The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians, 2:14). The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement, pact. In the ...

In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...

Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament of reconciliation is in Genesis 4. Adam’s oldest son, Cain, kills his younger brother, Abel.

The Father does not abolish the Old but gives it definitive fulfillment in the Son, and through the Spirit. In the next column, I will write about the New Testament fulfillment in Christ.

Divisions of the BibleDivisions of the Bible The Old Testament books are grouped in the following manner: 1) Historical books, which are arranged not in the order in which they were written but ...

Minuscule artifact discovered at the Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project may reference an official who worked for ...

With wedding season upon us, it’s the perfect time to use my favorite Yiddish saying — mit eyn tokhes ken men nit tantsn af ...

Catholicism teaches that Scripture involves more than the canon accepted by the Jews, Jesus and the Church of the first four centuries, i.e., the 39 books of the Protestant Old Testament.