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As we consider this week's Torah portion, we might also consider our own situations as present-day custodians and witnesses ...

So to read and study the Old Testament is to read and study Israel of old. And a whole array of volumes can be mentioned here ...

Dei Verbum” doesn’t usually get the press of the more famous documents of Vatican II, but it had a profound effect on the way ...

To call God “He” is not mere habit but inheritance. From Genesis to Gethsemane, Scripture speaks of the Father, the Son, the King, the Lord. The masculine language of faith is ontological, not ...

In the second century, as the canonical Gospels were being copied and circulated throughout the Roman Empire, another text ...

How we handle objects says a lot about how we regard them. When looking at fine jewelry, for example, we are mindful to handle the gems carefully. When observing fine works of art, we don’t even touch ...

Dr Dan McClellan, Biblical scholar at the University of Birmingham and keen TikTokker, explains that the most widely accepted ...