Author: Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594711718
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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(©2013) The Subcommittee on the Catechism, United States Catholic Bishops, has found that this catechetical high school text is in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church and fulfills the requirements of Elective Course A of the Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of the Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age.Sacred Scripture: A Catholic Study of God's Word presents the Bible to students as a living source of God's Revelation to us. It gathers the two covenants of Scripture and the seventy-two books of the Bible under the umbrella of Church teaching, which holds that in Sacred Scripture, "God speaks only one single Word, his one Utterance in whom he expresses himself completely" (CCC, 102).This introduction to the biblical texts is both a companion for prayerful study and a survey of the context, message, and authorship of each book. It also provides students with a plan for reading and studying the Bible in concert with the Holy Spirit and Church teaching.The text provides historical context for biblical literature and its analysis is mindful that Scripture must be read within the living Tradition of the Church; in so doing, the text examines the relationship between Scripture and the doctrines of the Catholic faith. While modern historical-critical scholarship is not ignored, the text is balanced by emphasis on the multiple senses of Scripture: literal, spiritual, allegorical, moral, and anagogical.
Author: Scott Hahn
Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing
ISBN: 164585101X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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What is wrong with Scripture scholarship today? Why is it that the last place one should go to study the Bible is a biblical studies program at virtually any university? Why are so many faithful priests and pastors, and the people in their pews, unaware of the centuries-long effort to turn the sacred Word of God into just another secular text? In The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture: How the Bible Became a Secular Book, authors Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker trace the various malformations of Scripture scholarship that have led to a devastating loss of trust in the inspired Word of God. From the Reformation to the Enlightenment and beyond, Hahn and Wiker sketch the revolutions and radical figures that led to the emergence of the historical-critical method and the pervasive ill effects that are still being felt today.
Author: Matthew Richard Schlimm
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441222871
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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The Old Testament can seem strange and disturbing to contemporary readers. What should Christians make of Genesis 1-3, seemingly at odds with modern scientific accounts? Why does the Old Testament contain so much violence? How should Christians handle texts that give women a second-class status? Does the Old Testament contradict itself? Why are so many Psalms filled with anger and sorrow? What should we make of texts that portray God as filled with wrath? Combining pastoral insight, biblical scholarship, and a healthy dose of humility, gifted teacher and communicator Matthew Schlimm explores perennial theological questions raised by the Old Testament. He provides strategies for reading and appropriating these sacred texts, showing how the Old Testament can shape the lives of Christians today and helping them appreciate the Old Testament as a friend in faith.
Author: Shema
Publisher: The Shema
ISBN: 147929117X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
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Our creator finally provides the actual details of his design in the long sort after ?Theory of Everything.' Now, our eyes finally open to fully understand the world which we have studied.The tribes and so called races of man have all been given pieces of this massive puzzle. When put together, it weaves a tapestry of one beautiful story. The bible provides the structure, the Africans provide a first person account, Native Americans hold vital elements, the Aztecs tell us the thoughts of God and his expectations for his designs. Asian theology focuses on living today and Christianity takes us to a new tomorrow. But no story could be complete without the details, the process used, the illusive ?How,? for this we thank the final seers of science.The bible tells us that to achieve the design of man, God cursed man to become weaker, naked, to have pain during labor and the entire event is triggered in the process of eating. Geneticist confirm that the genetic mutations which transformed man are weaker muscles, a narrower pelvic cavity, a significant loss of body hair and a redesign in the jaw muscles which allows the brain to grow much larger than other primates.From this we discover that what science refers to as a genetic mutation is considered a biblical curse. And from this every curse from those relating to incest and over eating are connected to mutations. From the weaving of the universe to the wiring of the brain, every question you've ever asked about life and death and who we are is finally answered. God is not dead, he is life.
Author: David Ganz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110558602
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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According to a longstanding interpretation, book religions are agents of textuality and logocentrism. This volume inverts the traditional perspective: its focus is on the strong dependency between scripture and aesthetics, holy books and material artworks, sacred texts and ritual performances. The contributions, written by a group of international specialists in Western, Byzantine, Islamic and Jewish Art, are committed to a comparative and transcultural approach. The authors reflect upon the different strategies of »clothing« sacred texts with precious materials and elaborate forms. They show how the pretypographic cultures of the Middle Ages used book ornaments as media for building a close relation between the divine words and their human audience. By exploring how art shapes the religious practice of books, and how the religious use of books shapes the evolution of artistic practices this book contributes to a new understanding of the deep nexus between sacred scripture and art.
Author: John Webster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139438913
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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May we speak, in the present age, of holy scripture? And what validation of that claim can be offered, robust enough to hold good for both religious practice and intellectual enquiry? John Webster argues that while any understanding of scripture must subject it to proper textual and historical interrogation, it is necessary at the same time to acknowledge the special character of scriptural writing. His 2003 book is an exercise in Christian dogmatics, a loud reaffirmation of the triune God at the heart of a scripture-based Christianity. But it is written with intellectual rigour by a theologian who understands the currents of modern secular thought and is able to work from them towards a constructive position on biblical authority. It will resonate with anyone who has wondered or worried about the grounds on which we may validly regard the Bible as God's direct communication with humanity.
Author: Edward Madeley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Author: Pontifical Biblical Commission
Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 0814649041
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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In his 2009 post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini, Pope Benedict XVI pointed out that “theological reflection has always considered inspiration and truth as two key concepts for an ecclesial hermeneutic of the sacred Scriptures” and that there is today the need “for a fuller and more adequate study of these realities, in order to better respond to the need of interpreting the sacred texts in accordance with their nature.” The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture: The Word That Comes from God and Speaks of God for the Salvation of the World is the contribution of the Pontifical Biblical Commission toward a more adequate understanding of the concepts of inspiration and truth that respects both the nature of the Bible and its significance for the life of the Church. Drawing on a close reading of the Scriptures themselves, the document focuses on three main aspects:1. The inspiration of Sacred Scripture and the exploration of its divine provenance2. The truth of the Word of God, emphasizing the message about God and his project of salvation3. Challenges that arise from the Bible itself, on account of certain aspects that seem inconsistent with its quality of being the Word of God Reading this document, formally approved by Pope Francis, will strengthen the reader to receive the word of God—in the liturgical assembly and in every other place—in its theological, Christological, soteriological, and ecclesiological context in a way that corresponds ever more closely to this unique gift of God whereby God communicates his very self and invites us into communion with him.
Author: Shema Rismay
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492950141
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Our ancient stories remain the register of the earliest scientific observation and a kind of prehistoric sociology. These are the primal conclusions of experiment which made our very consciousness possible. The first people were probably more in tuned to the forces around them, less distracted and completely engrossed in observing their new world. They had to explain what they observed in ways that would remain comprehensible for generations to come. Their observations and experiences are coded in metaphors that science can now expound on. We can now read the bible as scientists and historians; with the understanding that the author, like a computer programmer laid out more in the records than clues to avoid viruses. Genesis 1 is the formula which relates to every living thing. It has been termed the "Blue Print for Life" because everything in the universe shares the same formulated beginning. In the beginning of the earth, a human or a cat we find one pattern which begins in a seeded state; and then an explosion transforms elements of the seed into various parts of the final structure. This is why everything was created from the beginning. The variations pre-existed in the seed, so that what we have defined as evolution is simply differentiation. The "days" of the formula relate to the stages for each type of being. In humans, 6 days represents just one stage of our development. It is the completion of the cellular stage where the differentiating roles have been assigned. Thus in 6 days we would not expect to find a baby, but the 'beginning' of a person and microscopic model of who he will be. From this stage the command is simple "be fruitful and multiply." After continual multiplication of the divided and differentiated cells we finally achieve a human being. The basic terms of the bible are literally translated into scientific term so that we can understand the bible scientifically. Light for example, when applied to biology, relates to the eye or mind, in genetics 'the body plan, ' in chemistry it may refer to mass or ignition in philosophy it may simply mean understanding or direction. In terms of perception almost imperceptible as a light touch. Also by divine inspiration the early scribes were caused to revere the name of God, which would have served to personify him. This gives us the ability to define the various roles of "God" scientifically as a directing force within life. In genetics he is the organizer responsible for directing the orders for the body plans or designs. In chemistry we understand that the biblical definition for God is the same as the scientific definition for energy thus the 7 spirits of God are the 7 periods of energy on earth. Then the cosmological description of the beginning, tells us that in the beginning God created heaven and earth, from a vacuum of dark energy, and in a big bang like explosion, there was light, ergo the 'beginning'. This description may have been vague, but clearly predicted the failure of the static universe first proposed by Einstein. We now append the seemingly vacuous description of the beginning by infusing the simplistic form of Genesis with our understanding of its terms in science. But if all of this still seems a bit circumstantial, in the study of genetics we discover that on the sixth day God created MAN not humans, but the head of what we now call our Hominidae group. Then he created ADAM or humans, scientifically defined as Homo Sapien or "wise" men. The attainment of wisdom is the first mutation or curse. When we replace the term curse with mutation, it outlines every single differentiating feature between humans and their original primate ancestor. This code ripples through every phenomenon and takes science to an advanced level where our biologists can see the cosmos as one living organism and our cosmologist can identify nuclear fusion with a microscopic lens in the study of cells and finally our Theologians can explain the science of creation.
Author: Edward Madeley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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