TheBibleprovides abundant evidence of the existence of demons.Satan’sevil angels are known in Scripture as demons. We know from certain Scriptures thatSatan fell from heavenand other angelic beings (demons) shared in Satan’s fall and became evil (Ezekiel 28:18;Matthew 25:41;Revelation 12:4)...
GreekdesignationforEpiphanyis “the day of the light” (hē hēmera tou phōtou), in reference to the words in the Bible, in John 1:4, that Jesus is the “light of men.” Under the influence of the Christian Catechetical school at Alexandria (led by Clement and Origen in the 2nd and...
The point of view, or POV, in a story is the narrator's position in the description of events, and comes from the Latin word, punctum visus, which literally means point sight. The point of view is where a writer points the sight of the reader. Note that point of view also has a s...
Angels were created “by and for” Jesus Christ to be messengers of His salvation plan for humanity (CCC: 331). We see angels in this role numerous times throughout the Bible, most notably in the New Testament when the angel Gabriel announces the Savior’s birth; when the angels at the...
The best example of canon/apocrypha can be found in the Christian Bible. The Catholic version of the Bible has seventy-three books, while the Protestant Bible contains sixty-six, and the discrepancy comes entirely from the Old Testament. The Catholic version includes the following books: The ...
Hell, in many religious traditions, the abode, usually beneath the earth, of the unredeemed dead or the spirits of the damned. Hell figures in religious cosmologies as the opposite of heaven, the nadir of the cosmos, and the land where God is not. Learn
Do you believe everything in the Bible? How many times have you heard people say something similar? “It is true, from Genesis to the maps!” Some people say it, but do they really believe it? Take, for instance the first part of Romans 11:36,“For from him and through him and to...
In the Christian era, Bible manuscripts, Celtic crosses and jewellery were adorned with these symbols. However, historians are having difficulty ascertaining whether or not there was particular significance behind each complex design. For the most part, it appears as if the Celts did not have any...
It’s actuallya very old story pattern, also seen in the Bible: transgression, retribution, repentance,redemption. (Youthful rebellion, successive shipwrecks, the painful lessons of isolation, Crusoe’s return home.) Memorably concrete images, like Friday’s footprints in the sand, Crusoe with his...
9. During the Middle Ages, rubies were thought to have the ability to prophesy. They were said to darken in color when danger was approaching and to lighten again after it had passed. The Bible makes mention of rubies four times. The Bible connects these gems to wisdom and beauty. ...