The New Testament protest is not against Jews as contrasted with Gentiles, for the Gentiles actually carried out the sentence. It is against Jews who are Jews outwardly and not (in Paul’s phrase ...

The New Testament's answer is clear: faith alone. Only faith in Jesus Christ brings Gentiles into covenant with God, grafting them into the life of Israel like a wild olive shoot grafted into a ...

Early in New Testament history, recorded in the book of Acts, there was sharp disagreement between Jewish Christians and gentile Christians as to whether gentile males should be circumcised.

Concerns about DEI are nothing new. Recently, I went looking for signs of such in the New Testament and found the book of ...

And in the New Testament, especially in Paul’s letters, the “pagan” religions of the gentiles are projected over against true faith as idolatry, even demon worship. In both testaments and in early ...

National Catholic Register, Jun 29, 2024 / 04:00 am. St. Peter was a fisherman. Fishing nets and tilapia were his daily reality. Born without distinction in a backwater of the Roman Empire, he ...