Tag: Scripture
Mark Shea: What’s in a Name?
Names are a big deal in Scripture. Hebrew culture and tradition saw names as more than mere labels to slap on people and things...
Mark Shea: Models of the Church: Paul and the Church of...
This completes Mark Shea's series, Models of the Church
There is a myth about St Paul: that he was the Lone Ranger apostle. A visionary...
Mark Shea: Models of the Church: John and the Church of...
This is Part 4 of Mark Shea's series on Models of the Church
There’s a little joke about Peter and John running to the tomb. ...
Mark Shea: Models of the Church
Part of my nefarious purpose in doing a series on the Senses of Scripture was to prime the pump for a new discussion on...
Mark Shea: The Four Senses of Scripture: Part 4 The Anagogical...
The last in the series on the Four Senses of Scripture
The last of the Four Senses of Scripture highlights the Catholic genius for taking...
Mark Shea: The Four Senses of Scripture: Part 3 The Moral...
Part 3 of a series on the Four Senses of Scripture
One of the big things Jesus emphasises is that deeds matter more than words. ...
Mark Shea: The Four Senses of Scripture: The Allegorical Sense
Part 2 of a series on the Four Senses of Scripture
Last time in this space, we looked at the first and most obvious sense...
The Four Senses of Scripture: The Literal Sense
Part 1 of a special series on the Four Senses of Scripture
Have you ever noticed that you can do something without realising you are...
Q&A with Fr John Flader: The interpretation of Scripture
Dear Father, In a recent column you wrote that the Bible is truthful in everything it says, and I am happy to accept that....
Fr John Flader Q&A: The truthfulness of scripture
“Dear Father, I was recently at a class in which the teacher said that the Bible was truthful only in spiritual matters, not in...
Mark Shea: On humour, Part 2
Humour can be used for good, or ill
Because humour is about incongruity, it has long been a tool for addressing the hypocrisy of the...
Mark Shea: Blessed are the Peacemakers and the Persecuted
Part 4 of Mark’s series exploring the Beatitudes
One of the little oddities of Scripture is that the traditional reading of it tends to smooth...
