This is certainly great stuff, with faithful reference to Church teachings and those of the Early Church Fathers.I am working on a commentary on the book of Genesis and I have finished the first 2 chapters on Creation here litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Commentary+on+Genesis+by+John+Litteral
It is strictly a concise and literal interpretation based upon Church teaching and the Church Fathers.
I frequently visit your site all things. I noticed that St.Bede the Venerable’s works are upon request. I hope to see more of his works incorporated in to your site. I haven’t been to the site yet today. So I will be sure to take a look at commentary on the book of GenesisI am working on a commentary on the book of Genesis and I have finished the first 2 chapters on Creation here litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Commentary+on+Genesis+by+John+Litteral
It is strictly a concise and literal interpretation based upon Church teaching and the Church Fathers.
Thank you. I am curious: the Holy Father has written somewhere that Genesis is a kind of demythololgy of polytheism, a kind of anti-mythology. Do you touch upon the relationship between Genesis and the pagan myths?Thank you all for your very kind words!
Fortunately we are not required to believe the same way the Pope does on higher criticism and related things, because I do hold different positions as he does on many things in that area, he leans towards what many modern scholars teach. I am very much a traditionalist and I always seek out what the Church Fathers believed when it comes to those things that are not articles of Faith.Thank you. I am curious: the Holy Father has written somewhere that Genesis is a kind of demythololgy of polytheism, a kind of anti-mythology. Do you touch upon the relationship between Genesis and the pagan myths?
Read your link. Then Genesis is a revelation of the true order of things that was expressed in confused and contradictory form in paganism?Fortunately we are not required to believe the same way the Pope does on higher criticism and related things, because I do hold different positions as he does on many things in that area, he leans towards what many modern scholars teach. I am very much a traditionalist and I always seek out what the Church Fathers believed when it comes to those things that are not articles of Faith.
As for the relationship between Genesis and pagan myths, I have not touched upon that so far since I am only concerned with providing a concise commentary and not so much taking an apologetic approach, but I have put together a short article concerning something that is closely related. litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Christianity+Draws+From+Other+Religions%3F
No, I don’t think there is anything confusing about it, and surely nothing pagan about it. The article expresses that all the Biblical truth that we know that has things in common with other religions and mythology means that Christianity did not draw from them but God has allowed others throughout history to get glimses of truth here and there that happen to be correct, while Christianity contains the whole truth divinely reveal to it by God.Read your link. Then Genesis is a revelation of the true order of things that was expressed in confused and contradictory form in paganism?
Totally backwards. God revealed to Moses what actually took place through divine revelation, while some other of the ancient creation accounts are products of God spreading the seeds of truth far and wide and then taking root in various forms and then getting mixed with pure myths by those outside of the covenant with God. There is a little truth in just about every religion because man can get glimpses of truth revealed to them outside of the one true Faith. But just because myths and religions contain some things similar to what the Bible reveals does not mean that the Biblical authors drew from those sources, because the Bible is inspired by God and contains the fullness of the written Truth. Modern day scholarship has created some ideas that do nothing but bring doubt to the inspiration of the Bible.I think the gist of it is that the Hebrews used the Akkadian creation stories as a background to explain their beliefs. Similar form, completely different conclusions.
There are some things that I have on there of his, such as Commentary on Revelation, Commentary on Genesis, on 1 Kings, Ezra, and Tobit. Plus the Ancient Christian Commentary has a lot of his quotes which I have on the site. I search all the time for new commentaries of the Fathers to add to the collection, the more that gets put online the more I hope to find and add. I use his stuff for the Daily Mass Readings often, so you can also find commentary from him there as well as in the Past Mass Readings page. Also I have most of his commentary on James in the catena on James.I frequently visit your site all things. I noticed that St.Bede the Venerable’s works are upon request. I hope to see more of his works incorporated in to your site. I haven’t been to the site yet today. So I will be sure to take a look at commentary on the book of Genesis
I got some commentary from that document from the Gospel of Mark. For my CRHP team that is one of our reading for May 3 to discuss. I also love the stuff that you have on St. Thomas AquinasThere are some things that I have on there of his, such as Commentary on Revelation, Commentary on Genesis, on 1 Kings, Ezra, and Tobit. Plus the Ancient Christian Commentary has a lot of his quotes which I have on the site. I search all the time for new commentaries of the Fathers to add to the collection, the more that gets put online the more I hope to find and add. I use his stuff for the Daily Mass Readings often, so you can also find commentary from him there as well as in the Past Mass Readings page. Also I have most of his commentary on James in the catena on James.
:1 In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.I am working on a commentary on the book of Genesis and I have finished the first 2 chapters on Creation here litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Commentary+on+Genesis+by+John+Litteral
It is strictly a concise and literal interpretation based upon Church teaching and the Church Fathers.
Hi Richard, actually, right there in the first verse of the Bible the Holy Trinity is hinted at. The Hebrew word is “Elohim”, the plural version of the word for God, “El”. And, as you pointed out, this becomes more clear right there in the first chapter of Genesis. God bless!God in 1.1 would imply the Monotheistic God and only with later verses and the NT can we be clear that GOD is a Trinune God, the Father, Son and the Spirit.
- I am inclined to explain the Trinune God…
The Spirit of God moving over the waters (1:2)…and
“Let us make man in our image after our likeness…” (1:26)
Gospel of John (Prologue) and in with the fuller writings of the Christian Scriptures…
Thanks.Hi Richard, actually, right there in the first verse of the Bible the Holy Trinity is hinted at. The Hebrew word is “Elohim”, the plural version of the word for God, “El”. And, as you pointed out, this becomes more clear right there in the first chapter of Genesis. God bless!