The first and last prophets
The first prophets: The so-called historical books (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings). The Jews call them “the first prophets,” and equate them with the last prophets […]
An orthodox view of The Da Vinci Code
Novel events: A monk named Silas from the Opus Dei association kills the director of the Louvre Museum, Jacques Saunière, who is the head of a secret association whose mission is...
01:26-38 – The Annunciation
Text: 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin espoused to
05:3_11 – The Beatitudes
Text:1 And when he saw the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he was seated, his disciples came to him. 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying, 3 “Blessed are the poor
09:14-31 – This kind does not come out except through prayer and fasting
14 And when he came to the disciples, he saw a large crowd around them, and scribes conversing with them. 15 And immediately the whole crowd, when they saw him, were astonished, and ran and saluted.
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08:34-38, 09:1 – Following Jesus
34 And he called the crowd together with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants
06:14-30 – Beheading of the glorious forerunner John the Baptist
14 Then King Herod heard about it, because his name had become famous. He said: “John the Baptist rose from the dead, and therefore mighty works are done through him.” 15 He said
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05:1-12 - Healing of the paralytic of Capernaum
1 Then he entered Capernaum again after a few days, and it was heard that he was at home. 2 And immediately many gathered together, so that there was no room left, nor
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Back to Da Vinci's book
Many Christian believers were indignant and surprised by the claims made by Dan Brown in his detective story “The Davinci Code,” which dealt with
Interpretation of the New Testament in the Orthodox Church
The Gospels, which are the core of the New Testament and an important part of it, are permanently kept on the Holy Table in every Orthodox Church. from
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The Bible, the Church and Criticism
This text is part of a longer article with the same title, and some sections have been deleted with permission from the author. Father Jack Sparks
The Bible between scientific criticism and tradition
This talk serves as an introduction, a point of view and questions. The answer is not given directly, and time answers, the Church answers, science answers. What is it
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