Under the impact of the Enlightenment, Professor E. W. Hengstenberg of Bonn became a decided rationalist; in fact, he formulated the principles of rationalism for his university. He was a brilliant ...

God has many names in Scripture, yet He is so much more than the sum of them all. His characteristics and nature are rich and commanding. His identity defies our human words or definition. His ways of ...

Jonathan Linebaugh’s pastoral, accessible invitation to Scripture is rightly focused on Christ but uncertain in its audience and too quiet about the church. If the Bible is the most-published book in ...

Sunday, June 12, is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Mass readings: Proverbs 8:22-31; Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity we do well to ...

”God so oved the world that he gave his only son.” Who is this God? One of the images of God that has most captured the Christian imagination comes from Michelangelo’s depiction of the creation of ...

It’s a common myth that the Catholic Church makes such a claim. The Church contends, rather, that an authoritative Christian tradition and Church were necessary to establish the canon of Scripture. In ...

Many years ago, I heard a statement that has stayed with me ever since: “Man’s basic spiritual problem is the integrity of the Word of God.” From the opening chapters of Scripture, humanity’s trouble ...

Pope Francis gives his blessing to visitors in St. Peter's Square at the end of his general audience at the Vatican June 12, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly ...

The Prophet Isaiah went to the Temple to worship and there he had an experience with God. Isaiah “saw” three particular things about God. First, he saw God’s holiness: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD ...

How does a Catholic read the Bible? I certainly can’t speak for all Catholics, but I can speak a little to the Catholic tradition. And the best explicator of that tradition in recent decades was, in ...