Category Archives: Scripture

The last of the 12 Apostles to die was John, the author of the Gospel and the Book of Revelation. A number of sources make the claim that public revelation (Tradition and Scripture) was completed or closed with “the death … Continue reading →

Jesus is God-made-man, so he knows the whole future. When Jesus was teaching the disciples, he had in mind the whole future of the Church. Therefore, His teachings take account of future situations, including ours today. What would Jesus say … Continue reading →

“Non potest solvi Scriptura.” “Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35). There is a widespread heresy in the Church today concerning the Bible. It is the claim that inerrancy does not apply to all of Sacred Scripture, but only to certain … Continue reading →

Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End of all things. For all things were created through Him and for Him. [Revelation] {1:8} “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says … Continue reading →

Who are the Nephilim or Giants mentioned in Genesis? [Genesis 6] {6:1} And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, {6:2} the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were … Continue reading →

This post is the first in a series: Roman Catholic commentary on difficult Bible passages, based on my translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate (the Catholic Public Domain Version or CPDV). [Matthew] {5:20} For I say to you, … Continue reading →

Quoted from The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations (my unpublished edit of a public domain edition): Then God declared to Noah His intention to send the Deluge. During the building of the ark, Noah had to suffer terribly … Continue reading →

We are obliged by faith to believe: A. Scripture is entirely inspired by the Holy Spirit B. Scripture is entirely inerrant C. All the truths of Scripture have been preserved by the Holy Spirit (A) and (B) are the infallible … Continue reading →

The Jewish dietary laws were a living parable. In distinguishing between clean and unclean foods every day, the devout Jew learns to take the will of God into account in daily life. Clean and unclean foods figuratively represent good and … Continue reading →

The short answer is: not much. The long answer follows. Biblical scholars often give more weight to a manuscript that is older, as compared to a more recent manuscript of the same passage. The reason is that copyist errors, and … Continue reading →