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Western Christianity so names its Greek scriptures to distinguish them from the Hebrew scriptures ("Old Testament"). It consists of "Gospels," Epistles, and the Apocalypse (Revelation). The term (new covenant) comes from 1 Cor. 11:25 and its parallel (Luke 22:20) in which Jesus institutes the Christian eucharist. New Wine into Old Wineskins
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 ...
In rhetoric, a pericope (/ p ə ˈ r ɪ k ə p iː /; Greek περικοπή, "a cutting-out") is a set of verses that forms one coherent unit or thought, suitable for public reading from a text, now usually of sacred scripture.
The Unity of the Church, St. Andrews (1960) The Church's Unity, World Council of Churches, New Delhi (1961) The Holy Spirit and the Catholicity of the Church, Uppsala (1968) What Unity Requires, Nairobi (1975) Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry, Lima (1982) Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion (1993)
This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church.Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.
Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the word of God, committed to the Church. Holding fast to this deposit the entire holy people united with their shepherds remain always steadfast in the teaching of the Apostles, in the common life, in the breaking of the bread and in prayers (see Acts 2, 42, Greek text), so that ...
Papyrus 49, a 3rd-century manuscript of the Epistle to the Ephesians. The Epistle to the Ephesians [a] is the tenth book of the New Testament.According to its text, the letter was written by Paul the Apostle, an attribution that Christians traditionally accepted.
Intercessory prayers for the church and its leadership, and often, for earthly rulers. Incense; Offering; A division between the first half of the liturgy, open to both church members and those wanting to learn about the church, and the second half, the celebration of the Eucharist proper, open only to baptized believers in good standing with ...