‘For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.’ (John 1:17) The Sacred Scriptures lead to eternal life in two ways: by telling us what we must do to live eternally and by helping us to do these things. We are told what we must do in the Old Testament and we are given help to execute these commands in the New Testament. These commands are called the Law and this help is called Grace. Keeping in mind the end of Sacred Scripture, that we may live the life of God, it makes sense that we, … Continue reading The Old and New Testament

Divisions of a text were basic exercises for ancient and medieval students aimed at answering a couple of questions: what is the goal of this piece of writing, what are the parts of this writing, and how are the parts and the goal related? Before a student could begin to analyze a text, that is examine the specific arguments of the text, he had to be able to state clearly its end and its form. A text’s end or goal dictates everything else about the text. Indeed this is true of everything. If my end is to get to New York from Los Angeles I had … Continue reading What is a Textual Division