The Church noticed long ago that St. John remarkably captures Jesus using the phrase “I am”, either with a predicate noun or without, twenty-three times, almost twice as many times as the other three gospels combined, in any context.
Category: Church Fathers
The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The Church often cites verses from the eleventh chapter of the Book of the Prophet Isaiah as the source of its traditional list of the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
On Violence in the Old Testament
The violence of the Old Testament is often cited in attacks on the Bible and the Faith. Here are four helpful perspectives on the violence […]