Binz said this type of reading the Scriptures dates back to ancient times, and the term itself is believed to have originated in the third century. St. Benedict incorporated it as the core of his Rule ...

(RNS) — During Ordinary Time, the church invites us to immerse ourselves in the Scriptures from both the Old and New ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. In another Hadeeth, it was reported ...

At the Council of Toulouse in 1229 A.D. 45 canons were ratified; 20 of which referred to heresy. “We prohibit also that the laity should be permitted to have the books of the Old or New Testament, · · ...

As we mark the 50th anniversary of “Dei Verbum,” the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, promulgated by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 18, 1965, we note that one effect has been increased study of and ...

You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life” (John 5:39, 40, RSV). The ...