In Genesis chapter four, Abram brings a tithe or a tenth to Melchizedek of all of the goods he had taken from the King of Sodom. Abram did not take any of the spoils for himself because he did not ...

The terms contract, agreement, treaty and covenant have the same basic legal interpretation. Two or more sides, or parties, have agreed to carry out obligations or responsibilities in exchange for ...

Pope John Paul II resumed his teachings on the songs and canticles of the Liturgy of the Hours during his general audience June 18 with a teaching on a canticle found in Isaiah 61:10-62:5. More than ...

A more general understanding of the sacrificial service may flow when considering an important aspect of covenant, the contractual partnership between God and His people. The two major covenants in ...

I wonder how many of us noticed that there was a discrepancy between the version of the descent of the Holy Spirit given to us by St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles and the version given to us by ...

The task is not a New Testament afterthought, peripheral to the work of the Church, but is basic to the fulfillment of God’s purpose for the world. A persistent pursuit in the Church during the past ...

Society was changing rapidly in Jesus’ day, and this affected the interpretation of biblical law. Precepts that had made sense in an independent, agrarian and egalitarian Israel no longer functioned ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is more difficult than it seems.

This week’s Torah portion, Shemot, begins with a list of those who made their way down to Egypt from Canaan. While the Torah goes into detail about their dramatic stories back home, we know very ...