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An ecclesial base community is a relatively autonomous Christian religious group that operates according to a particular model of community, worship, and Bible study.The 1968 Medellín, Colombia, meeting of Latin American Council of Bishops played a major role in popularizing them under the name basic ecclesial communities (BECs; also base communities; Spanish: comunidades eclesiales de base). [1]
Another usage, by Catholics, is that 'accommodation' is the appropriation of words or sentences from the Bible to signify ideas different from those that were originally expressed in the text or in the mind of their originator. For example, where some biblical phrase is re-purposed as part of a liturgy or theological work.
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.
An example would be the parting of the Red Sea being understood as a "type" (sign) of baptism. [38] The moral sense understands the scripture to contain some ethical teaching. The anagogical interpretation includes eschatology and applies to eternity and the consummation of the world. Catholic theology adds other rules of interpretation which ...
Like secular camp programs, the activities schedule varies from Bible camp to Bible camp. At Aldersgate, Maynard recalls the program hosting themed sessions each week for different age brackets.
The Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) is an American learned society dedicated to the academic study of the Bible.The suggestion to form a permanent association of biblical scholars was made at the beginning of 1936 at a meeting in Washington, D.C., held to plan for the preparation of a revised translation of the New Testament.
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 ...
Although the word "ecclesial" itself means "church" or "gathering" in a political sense in Koine Greek, the Catholic Church applies the term "Church" in the proper sense only to Christian communities that, in the Catholic Church's view, "have true sacraments and above all – because of the apostolic succession – the priesthood and the ...