Which books were inspired by God? The answer to this question is not found in the Bible itself. It necessarily has to appeal to Catholic tradition. Gutenberg Bible on display at the New York Public ...

The rule of faith for Protestants is sola Scriptura. This belief holds that only Scripture is a final, infallible authority for the Christian: thus excluding the Church and Sacred Tradition as equally ...

The canon of the Bible, i.e., those books held to be divinely inspired and an absolute rule of faith and practice for Christians, is a topic that has stirred increased controversy in recent decades.

Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition, by Gary A. Anderson. Have modern economic assumptions and the theological underpinnings of Protestantism left us with distorted perspectives ...

Most people assume the New Testament was chosen at a council like Nicaea — but historians say that never happened. Instead, the canon formed through centuries of disputes among bishops, scribes, and ...

The Classical Review publishes informative reviews from leading scholars on new work covering the literatures and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. Publishing over 150 high quality reviews and ...

Among New Testament introductions Robert M. Grant’s Historical Introduction to the New Testament (Harper & Row) is outstanding. It falls into three parts, of which the second is devoted to special ...

Holmes has taught at Bethel since 1982, and was Chair of the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies from 2001 to 2009. He was previously on the faculty at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School ...

The cranky, severe, Old Testament God isn’t an opening act. An image is burned into my memory: an incandescent lamp on my mother's night stand illuminating the open pages of her well-worn Bible.

The great promise of the Manicheans proved illusory, but the problem remained unresolved for all that. Augustine was unable to convert to the Christianity of the Catholic Church until he had learned, ...