Aquinas has a remarkable discussion of biblical hermeneutics. Actually, it may only be “remarkable” for us, that is, we moderns who prize the historico-critical approach to Sacred Scripture and thus ...

A Protestant considers a Catholic theologian’s call for an “ecclesial” reading of Scripture. On November 10, 1942, following a British victory in Egypt during World War II, Winston Churchill famously ...

New interactive platform allows readers to highlight KJV verses and receive instant AI-driven explanations for deeper ...

In my previous two installments on this site I have examined what we can ascertain about the “wise men” or Magi, and what astronomy tells us about conjunctions (planetary alignments, as viewed from ...

For millennia, biblical literature has shaped imagination and culture. "The Minimum Bible," a project from pastor and artist Joseph Novak highlights that tradition, using graphic design to sum up each ...

This book employs a biblical exegetical method that pays close attention to the interrelationship among multifold books within the Bible. Since the Bible is an amalgamation of ancient people’s ...

Thanks to the pathbreaking work of Beryl Smalley, more than a half century ago, today we recognize the central place of the so-called School of Saint Victor in the history of biblical exegesis. By the ...

Contrary to the claims of some Protestant apologists (and not a few Catholics, for that matter), Catholics actually have a wide freedom to read and interpret the Bible (provided, of course, they read ...

Jaime L. Waters serves as associate professor of Catholic studies at DePaul University and as “The Word” columnist at America since the first Sunday of Advent in 2019. A biblical studies professor, Dr ...