Each Gospel is unique. Each evangelist not only structures his work in a special way, he also treats his main characters differently than the other three, giving them traits or personality dimensions on which his original readers were expected to reflect. Luke’s treatment of Mary of Nazareth is classic.
PILATE'S PRISONER: A PASSION PLAY
By Edward Hays
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The late scripture scholar Sulpician Fr. Raymond Brown frequently raised eyebrows when he said, “There are no predictions of Jesus, as we know him, anywhere in the Hebrew Scriptures.”
NCR Book Club: ¡Santo! provides such a lens by identifying spirituality as the most common predictive characteristic of the Latino community.
We say: The Catholic church teaches that the economy is made for the people, not the other way around. The government would be wise to follow that idea.
Viewpoint: The attempt to popularize the 1962 Mass has serious ramifications. Will we be an inward-looking church or a Vatican II church?
Advent: The story of Advent is a message of God's life with us in history, future hope, and the here and now.
On Nov. 5, we lost a prophet: Jesuit Fr. John Kavanaugh, author, philosophy professor and America columnist, died too young at 71.
The commission will look at an array of institutions, including churches, schools, residential homes and the Boy and Girl Scouts.
My Table is Spread: If you want to know what it's like to be an American woman, try having surgery and parasites, then watch the envious expressions on other female faces.
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THE WAR ON HERESY