For nearly 2,000 years, each succeeding generation of Christians has tried to puzzle out whether the Book of Revelation's riddles and symbols has meant its own time was the end of time. Over the past ...

Christian theology and global politics can make strange bedfellows. Consider the intimate relationship between fundamentalist expectations of Jesus’ return and market-driven disregard for the ...

Elaine Pagels says the Book of Revelation was not a Christian book, but a warning issued 90 years after the death of Jesus that Jewish followers of Jesus better not form a new religion You can save ...

The fathers of the Second Vatican Council felt they should make a statement summarizing the Church’s teaching about the Bible. The result was one of the most beautiful and succinct documents on ...

Scripture is a door and a feast if you ask the right questions. When I started leading a Bible study at my church, I had the daunting task of choosing the first book for us to study. I don’t remember ...

COMMENTARY: A glimpse at the development of the constitution ‘Dei Verbum’ makes clear the role of Scripture and Tradition as the supreme rule of faith. Pope John XXIII celebrates the opening Mass of ...

The 50th anniversary of the “Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation” (“Dei Verbum”) is coming up on Nov. 18, 2015. This document is one of the four great constitutions produced by the Second ...

Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 She is a famous television character, instantly recognized by baby boomers. She rose to lasting fame without ever saying ...