A decade after the untimely death of renowned Scripture scholar Father Raymond E. Brown, SS, he continues to inspire and inform scholars and preachers, students and pastoral ministers, lay and ordained. It was only days after Father Brown's death that his final book was published by Liturgical Press. That book, "Christ in the Gospels of the Ordinary Sundays, " completed his six-volume series on preaching the Scriptures, a series that had begun in the mid-1970s with the publication of his popular "An Adult Christ at Christmas." Those six...
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A decade after the untimely death of renowned Scripture scholar Father Raymond E. Brown, SS, he cont...
Ronald D. Witherup, PSS, Lawrence B. Terrien, Michael G. Witczak, Paul G. McPartlan, Rev. Msgr. Kevin W. Irwin
Many Christians struggle to balance the religious and secular elements of Christmas, but the history of the feast shows that this is nothing new. The religious Christmas has changed over the centuries and, contrary to many critics, is thriving today. This brief, accessible account will explain that:
The first Christians did not celebrate Christmas at al. The earliest mention of the feast occurs in the fourth century. In the Middle Ages Christmas moved into northern Europe where it became a major winter festival, competing with the pagan Yule. During the sixteenth century some...
Many Christians struggle to balance the religious and secular elements of Christmas, but the history of the feast shows that this is nothing new. T...
To some, the New Evangelization" seems to mean warmed-over and outdated apologetics that rarely resonate with people today. But that approach fails to do justice to what evangelization is really all about. In"Saint Paul and the New Evangelization, " one of today's most respected Scripture scholars offers a far richer, more deeply biblical approach.
Ronald D. Witherup, SS, analyzes the techniques of one of the church's best evangelists-Paul of Tarsus-to show how we can help reinvigorate the faith of friends and loved ones. You don't need to know a lot about the Bible or theology. Just...
To some, the New Evangelization" seems to mean warmed-over and outdated apologetics that rarely resonate with people today. But that approach fails...
The Vatican II s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation is universally acclaimed as one of the council s most important documents. Published in 1965 after a long and circuitous route throughout all four years of the council, Dei Verbum sets forth the Catholic Church s official teaching about divine revelation and the complex interrelationship between Scripture and Tradition. With the approach of the fiftieth anniversary of the constitution, this book intended for general audiences summarizes the history and principal teaching of this groundbreaking document. Accompanying the text of...
The Vatican II s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation is universally acclaimed as one of the council s most important documents. Published in...
