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LET US, IN HEAVEN'S NAME, drag out the Divine Drama from under the dreadful accumulation of slipshod thinking and trashy sentiment heaped upon it, and set it on an open stage to startle the world into some sort of vigorous reaction.
If the pious are the first to be shocked, so much the worse for the pious — others will enter the Kingdom of Heaven before them. If all men are offended because of Christ, let them be offended; but where is the sense of their being offended at something that is not Christ and is nothing like Him? We do Him singularly little honor by watering down till it could not offend a fly.
Surely it is not the business of the Church to adapt Christ to men, but to adapt men to Christ."
— Dorothy Sayers
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REJOICE ALWAYS. Pray without ceasing. in all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
— 1 Thessalonians 5:1
Bible Study
THE BIBLE STUDY GROUP, led by the Scott Merritt, seeks to gain a better understanding of the Bible by close reading and discussion of each book.
Each Sunday the group meets to discuss three chapters or psalms. Members of the group take turns serving as presenter, explaining their individual understanding of the assigned chapters or psalms and leading the subsequent group discussion.
The Group meets every Sunday immediately after the High Mass for 45 to 60 minutes. Anyone may join on any Sunday. All are welcome.
BIBLE: "A collection of writings which the Church of God has solemnly recognized as inspired.
"The name is derived from the Greek expression biblia (the books), which came into use in the early centuries of Christianity to designate the whole sacred volume. In the Latin of the Middle Ages, the neuter plural for Biblia (gen. bibliorum) gradually came to be regarded as a feminine singular noun (biblia, gen. bibliae, in which singular form the word has passed into the languages of the Western world. It means "The Book", by way of eminence, and therefore well sets forth the sacred character of our inspired literature. Its most important equivalents are: "The Divine Library" (Bibliotheca Divina), which was employed by St. Jerome in the fourth century; "the Scriptures", "the Holy Scriptures" -- terms which are derived from expressions found in the Bible itself; and "the Old and New Testament", in which collective title, "the Old Testament" designates the sacred books written before the coming of Our Lord, and "the New Testament" denotes the inspired writings composed since the coming of Christ.
"It is a fact of history that in the time of Christ the Jews were in possession of sacred books, which differed widely from one another in subject, style, origin and scope, and it is also a fact that they regarded all such writings as invested with a character which distinguished them from all other books. This was the Divine authority of every one of these books and of every part of each book. "
