Explanation of the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark
G - Passion and Resurrection 14:1 - 16:8 General characteristics of the Gospel narratives about the Passion: (1) Before interpreting the narrative about […]
Matthias the Apostle, one of the Twelve
He was among the seventy apostles. After the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and the betrayal and suicide of Judas, lots fell on Matthias to be counted among the Twelve.
Great Holy Week: Good Friday - Calvary
On Holy Thursday we followed Jesus into the upper room. Today, on Good Friday (49), we will follow him to Calvary. We will not follow him
Great Holy Week: Holy Thursday - Cenacle
Holy Thursday brings us into the Paschal Mystery (38), as it revives and brings before us the first part of this Mystery, which took place in
Great Holy Week: Holy Wednesday - why this extravagance?
Holy Wednesday shows us two different images that indicate conflicting psychological states: the image of the woman who poured perfume on Jesus’ head
Types and forms of preaching
A. Types of preaching: Many basic factors change in a sermon depending on the occasion. In addition to changing the topic, the ideal duration of the sermon, the tone, and the movement change.
01:15-26 - The choice of the Apostle Matthias
Text: 15 And in those days Peter stood up among the disciples, and there were a number of names together, about a hundred and twenty. He said: 16 “Oh!
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...
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Many Christian believers were indignant and surprised by the claims made by Dan Brown in his detective story “The Davinci Code,” which dealt with
The surrender of Judas: betrayal or divine command?
The Lord Jesus said, addressing the Father: “Those whom you gave me I have kept, and none of them has perished except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.”
Why did Judas Iscariot betray Christ and betray him?
Mark's Gospel does not indicate any motive for Jesus' surrender. The later Gospels (Matthew, Luke and John) point to two factors: In Matthew 26: