In his epistle to the Galatians, St. Paul rebukes the Christians in Galatia for wishing to receive circumcision and bind themselves to the Old Covenant. As part of his argument, he makes this statement:
As many as are of [ek]…

In an essay on Romans 11:28-29 written for the Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers, Joseph Sievers notes that "Rom 11:29 was never cited in official Catholic pronouncements before Vatican II." Since the Council, however, Romans 11:29 — "For the…

The thirteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel relates the story of the Last Supper in the Upper Room. However, where the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) take this opportunity to record the details of the Supper itself, along with…