ACC 15 acclaims Bible project
The Anglican Consultative Council, meeting in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
The Anglican Consultative Council, meeting in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
Women at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Mesa, AZ, painstakingly painted and wrote in calligraphy the pages of Genesis in an ambitious “scriptorium” project led by parishioner and medieval-art enthusiast Lee Kitts.
Inspiration for the Pentecost season– The Book of Acts in 3 Minutes! I especially like the part where “God rocks the house, literally.”
The apocalyptic genre was often used in that day to say what was not safe to say, to speak truth to power. But a new book by Elaine Pagel’s argues that the critique was not of the Roman Empire, but of the Pauline Church’s decision to allow Gentiles to become Christian.
The Rev. George Clifford says that perhaps reading the Bible indiscriminately and only as a devotional tool de-values the Bible, hurts the church, and inadequately prepares Christians.
The King James Bible is the subject of a National Geographic article by Adam Nicolson and picture gallery by Jim Richardson:
Robert Pigott writes in BBC News Magazine that the Bible is being translated for the first time in Creole. Some oppose the move, thinking learning
Two practicing Jews who are also New Testament scholars have published an annotated version of the New Testament that is meant to introduce Jewish readers to the texts.