Fr. Daniel's Corner

THE DIVINE LIBRARY - One aspect of our Catholic faith, in addition to the Eucharist, is God's word, the Bible....Click to read more

VERBUM DEI - GOD'S WORD, THE BIBLE - The word 'Bible' is a derivation of the Greek word biblia which means a "collection of writings." ...Click to read more

THE DIVINE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE - Our previous entries present the Bible as no ordinary book, but God's word. And rightly so it is...Click to read more

INERRANCY, THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE - From the last entry on Divine Revelation, we highlighted the Divine and Human authorship of the Bible. God did not dictate to the writers of the Sacred Scripture; he inspired them to write...Click to read more

INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE - This is the effort to ascertain the meaning of the Bible intended by its divine and human authors...Click to read more

CANONICITY OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE - You must have noticed that the Catholic Bible has more books (73) than the Protestant’s (66). How do we account for this?...Click to read more

THE DIVISION OF THE HEBREW BIBLE - ...by Hebrew Bible we mean the Jewish Bible with 39 books found accepted by our separated brethren. This Jewish Bible is divided into three parts: The Law (Tôrāh), the Prophets (Nebiim), and the Writings (Ketûbim)...Click to read more

THE OT CANON OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - The most striking difference between the Catholic and Protestant Bibles is that while the former has 46 books, the latter has 39 books...Click to read more