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Reading through the Book of Deuteronomy

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 Father Kevin curse of the law, deuteronomy, exodus, hierarchical priesthood, hierarchy, idolatry, moses, numbers, second law, shemaa israel

“…he gave them the second law, the deutero-nomos, which would guide their lives no longer wandering in the desert, but settled in the Holy Land that they would soon conquer…”

Catholicism and Church teaching Holy Scripture and the Bible

Reading through the book of Genesis

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 Father Kevin abraham, genesis, hebrew patriarchs, idolatry, isaac, israel, jacob, judah, king david, messianic expectation, messianism, polytheism, sons of jacob

“the Old Testament is the story of Israel’s ongoing struggle against polytheism and idolatry, and it is mostly a struggle with self. Because polytheism was the way of men everywhere then, as it very much is today, and increasingly so…”