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 ...

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

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.

The “gentile problem” is not solved through proselyte circumcision but rather by gentiles being grafted into Israel through the Spirit of the Messiah, ... In speaking of “faith,” the New Testament ...

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 ...