I have noted that there was some discussion regarding the “Old Testament” covenant and the “New Testament” covenant, with theists insisting that atheists do not know the difference between the two.

People of the Covenant: An Invitation to the Old Testament Dianne Bergant, CSA. Sheed & Ward, $16.95 (216pp) ISBN 978-1-58051-090-5 ...

The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians, 2:14). The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement, pact. In the ...

Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament of reconciliation is in Genesis 4. Adam’s oldest son, Cain, kills his younger brother, Abel. God, like he did with Adam, tries to elicit ...

The Pilgrim Feast of the Unleavened Bread which follows the sacrifice allowing the covenant people of the Old Testament to relive the theme of the redemption and judgement which the Israelite ...

And the New Testament (e.g., Hebrews 11:8-10) will repeatedly return to the covenant God made with Abraham as “our father in faith” (First Eucharistic Prayer). Covenants ( berith ...

Richard J. Clifford. Richard J. Clifford, S.J., is professor of Old Testament and dean of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (founded in June 2008). A former editor of The Catholic ...

The covenant will be renewed, and they will rebuild the temple. ... Excerpt taken from The Old Testament in Seven Sentences by Christopher J. H. Wright. ©2019 by Christopher J. H. Wright.

The Old Testament was written over a period of approximately 1000 years, ... the Ark of the Covenant was built by the Israelites shortly after they fled Egypt around the 13th century BC.

In the words of Peter J. Tomson: “The ‘new covenant,’ if we may thus accentuate it, is valid only in heaven, not yet upon earth.” It is also crucial to note how the verb palaioun (“to grow old”) is ...

Covenant and Communion. The language of covenant that is everywhere in the Old Testament gives way to communion in the New. We hear in the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians of koinonia ...

Biblical home of the Ark of the Covenant is 'discovered' in a 3,000-year-old temple in Israel that archaeologists believe was 'intentionally desecrated' with animal DUNG by the Philistines ...