The Bible tells an overall story about the history of the world: creation, fall, redemption and Last Judgement. But who wrote ...

The last edition of the Deuteronomistic History, the one in our Bible, comes from the sixth century BCE, the time of the Babylonian Exile. In this context, it offers an explanation for Israel's ...

For Jacob Wright, the Bible is not only a testimony of survival, but also an unparalleled achievement in human history. Forged after Babylon's devastation of Jerusalem, it makes not victory but total ...

If the Catholic Church forgets history, it is simply doomed ... The only person in Scripture called a deacon is St. Phoebe, who traveled to Rome as an emissary of Saint Paul, carrying his Letter ...

We have been thinking this month about the traditions and practices associated with the celebration of Christmas. Some of the celebrations were purposefully used to replace parties and festivals of ...

On Sunday, during the 11 a.m. service marking the beginning of Advent, Bulkeley and his family presented the Old North Church with a Bible printed in England in 1715 that includes a handwritten ...