Apostle to the Gentiles: St Paul: A Force of Grace
Scott Hahn From the Nov/Dec 2008 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine Pope Benedict XVI has called the Church to a full year in honor of St. Paul the Apostle—from June28, 2008, to June 29, 2009. We should...
View ArticleApostle to the Gentiles: Talking about Our Veneration
Scott Hahn From the Jan/Feb 2009 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine Many Catholics are skittish about reading St. Paul. His texts, after all, were most invoked by Martin Luther and John Calvin during the...
View ArticleApostle to the Gentiles: God Surpasses Paul’s Expectations—and Ours
by Scott Hahn Trained as a Pharisee, young Saul of Tarsus knew well the expectations of his people. Saul studied in Jerusalem under Rabbi Gamaliel the Great, the most renowned scholar of his time. A...
View ArticleApostle to the Gentiles: God Our Father
Scott Hahn From the Mar/Apr 2009 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine St. Paul stood in the front lines of a religious revolution. He preached a radical proposition. His gospel-his good news-was news indeed....
View ArticleApostle to the Gentiles: Paul the Priest
Scott Hahn From the May/Jun 2009 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine When Saul was a young Pharisee, he was zealous for the Torah. He studied in the most prestigious theological school in Jerusalem. He may...
View ArticleApostle to the Gentiles: The New Temple
Scott Hahn From the Jul/Aug 2009 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine We modern Christians have few occasions to use the word “temple.” It never caught on as a term for Christian places of worship. And other...
View ArticleApostle to the Gentiles: The Spirit of St. Paul
Scott Hahn From the Sept/Oct 2009 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him” (Acts 13:9). It seems that Paul was “filled with the Holy Spirit” in...
View ArticleApostle to the Gentiles: Let Us Go Rejoicing
Scott Hahn From the Nov/Dec 2009 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine The doctrine of St. Paul is too rich to be summarized well. So I would like to end our year’s reflections with simple recourse to one...
View ArticleBlessed to Be a Blessing
Scott Hahn, Ph.D. From the May/Jun 2011 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine When the Church “beatifies,” it declares someone to be “blessed.” That’s the literal meaning of the Latin roots beatus and facere:...
View ArticleThe Paternal Order of Priests
Scott Hahn From the May/Jun 2012 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine There is a famous homily of St. Augustine in which he refers to the fathers in his audience as “my fellow bishops.” He startles his...
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