What role does the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome’s translation of the Sacred Scriptures into Latin, play in the Church today? And what is its role vis-à-vis the many modern translations approved by the Church and now in use?
Category: Church Fathers
Achan’s Plunder – and Blunder
Here’s a disturbing story from the Book of Joshua story of a Israelite soldier named Achan who made a terrible mistake. What I say may not make the story any less disturbing, but we will hear a great spiritual lesson related to it from St. John of the Cross.
On Jephthah’s Rash Oath
On Jephthah, a tragic hero of the Book of Judges.