Where did the Church get the idea that what looks like bread and wine in the Eucharist is actually the Body and Blood of Jesus? Catholics can turn to the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John for the answers.
Category: scripture
Why Maccabees?
The Book of Second Maccabees tells of pious Jews praying for the dead, but did you also know that the book contains the most explicit affirmations in the Old Testament of Creatio ex Nihilo, the Intercession of the Saints and of the Resurrection of the Body?
The Senses of Sacred Scripture
The four senses of Sacred Scripture. The Church proposes four ways to appropriate the spiritual gifts of the Scriptures to our lives.