By Michael Novak, Doubleday, 2008 “No one has ever seen God, but as long as we love one another God remains in us and his love comes […]
Sacred Scriptures
On Servile Work
- Chuck White
- March 6, 2025
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The first precept of the Church is: "You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor" Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2042 Sabbath rest applied to Sunday In enjoining this precept, the Church obviously borrows the Sabbath rest from the Decalogue and applies…
The Johannine Comma
- Chuck White
- February 27, 2025
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Why have modern translations of the Bible removed a verse traditionally held to be part of the inspired Sacred Scriptures? If one reads the 7th and 8th verses in the fifth chapter of the first letter of St. John from an old English translation of the Bible, such as the…
The Songs of the Servant of YHWH
- Chuck White
- February 17, 2025
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In the Acts of the Apostles we read of a remarkable encounter between Philip and an Ethiopian eunuch on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. The eunuch was in his chariot, reading the Book of the Prophet Isaiah: Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this:…
Featured Posts
Handling Bible Difficulties
- Chuck White
- October 26, 2024
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Here are some posts that explain some of the more difficult passages of the Bible.
A March Through the Scriptures
- Chuck White
- February 17, 2025
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A Bible Study Toolbox for Catholics Some Interpretive Principles The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture– Catechism of the Catholic Church…
Bible Study Tools for Catholics
- Chuck White
- April 5, 2023
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Sacred Scriptures Online Bibles Some Good Bible Study Apps BibleGateway.com (Includes many versions of the Bible, including Catholic bibles with…
Handling Bible Difficulties
- Chuck White
- October 26, 2024
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Here are some posts that explain some of the more difficult passages of the Bible.
A March Through the Scriptures
- Chuck White
- February 17, 2025
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A Bible Study Toolbox for Catholics Some Interpretive Principles The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture– Catechism of the Catholic Church…
Bible Study Tools for Catholics
- Chuck White
- April 5, 2023
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Sacred Scriptures Online Bibles Some Good Bible Study Apps BibleGateway.com (Includes many versions of the Bible, including Catholic bibles with…
Handling Bible Difficulties
- Chuck White
- October 26, 2024
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Here are some posts that explain some of the more difficult passages of the Bible.
Catechesis and Doctrine
On Servile Work
- Chuck White
- March 6, 2025
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The first precept of the Church is: "You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor" Catechism of…
The Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Chuck White
- February 7, 2025
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Here’s an English translation of a great catechism written by St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Dominican friar, saint and doctor of the Church: Aquinas,…
What Does the Catholic Church Teach?
- Chuck White
- January 28, 2025
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There are several good sources to learn what the Catholic Church actually teaches. Catechisms, especially the Roman Catechism and the Catechism of the Catholic Church,…
Why Don’t Catholics Worship on the Sabbath?
- Chuck White
- April 2, 2024
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The Seventh Day Adventists insist that Christians should set aside the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday) for rest and worship instead of Sunday. Moreover, the Seventh Day…
Some Good Bible Apps
- Chuck White
- March 22, 2025
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As a follow up to our discussion during a recent meeting of our Catholic Study Group I thought it would…
On Servile Work
- Chuck White
- March 6, 2025
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The first precept of the Church is: "You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and rest…
The Johannine Comma
- Chuck White
- February 27, 2025
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Why have modern translations of the Bible removed a verse traditionally held to be part of the inspired Sacred Scriptures?…
The Songs of the Servant of YHWH
- Chuck White
- February 17, 2025
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In the Acts of the Apostles we read of a remarkable encounter between Philip and an Ethiopian eunuch on the…
A March Through the Scriptures
- Chuck White
- February 17, 2025
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A Bible Study Toolbox for Catholics Some Interpretive Principles The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture– Catechism of the Catholic Church…
The Six Days of Creation
- Chuck White
- March 6, 2022
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Introduction St. Thomas Aquinas has provided the Church with an intriguing interpretation of the six days of creation described in…
A Brief History of the Latin Vulgate
- Chuck White
- December 29, 2024
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Introduction What role does the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome's translation of the Sacred Scriptures into Latin, play in the Church…
Artistic or Pornographic? A Theological Analysis of Nude Art
- Caleb White
- December 20, 2023
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Nude art has long been the subject of theological debate, regardless of Christian denomination. Although respect and public display of…
Some Catholic Jokes
- Chuck White
- November 23, 2013
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Some relatively clean humor... A little boy was listening to a long and excessively boring sermon in church. Suddenly his…
On the Death of King David’s Baby
- Chuck White
- October 24, 2024
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This comment recently appeared on our Catholic Study Group Facebook page: Here’s the short answer: Yes, God punished David by…
The Song of the Sword
- Chuck White
- February 2, 2020
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Lamech, the first polygamist mentioned in the Bible, makes his appearance in the fourth chapter of Genesis. If you’ve never…
Reflections on the Book of Job
- Chuck White
- April 5, 2015
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For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin…
Gideon’s Sword
- Chuck White
- May 8, 2022
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If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that we’ve been slowly making our way through the…
Book Review: “An Introduction to the Prophets of Israel”
- Chuck White
- April 17, 2015
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"An Introduction to the Prophets of Israel", Richard Thomas Aquinas Murphy O.P., St. Paul Books & Media, Boston, 1996. 123…
The Victory of Truth
- Chuck White
- April 24, 2022
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The Catholic Church teaches that those who die before Christ comes again will be judged twice: once immediately at their…
Some good scriptural resources
- Chuck White
- October 20, 2013
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Online Bibles Latin Vulgate New American Bible New Jerusalem Bible Online Bible Search Engine Revised Standard Version Online World Wide Study Bible Scriptural Resources Online […]