Earle Hilgert

The subject of the gift of tongues and the gift of interpretation of tongues as pre­sented in 1 Corinthians 12:10 may be di­vided into two parts. The first has to do with the question of the definition of that gift as found in the early church;…

It is a commonplace of New Testament study that the word "apostle" means "one who is sent." Beyond this, it is also interesting to know that this word, and probably also the office it designates, have a colorful background that throws light…

A British writer recently remarked that "the curtain of darkness which at present divides Europe, and darkens the world, is woven of metaphysical thread." Just as this is true in the world of political ideologies, so it is often true of the…

In part 1 of this series attention was given to a number of factors that led in the nine­teenth and early twentieth centuries to a de­cline of interest in the study of the theology of the Bible. By the 1920's and 1930's it was a widely held…

PART I

Our Calling

He call to the ministry is sacred, and not just another vocation. In Gospel Workers we read:

"The minister who is a co-worker with Christ will have a deep sense of the sacredness of his work,…

Part II

When the Protestant Reformers appealed to history in support of their religious position, the Catholic Church found itself confronted with the challenge of justifying by historical evidence its own claim to being the true…

PART 1

Prominent American magazines published an arresting challenge some time ago by Father John Courtney Murray, S.J., professor of theology at Woodstock College:

"It is not, in fact, possible…

At the beginning of a new term I  usually ask each student in any class to introduce himself by giving his name and the place from which he comes. In most schools there would be nothing unusual about this. But at the Seminary this is al­ways…

ANY theory of the origin of the Sabbath bears also on the origin of the week. A half century and more ago, when it was fashionable to derive many Biblical motifs from Babylon, numerous scholars spoke of a Babylonian origin of the week^.1…

NOTE: Dr. J. H. Meesters has written a book on the Sabbath entitled Op zoek naar de oorsprong van de sabbat. Translated into English this means In Search of the Origin of the Sabbath. Since the book is written in…