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According to Catholic theologians and ecclesiologists like Charles Journet and Kenneth D. Whitehead in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic: The Early Church was the Catholic Church, [7] the sect being referred to here by the Jews is the early church of Christians.
The Catholic theology of Scripture has developed much since the Second Vatican Council of Catholic Bishops ("Vatican II", 1962-1965). This article explains the theology (or understanding) of scripture that has come to dominate in the Catholic Church today. It focuses on the Church's response to various areas of study into the original meaning ...
The term Catholic Bible can be understood in two ways. More generally, it can refer to a Christian Bible that includes the whole 73-book canon recognized by the Catholic Church, including some of the deuterocanonical books (and parts of books) of the Old Testament which are in the Greek Septuagint collection, but which are not present in the Hebrew Masoretic Text collection.
Catholic theology distinguishes two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual. [37] The literal sense of understanding scripture is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis , following the rules of sound interpretation.
St. Gregory likewise notes that it "oftentimes in Scripture denotes the wrath of God and everlasting punishment." [2] The woe of the rich, echoes the words from the Magnificat in Luke 1:53, "He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away."
Paul Prather: During election season, we’ve seen a lot of self-proclaimed Christians. Here are some clues to finding the real ones.
The teaching of the Magisterium on the interpretation of Scripture was summarized in DV 12, expressly devoted to biblical interpretation. Dei Verbum distinguished between two levels of meaning, the literal sense intended by the biblical writers and the further understanding that may be attained due to context within the whole of Scripture. [5]
Religious institute (Catholic) Religious order; Religious priest – see: Regular clergy (above) Rite to Being - The rite of being left alone to pray to Jesus Christ; Religious sister – see: Sister (below) Right of Option - a way of obtaining a benefice or a title, by the choice of the new titulary; Roman Catholic - The Roman rite of the ...