Pope: God’s Law is Meant to Bring Freedom
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The purpose of the law in Christian life is not to forcibly subjugate others, but...
St Paul
Understanding St Paul’s Teachings
Pauls moral teaching often causes controversy. Scripture scholar Victor Paul Furnish, who tries to show how a more critical reading of Pauls ethics can retrieve the spirit of what he said, observes that when one treats Pauls teaching as if it were a sacred cow, one runs the risk of turning it into a white elephant.
St Paul Today
As we study St Paul, we are faced with the almost inevitable question: what does a Jewish preacher of the Risen Christ who was executed in Rome in around 61 AD have to say to Christians today? After all, so much has changed since Paul’s death.
Paul and Jesus
What did St Paul actually know about Jesus? Before his conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-6) Paul would have known very little about Jesus. Having never met the historical Jesus of Nazareth, he had to rely initially on what was being said about him in Jerusalem by Jesus’ disciples and detractors.
St Paul’s Big Round-Trip
Even among those who have perhaps no knowledge of St Paul, some will have heard of his dramatic conversion and we often hear the phrase “the road to Damascus” or his “Damascus” moment.
Now, where was I with Elijah?
I had often met her at the Companys Gardens in Cape Town on my way to Mass. Somehow we always...
8: Rome’s loveliest basilica
When St Peter left the lands of his birth for the city of his death, he departed by boat from...
1: Welcome in the Holy Land
In bygone eras, pilgrims to the Holy Land would arrive at the bustling, colourful port of Jaffa (at least if...
