Scripture Matters: Essays on Reading the Bible from the Heart of the ChurchPopular author and scholar Dr. Scott Hahn has released a collection of essays on the study and interpretation of Scripture from a Catholic perspective. Aptly titled Scripture Matters: Essays on Reading the Bible from the Heart of the Church, Dr. Hahn takes a penetrating look into the depths of Scripture, showing the reader how to uncover its many layers of meaning and inspiration. Scripture Matters serves both as an instructional guide to reading the Bible and as a delightful meditation on the grandeur of God's Word. Dr. Hahn effectively illustrates his discussion with the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Cardinal Ratzinger, and other exemplary scholars of Scripture who truly speak "from the heart of the Church." |
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... centuries of reflecting on its meaning under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Because god's self-revelation infinitely transcends and surpasses us, god's help is an absolute necessity if we are to expand our horizons, so limited by sin ...
... centuries of reflecting on its meaning under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Because god's self-revelation infinitely transcends and surpasses us, god's help is an absolute necessity if we are to expand our horizons, so limited by sin ...
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... century tended to be a downer, when commentators, by and large, overly concerned themselves with the literal sense of Scripture. Among some, this played out in rationalism run amok: a slavishly historical reading of the Bible, ignoring ...
... century tended to be a downer, when commentators, by and large, overly concerned themselves with the literal sense of Scripture. Among some, this played out in rationalism run amok: a slavishly historical reading of the Bible, ignoring ...
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... century Scripture scholar, who wrote that “the spiritual meaning which the law conveys is not known to all, but to those only on whom the grace of the Holy Spirit is bestowed in the word of wisdom and knowledge.”7 That's why most of the ...
... century Scripture scholar, who wrote that “the spiritual meaning which the law conveys is not known to all, but to those only on whom the grace of the Holy Spirit is bestowed in the word of wisdom and knowledge.”7 That's why most of the ...
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... century, we have witnessed a great divorce, the sundering of the literal from the spiritual senses of Scripture. Exegetes who emphasize faith—and this century has produced some mighty spiritual exegetes—have sometimes retreated into a ...
... century, we have witnessed a great divorce, the sundering of the literal from the spiritual senses of Scripture. Exegetes who emphasize faith—and this century has produced some mighty spiritual exegetes—have sometimes retreated into a ...
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... centuries of the Church, there arose a similar tension, resulting from the divergent interpretive approaches of the ... century Jewish philosopher of that city. Alexandria's depth and power are evident, for example, in the christology ...
... centuries of the Church, there arose a similar tension, resulting from the divergent interpretive approaches of the ... century Jewish philosopher of that city. Alexandria's depth and power are evident, for example, in the christology ...
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