Theology
Christianity and its cultural captivity,
From a pastor-friend: I’m reading and enjoying Nancy Pearcey’s “Total truth: liberating Christianity from its cultural captivity” (Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Books, 2004). Some quotes from pages 47 to 49 impinge on this discussion; —— “Redemption is not just about being saved _from_ sin, it is also about being saved _to_ something – to resume the […]
Historical criticism
Pontifical Biblical Commission: Yesterday And Today The Pontifical Biblical Commission was established by Pope Leo XIII on October 30, 1902, in order that the text of Sacred Scripture “will find here and from every quarter the most thorough interpretation which is demanded by our times and be shielded, not only from every breath of error, […]
Raymond Brown on The Catholic Church
NOTES ON NINETEENTH ANNUAL MERTON LECTURE Rev. Raymond E. Brown, S.S. “The Catholic Church and the Bible: Where Have We Been – – and Where Do We Go from Here?” October 10, 1996 The Rev. Brown is Auburn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary, retired 1990. – The public image of […]
Cardinal Ratzinger on Biblical Exegesis
Cardinal Ratzinger, Biblical Exegesis and the Church By Stephen Hand “At its core, the debate about modern exegesis is not a dispute among historians, it is rather a philosophical debate” —Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Interpretation in Crisis On January 27, 1988, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, dropped something […]
Ratzinger: Biblical Interpretation in Crisis
Biblical Interpretation in Crisis: On the Question of the Foundations and Approaches of Exegesis Today by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger In Wladimir Solowjew’s History of the Antichrist, the eschatological enemy of the Redeemer recommended himself to believers, among other things, by the fact that he had earned his doctorate in theology at T ¼bingen and had written […]
Primitive world-view
Rowland: For example – the notion of a ‘firmament’, an errant view of the cosmos if ever there was one, eh? Don: No, it isn’t. The meaning of the Hebrew is equivocal and there is nothing in the use of ‘raqiya’ anywhere in the Hebrew OT that demands it be understood as a solid dome. […]
‘If Grace is True: Why God Will Save Every Person’ (Book Review)
Book Review: ‘If Grace is True: Why God Will Save Every Person’, Philip Gulley & James Mulholland, HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.The questionsa.. How can the God Jesus talked about – who is both loving and powerful – tolerate seeing his creatures tormented forever in hell?a.. How can the “saved” actually enjoy heaven while some of their loved […]
Ken Smith on biblical inerrancy and creationism
Ken: This is a response to another part of the first section of Don’s initial posting. It is rather long, but from experience I have learnt that quoting at length initially saves much subsequent time and effort. This will be mainly theological, and includes quotations from the Bible, and from three theologians: Augustine from the […]
Creation myths
Chris wrote (to Don): Genesis is the creation myth of the ancient Near East assimilated by the Hebrews and reinterpreted in the light of their experience of God. In fact two or three myths went into Genesis and were combined to make an almost coherent whole. Any good commentary will tell you this. It may […]
Asimov on creationism
`To demonstrate that evolutionary theory was not true, they [creationists] did not hesitate to misquote, distort, take out of context, and in other ways violate the biblical injunction against false witness.’ Isaac Asimov
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