Thus the Apostle Paul affirms that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God (or, literally, is “God-breathed,” 2 Tim. 3:16); the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews declares that it was ...

As the authority of Holy Scripture means that it is truthworthy for faith in the living God, so it also means that this Word is to be obeyed in life and in church worship and government.

1. The Bible is a very lengthy, multi-faceted book by many authors, from long ago, with many literary genres (and in three languages), and cultural assumptions that are foreign to us. 2.

Biblical scholars have developed a Criteria of Authenticity to evaluate events of Scripture, especially the life of Jesus. One is called Multiple Attestation, meaning that events recorded in three or ...

Blessed by Adoption: One Mom’s Stories, Scriptures, and Prayers to Comfort You and Remind You You’re Not Alone by Hillary Froning (Paige & Tate, Sept.) tells how the author and her husband ...

The document takes up questions that have long troubled Catholics — violence, the status of women, historical errors, etc. in sacred Scripture in the context of the question of divine inspiration.

Jan. 23, The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: In today’s Gospel, we witness Jesus reading Scripture, relating it to his own experience and context, and using it to proclaim his purpose in the world.

Six years ago, Rachel Held Evans published a best-selling memoir about her attempts to take the Bible’s teachings on women literally. A Year of Biblical Woman­hood offered a comic reflection on what ...