The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement, pact. In the language of the Bible it denotes the agreement or pact between God and man: Man agreed to ...

The Catholic reflections describe the growing respect for the Jewish tradition that has unfolded since the Second Vatican Council, and state that "a deepening Catholic appreciation of the eternal ...

Circumcision is the mark of the covenant between God and Israel embodied on the male Jew. The key question is, where does this idea in Genesis 17 come from? Modern scholars, of course, are not sure.

“Everything that the priesthood of the Old Covenant prefigured finds its fulfillment in Christ Jesus, the ‘one mediator between God and men” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church,” 1544 ...

God is faithful. He says what He means, and He means what He says. He keeps His word. He fulfills His promises. He is a covenant-keeping God. We must retain a sharp consciousness of this attribute ...

The word covenant means agreement, such as a contract between two people. Many Jews see their relationship with God as a covenant, or an agreement. The belief is that God asks them to do certain ...

Yet the Hebrew of the Bible can communicate a rich sensation of love: the love of a man for a woman ... description of the relationship between God and Israel in the Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter ...