points, by James Peterson, Bill Muehlenberg
Bill Muehlenburg a Baptist is National Secretary of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne.
281 - Aug 2001 - Letters: Orthodox seminary (letter), Paul Chigwidden
Vianney College also offers to trainee teachers courses in the Catechism Introduction to the Bible and Catechetics.
282 - Aug 2001 - Denver Archdiocese: the future of Catholicism, David Scott
They gather for weekly pot-luck suppers and picnics that mix serious Bible study prayer and devotion with personal conversation and mutual support.
283 - Jul 2001 - First Tetum-language New Testament for East Timor
Last year Aid to the Church in Need also gave a grant of $15000 for the reprinting of 10000 copies of the Childs Bible in the Tetum language after these books were destroyed in the looting and burning of Dili in September 1999.
284 - Jul 2001 - Archbishop Carnley: controversial Primate, Dr Ian Spry QC
The Archbishop claimed that there is nothing in the Bible or in the biblical tradition explicitly directed towards homosexual persons in long-term committed relationships.
285 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'As One Struggling Christian to Another: Augustine's Christian Ideal for Today', Bill Muehlenberg
Bill Muehlenberg who is a Baptist is National Secretary of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne.
286 - Jun 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
A sample of 1000 people from all backgrounds were telephoned in March and asked if they thought Jesus literally rose from the dead exactly as described in the Bible or if there could have been another explanation.
287 - May 2001 - Reflection: 'Blessed are the poor in spirit', Fr Ian Falconer SJ
Translation Incidentally I myself regret the Jerusalem Bibles choice of the translation Happy in place of the old translation Blessed.
288 - Apr 2001 - Books: The Apostles' Creed, Defend the Faith and other apologetics topics, Michael Daniel
Defend the Faith analyses mainly faith-based topics in greater depth particularly those that are points of dispute with Christians of other faith traditions such as the The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Sola Scriptura (the Bible alone) Statues and Images and The Inquisition.
289 - Apr 2001 - JESUS - Jubilee Edition Video, Johanna O'Farrell
Inquiries AD Books) Reading from the Bible never satisfied completely my imagination as to what Jesus was like nor my sense of the presence of this most influential person who ever lived.
290 - Apr 2001 - Letters: Stations of the Cross (letter), Charles Bignold
Now I thought that the Protestant Churches were Bible-based and the Catholic Church Apostolic and that the Church herself passed on the full Christian teaching the Bible as well as tradition and the wisdom of the ages.
291 - Apr 2001 - Letters: Melbourne RE texts (letter), Barbara Chigwidden
If readers are expecting bonanza texts in secondary school they will be very disappointed to find that the Year 9 text begins a chapter on the Bible by recounting an Aboriginal Creation Myth.
292 - Mar 2001 - Cardinal Ratzinger on 'Third Secret' of Fatima
The term public Revelation says the Cardinal refers to the revealing action of God directed to humanity as a whole and which finds its literary expression in the two parts of the Bible: the Old and New Testaments.
293 - Feb 2001 - The finest RE texts produced to date, Anthony Cappello
However important additional units include: Gods Book the Bible Together at Mass Journey from Ashes (Ash Wednesday) the Stations of the Cross - where the home activity is to organise a visit to the Church where your children can talk to you about what the Stations mean to them - Mary our Mother and Forgiveness.
294 - Dec 2000 - Books: 200 Years of Faith: A Multimedia Tour of the Holy Land, Catherine Sheehan
2000 Years of Faith is an ideal way to encounter this fascinating land via a PC and a wonderful means of inspiring family interest in the lands of the Bible.
295 - Oct 2000 - An authentic Christian spirituality grounded in objective revelation, Michael Daniel
His spirituality was profoundly influenced by the Bible and the liturgy.
296 - Aug 2000 - Cardinal Ratzinger on 'Third Secret' of Fatima
The term public Revelation says the Cardinal refers to the revealing action of God directed to humanity as a whole and which finds its literary expression in the two parts of the Bible: the Old and New Testaments.
297 - Jul 2000 - News: The Church Around the World
In an interview with Londons Catholic Times on 12 May he said the vocations crisis in the West could mean that Catholics will become more like Protestants forced to rely more on the Bible and less on the seven sacraments.
298 - Jun 2000 - How Catholics can help rebuild Christian culture, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
So for most of you God is not calling you to move to Zimbabwe with your Bible.
299 - Jun 2000 - New Primate: Anglican divisions intensify, Rev David Robarts
His views over subjects ranging from artificial birth technology and human sexuality to women bishops and other faiths have disquieted many as have his use of the Bible and his actions in ordaining women without the approval of General Synod in 1992.
300 - Apr 2000 - Impressive gathering of young people attend TMC Summer School, Michael Daniel
The three morning speakers dealt with topics connected with the Bible.
301 - Mar 2000 - Education: Religious education: putting the emphasis back on God, Br John Moylan CFC
Some tried and true methods among many others used in the past include making the liturgical year a highlight in the classroom and home clear thorough and tested knowledge of doctrines prayers Church and Bible history etc the use of aspirations devotional practices inspiring stories of the saints on their feast days the use of the initials AMDG (Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam) at the top of each page punctuating the school day with set prayer every hour and the bringing of flowers for Our Ladys altar.
302 - Mar 2000 - New York Scripture seminar affirms reliability of New Testament, Eamonn Keane
During November 1999 an important seminar was held in New York entitled The Bible and the Catholic Church: Challenging The Findings of the Jesus Seminar.
303 - Feb 2000 - The comunità: a new form of monastic life for Australia, Peter Westmore
The comunit is committed to a contemplative life with particular devotion to the reverent celebration of the Mass fidelity to the teachings of the Church prayer (including the Divine Office) and study of the Bible and the Early Fathers of the Church.
304 - Dec 1999 - Church art and architecture: 'sacramental role' is central, Msgr M. Francis Mannion
Despite the lack of episcopal authority and admitted shortcomings of this document it continues to be invoked in Australia and elsewhere as the bible for new church design and existing church renovation.
305 - Nov 1999 - News: The Church Around the World
He blames this situation largely on the 1978 booklet produced by the US Bishops Committee on the Liturgy which has been used in dioceses across the United States and Canada as the bible for new church design and renovation.
306 - Oct 1999 - News: The Church Around the World
Archaeology supports Bible account Pauls visit to Cyprus confirmed Italian archeologists revealed last August that they have found a marble inscription on the island of Cyprus that supports the Biblical assertion that St Paul preached there.
307 - Aug 1999 - 'Veil of Veronica' rediscovered in Italian abbey, Zenit News Service
The story of Veronica and her veil does not in fact occur in the Bible though the apocryphal Acts of Pilate gives this name to the woman with a blood flow who was cured by touching the hem of Jesus cloak.
308 - Jun 1999 - New Missal a 'decided improvement' concludes US Archbishop Elden Curtiss, Archbishop Elden Curtiss
Our modern translators must be aware of the context in which the sacred writers produced the books of the Bible.
309 - Jun 1999 - St Thomas Aquinas: philosopher for our time, Fr G.H. Duggan SM
It is a paradoxical truth that St Thomas had the great philosophical advantage over Plato and Aristotle that he was acquainted with the Bible.
310 - Apr 1999 - Why modern Biblical scholarship affirms the Resurrection, Richard Dunstan
I am not a fundamentalist but like most believing Catholics I have always taken the Bible pretty much at face value especially the New Testament.
311 - Apr 1999 - Bringing the Faith to life for children, Matthew Greenrod BSJ
The St Josephs Family Catechetical Summer School held in Adelaide was fun it was cool and the children went home knowing more about the foundations of their faith including the Marian doctrines the precepts of the Church and the Bible.
312 - Dec 1998 - Pope John Paul II calls for more 'balance' in the reformed liturgy, AD2000 Report
But this involved not only training in good use of the Bible but the clergys familiarity with the whole patristic theological and moral tradition as well as a penetrating knowledge of their communities and of society in general.
313 - Sep 1998 - Books: Why Christianity must Change or Die, by Bishop John Selby Spong, Frank Mobbs
Because he says we live in a thought-world which is incompatible with that of the authors of the Bible.
314 - Aug 1998 - Cardinal John Henry Newman and the development of doctrine, Fr Peter Waters
the existing developments of doctrine the probable fulfilment of that expectation: Newman noted that the whole Bible is developmental in its message and moves from beginning to end in an increasing and growing revelation.
315 - Jul 1998 - Inclusive language: 'eventually all nonsense implodes upon itself', Gerald Wilson
The demand within parts of the Catholic Church for inclusive language for use in the Bible the Mass and other parts of the liturgy has increased in recent years.
316 - Jun 1998 - John Henry Newman on liturgical tradition, Cardinal John Henry Newman
These and many such questions may be asked and all with this argument: They are indifferent matters; we do not read of them in the Bible.
317 - Apr 1998 - Holy See rejects the latest ICEL submission
The Vatican had also rejected for liturgical use two revised Bible translations the New Revised Standard Version and the Psalms of the Revised New American Bible.
318 - Jul 1997 - Which Catholic women will the Australian bishops listen to?, Michael Gilchrist
There were parts of the Bible which are simply demeaning to women .
319 - Mar 1997 - Editorial: On being - and not being - a Catholic, B.A. Santamaria
If words mean anything Fr Balasuriyas view is that there is no certainty that Christ was God; or that the Bible is inspired; or that Mary remained a virgin after the birth of her Son; or that either the Immaculate Conception or the Assumption are actually true; or that the circumstances of Christs birth and early life enable us to conclude that Mary was any different from countless millions of ordinary mothers; and so on.
320 - Feb 1997 - 'Catholic Church Life Survey': 250,000 parishioners polled, Michael Gilchrist
A number of other topics such as homosexuality premarital sex abortion the authenticity of the Bible inclusive language etc may likewise have raised a few eyebrows or caused some misunderstanding especially among younger parishioners viz that the alternatives represent equally valid options of Catholic belief and practice.
321 - Aug 1996 - How to overcome the shortage of priests, Fr Kevin Dillon PP
Mass cannot be replaced by a Communion service or Bible service.
322 - Jul 1996 - Books: 'Critics on Trial - An Introduction to the Catholic Modernist Crisis', O'Connell, Fr John Parsons
They were unjustifiably suspicious if anyone suggested that sound philosophising need not stop dead in the thirteenth century despite the excellences of St Thomas or maintained that the first five books of the Bible were not written by Moses or that there was a large development in the explicit formulation of the apostolic deposit of faith during the patristic period.
323 - Nov 1995 - Evangelium Vitae - Catholicism, the media and the 'culture of death', Bishop George Pell
His zeal for dispatching sub-standard humans is accompanied by great enthusiasm for animals especially apes while his 1975 book Animal Liberation is sometimes described as the bible of the animal liberation movement.
324 - Aug 1995 - Fr Paul Collins: seeking a new green constituency?, Michael Gilchrist
it has to be admitted that the Bible is at best a mixed blessing for environmental theology (p.
325 - Jun 1995 - Why Vatican rejected 'inclusive' New Revised Standard Version Bible, Fr G.H. Duggan SM
In a press release of October 25 1994 the Catholic News Service reported that the Vatican has rejected the New Revised Standard Version NRSV of the Bible for use in liturgical and catechetical texts after doctrinal officials found fault with its use of inclusive language.
326 - Apr 1995 - Catholicism: 'revealed by God, not devised by man', Fr Graham Leonard (former Anglican Bishop of London)
In the second Preface addressed to a future and unknown Pope Dr Edwards refers to various issues which he discusses in the body of the book - infallibility sex and gender the authority of the Bible and the Church and priesthood.
327 - Mar 1995 - Leonid Federov (1879-1935): Russian Catholicism - a brave vision unfulfilled, Fr Peter Knowles OP
Even as a young boy he read widely but it was not until he was 14 years old that he discovered the Bible.
328 - Mar 1995 - Aboriginal religion and Christianity: 'fundamentally incompatible', Max Champion
Undoubtedly it was the influence of its missions and their adoption of this or that name to designate the God of the Bible which helped to crystallise the concept of the supreme Creator even among those who did not become Christians.
329 - Mar 1995 - A young Catholic's view of Youth Liturgies, Bernard Finnigan
The lengthy commentaries on the Scripture readings and the homily which followed offered the usual watery accounts of the Bibles harder teachings that have been staple ingredients of R.
330 - Feb 1995 - Vatican says 'no' to NRSV translation - 'Inclusive language' setback, Michael Gilchrist
The Vatican has now barred use of the inclusive New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) translation of the Bible for Scripture readings during Masses in English-speaking countries.
331 - Sep 1994 - New edition of Fr Richard McBrien's 'Catholicism': but dissent still remains, James Likoudis
their associates the findings of scientific disciplines the Bible the writings of theologians .
332 - Jul 1994 - Books: 'Catechism of the Catholic Church', Fr Peter Joseph
The Scripture quotations in the final version are from the Revised Standard Version (RSV) or New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible.
333 - Jun 1994 - 'Inclusive' Mass readings: why the rush?, Michael Gilchrist
5) that Australia was to publish its own Lectionary using the inclusive New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) translation of the Bible one which they say has already been approved for liturgical use in Australia and has been adopted by Canada and the USA for new lectionaries .
334 - Mar 1994 - Townsville Mass attendance document - 'Where have all the parishioners gone?'
Do we bible-bash people embarrass them or are we really being Christ present to them?
335 - Jul 1993 - Why 'inclusive' language adds up to bad English, David Frost
To seek to eliminate generic he his him from a Psalm translation means that all statements about individuals of both sexes have to be turned into plurals - witness in varying degrees the practice of the American Psalter and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (NRSV).
336 - Jul 1993 - Brother Andrew speaks out on the Catholic crisis, Brother Andrew
He would drastically restructure the Church into something totally new and different from what it has been for 2000 years; and Christ as the Bible presents him would also be gone.
337 - May 1993 - 'The Catechism of the Catholic Church': Confronting the post-Christian world, B.A. Santamaria
A catechism is simply a compendium of the doctrinal and moral teachings of the Catholic Church of their foundations in the Bible or Tradition and to a limited extent of their underlying justifications.
338 - Aug 1992 - The problem of suffering, Fr Campion Murray OFM
Job had believed that if you did the right thing you would be blessed - and how many passages in the Bible say that.
339 - Jun 1992 - Did 'the Enlightenment' K.O. Christianity?, David Quinn
The Churchs role as appointed interpreter of Gods will and the Bibles as the repository of Gods revelation were challenged in the light of reason.
340 - Apr 1992 - Problems of modern Biblical scholarship, B.A. Santamaria
There is however one vital distinction arising from the place given to the Bible in the Protestant and Catholic communions respectively.
341 - Mar 1992 - Mary - Biblical focus of Christian unity, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey
It is difficult to see how her uniqueness could ever be denied by Christians who base their faith on the Bible.
342 - Feb 1992 - Authority - Yes, Authoritarianism - No, David Quinn
(Coming to terms with modernity will usually mean severely limiting the authority of the Bible and the Magisterium).
343 - Feb 1992 - The Pope's agenda - overcoming the obstacles, Michael Gilchrist
Without guidance from the Churchs Magisterium fragmentation and confusion can easily occur as with the Bible only Protestant Christians.
344 - Dec 1991 - New Zealand: 'transforming the Church from within', John Kennedy OBE
She scoffs at the notion that the Bible contains revelation that it is God telling us things a collection of otherwise unavailable information.
345 - Jun 1991 - Richard John Neuhaus interviewed, Mary Arnold
Also the idea that the individual and his Bible were sufficient without any tradition or authority in the Church.
346 - Mar 1990 - Close encounter with feminist theology, Dr Frank Mobbs
) Yes I thought to myself the Bible pictures God as having a character like that of a human father.
347 - Feb 1990 - Cardinal Newman: a centenary tribute, Dr Frank Mobbs
True he was asked to translate the Bible but nothing came of it.
348 - Dec 1989 - Can Catholic integrity be recovered?, Colin Jory
That message is fine as far as it goes; however nowhere do the Guidelines give any hint to children that they should believe anything because it is authoritatively guaranteed - by Christ by the Bible by the Church - to be true.
349 - Nov 1989 - Thomas More and today's crisis in faith and morals, John Finnis
Few things are more foolish than the claim of the new men that the Bible has been newly opened to our generation of Catholics when in fact it has never been so heavily censored as it is by a theology and catechesis which covers with silence the Bibles supreme theme of Genesis and Apocalypse of creation which initiates time and redemption which is completed only in eternity at the close of historical time.
350 - Dec 1988 - At a Catholic teachers' college, 'A Parent'
But biblical criticism has qualified many of the notions held about the Bible.
351 - Nov 1988 - The issues facing Australian Catholicism, Bishop George Pell
Catholics are committed not just to the Bible as the primary revelation about the fatherhood of God and the lordship of Jesus but also to the creeds developed by the great Councils the sacraments and the commandments.
352 - Jun 1988 - Muggeridge at eighty-five: the long road from agnosticism to faith, B.A. Santamaria
Well replied Muggeridge most of the heads of the Church - churches of all denominations - are agreeing to things being done which deny everything the Bible suggests .
353 - Nov 2002 - Books: Scripture Diary 2003