One of the most sinister figures in the Bible is the so-called “Beast” from the Book of Revelation. Portrayed as a frightening monster and identified with the ominous number 666, the Beast has been the subject of an enormous amount of discussion down through the centuries. Countless individuals, both past and future, have been proposed [...]
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This Sunday’s readings deal with one of the most important events in Christian history. Although the majority of Christians have little or no knowledge of the event, a pivotal moment in the history of the Church is recorded in Acts 10. This event is the conversion of the household of the Roman centurion Cornelius, and [...]
Vegetarianism is a hot topic today. Many people are cutting out some or all animal products from their diet. When done for health reasons, this is a matter of science rather than faith. But what about claims that Christians should be vegetarians for religious reasons? Some even claim that Jesus himself was a vegetarian. And [...]
Homosexual activist Dan Savage recently was invited to give a keynote address to a group of high school students at a high school journalism conference. You may make your own inferences regarding what this shows about the national associations in question, given the controversial, foul-mouthed history of Savage. During the course of the event, Savage [...]
Former President Jimmy Carter has a new Bible! One he wrote himself! Partly! The publishing house Zondervan has produced a new study Bible titled the NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter. Get yours today! Or don’t. Actually, let’s go with that: Don’t. Definitely don’t. Not if you want Bible commentary from [...]
A high school theology teacher writes: I had a student ask me quite blunty “was Jesus ugly?” He cited some early Fathers quoting Isaiah 53:2, and gave me several other sources that expanded on this topic as well. From what I understand and have read, the verse from Isaiah seems to (me anyways) point towards [...]
A reader writes: Question: An atheist has claimed that Jesus’s conversation with Nicodemus couldn’t have happened because it’s a greek word that has two meanings, critical to the story, and Jesus didn’t speak greek. I know neither greek nor aramaic, and according to some english, so any thing you happen to know would be useful. [...]
The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, recently printed a speech by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron commemorating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. I was a little disappointed that, in its brief introduction to the speech, it didn’t mention the Catholic alternative to the King James—the Douay-Rheims Version, which actually was finished in 1609, two years [...]
A reader writes: I am a Protestant and love listening to Catholic Answers Live. I am hoping you can help me out with the papal bull “Unigenitus” which appears to be condemning the idea of personal Scripture reading, etc. The way it’s worded doesn’t make it appear as if it is saying ‘we are worried [...]
