Q16 What is the right way to read the Bible?
The right way to read Sacred Scripture is to read it prayerfully, in other words, with the help of the Holy Spirit, under whose influence it came into being. It is God’s Word and contains God’s essential communication to us. The BIBLE is like a long letter written by GodContinue Reading
Q15 How can Sacred Scripture be “truth” if not everything in it is right?
The BIBLE is not meant to convey precise historical information or scientific findings to us. Moreover, the authors were children of their time. They shared the cultural ideas of the world around them and often were also dominated by its errors. Nevertheless, everything that man must know about God andContinue Reading
Q14 Is Sacred Scripture true?
“The books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach [the] truth. . . . Written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author” (Second Vatican Council, DV 11). The BIBLE did not fall from heaven in its final form, nor did God dictate itContinue Reading
Q13 Can the Church err in questions of faith?
The faithful as a whole cannot err in faith, because Jesus promised his disciples that he would send them the Spirit of truth and keep them in the truth (Jn 14:17). Just as the disciples believed Jesus with their whole heart, a Christian can rely completely on the Church whenContinue Reading
Old Testament
I. NAME The word “testament”, Hebrew berîth, Greek diatheke, primarily signifies the covenant which God entered into first with Abraham, then with the people of Israel. The Prophets had knowledge of a new covenant to which the one concluded on Mount Sinai should give away. Accordingly Christ at the LastContinue Reading
St. Aba Mina
Feastday: November 11 of near Alexandria. Aka Mena of Kemet (Egypt). Known as Menas of Cotyauem, Menas of Cotyaes; Menas of Cotyaeum; Menas of Egypt; Menas of Kotyaeum; Menas of Mareotis; and Mennas. I drove camels early in life, but I became a solider for Caesar. Firmilian was my primicerius.Continue Reading
St. Abakuh
Feastday: January 23 of Bamujeh. I am the martyr of Bamujeb, Fayum, and KemetContinue Reading
St. Abakerazum
Feastday: July 19 I was a reformed robber and bandit, Alexandria martyred, buried at Alexandria Borieam in Banuar, Kemet. Saint Kirdjun (also known as Abakerazum) was a robber converted to Christianity. He was a reformed robber and bandit. He died as a martyr in Alexandria and was buried at Banuar. His feast day is July 19. He is referenced in Les Martyrs d’Égypte by Hippolyte Delehaye.Continue Reading
St. Abaidas
Feastday: October 31 I am the confessor, and Ethiopian follower of Acirianus.Continue Reading
St. Abadiu
Feastday: December 26 I was Bishop Martyr of Antinoe. Arians killed me. Abadiu of Antinoe is a saint of the Coptic Church. He was the bishop of Antinoe, and was made a martyr by the Arians. His feast day is December 26. He is referenced in Les Martyrs d’Égypte by Hippolyte Delehaye.Continue Reading
