To give a proper perspective on the New Covenant sacrament of reconciliation instituted by Christ, we will explore the Old Testament prefiguration of this sacrament. In the next column ...

In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting ... (It’s why, wanting to emphasize certain characteristics for their children, Catholic parents would name them after particular patron ...

Globally speaking, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel's more-or-less traditional lyrics (though there are variations) pretty well summed up pre-Vatican II Catholic understanding of the relationship of the New ...

“He was the first major figure in the Church to set forth a list which included all of the disputed Old Testament books ...