Category Archive: Scriptures

Dec 18 2014

Praying Scripture for a Change

Praying Scripture for a Change is an introduction to the practice of Lectio Divina written by Dr. Tim Gray. Dr. Gray is the president of the Augustine Institute, a professor of Scripture at St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver, and has contributed to the development of The Great Adventure Bible Study Series. Using Guido the Carthusian’s Ladder of Monks …

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Nov 16 2014

Exegesis via Rosary

One of the questions that comes up when you start thinking about Scriptures is how to correctly interpret the Scriptures. That would be exegesis the drawing out of meaning from the Bible versus eisegesis which is interpreting in a way that puts your views into Scripture. There are many tools from a variety of viewpoints …

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Oct 14 2014

Bible News

Here is a roundup of a few pieces of Bible news of note over the past couple of weeks. Ignatius Press will be publishing the Didache Bible on December 15th. This Bible will use the Revised Standard Version – Second Catholic Edition translation and the commentary will be directly from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. …

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Dec 20 2013

Scripture Resource Page Updated

I’ve just updated our Scripture Resource page to add some of the date that I spoke about at our last presentation. I’ve included the title, year completed, translation philosophy, whether inclusive language is used, and listed some of the more notable features and editions of every version of Scriptures in the English language that has …

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Dec 10 2013

December Meeting Resources

I really enjoyed giving the presentation this past Sunday on Catholic Versions of English Scriptures. Below are listed some of the resources that I mentioned or had meant to mention. Word of the Lord – 7 Essential Principles for Catholic Scripture Study (Purchase from Aquinas and More) This was the book that I mentioned at the …

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