New Catholic Bible 16 With difficulty do we assess what is on earth, and that which is within our reach we discover only after arduous labor; who then can seek out the things of heaven?17 Who could ever have known your counsel if you had not given Wisdom and sent your Holy Spirit ...
Before Martin Luther the Western world was united by a single belief system and the Catholic Church.Because religion was inaccurate it could not be sustained into modern times as a unifying principle. There is only one thing that has enough power and accuracy to potentially unify the world.Inter...
Every year, Habitat names one of its builds after Pope Francis and holds it during Lent, 40 days in which Catholic Christians reflect on the fact that Jesus Christ suffered and died for us in order to open the gates of heaven. In His Name, they also do good deeds and make atonement fo...
Catholic Public Domain VersionAnd he said to them: “Why would you choose to act in this way? Could you be ignorant that there is no one like me in the knowledge of discerning signs?”New American Bible“How could you do such a thing?” Joseph asked them. “Did you not know that ...
As explained in the Catholic Answers tract Brethren of the Lord, neither the Gospel accounts nor the early Christians attest to the notion that Mary bore other children besides Jesus. The faithful knew, through the witness of Scripture and Tradition, that Jesus was Mary’s only child and that...
This title is directly applied to Jesus three times in the book of Revelation:“When I saw him [Christ], I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the First and the Last’” (Rev. 1:17). “And to the angel of the chur...
Joe: So it really, these intensive kinship structures really bring the grandparents in, gives them high status, they’re often the purveyors of wisdom. The cousin marriage that you’re talking about, in the book I make the case that, building on other people’s work. That often in ...
Woe to him who is saying to a father, 'What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, 'What dost thou bring forth?Smith's Literal TranslationWo to him saying to the father, What wilt thou beget? and to the woman, What wilt thou bring forth? Catholic TranslationsDouay-Rheims BibleWoe to him...
should lift our hearts and minds above and beyond the secular world, into the consecrated spiritual oasis that is the Liturgy, and especially the Holy Mass. God in His wisdom and providence has given us a music set aside for such a purpose that goes back to the very dawn of the Church:...
So we see that as of December 8, 2002 when we copied the above quotation from the Mormon (LDS) church's official web site that it clearly and unambiguously states that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. The next logical step is to confirm that. But first, let's double-check ...