Brief Overview Bible codes refer to hidden patterns of letters, numbers, and words that some people claim to find within biblical texts using mathematical techniques or computer analysis.…
Brief Overview Melchizedek appears briefly in Genesis 14 as a priest-king of Salem who blessed Abraham and received a tithe from him in exchange. Scripture records nothing about…
Brief Overview The Bible mentions individuals called "brothers" and "sisters" of Jesus, but the Catholic Church teaches that Mary remained a virgin throughout her life and did not…
Brief Overview The Nephilim appear in Genesis 6:4 as mysterious beings born from the union of "the sons of God" and human women, and they represent one of…
Brief Overview The Bible does not mention dinosaurs by name because the word "dinosaur" is a modern term created in 1842, over a thousand years after Scripture was…
Brief Overview The Catholic Church recognizes seventy-three books in the biblical canon, while many Protestant churches recognize sixty-six books, with seven books and portions of two others considered…
Brief Overview The period between Jesus's twelfth year and his public ministry around age thirty is commonly called the "lost years" or "silent years" because the Gospels provide…
Brief Overview Bible scholars discovered that some verses in older translations like the King James Version did not appear in the earliest and most reliable ancient manuscripts available…
Brief Overview "Messiah" and "Christ" both translate to "anointed one" in Hebrew and Greek respectively, making them essentially the same title applied to Jesus. The Catholic Church teaches…
Brief Overview The name Yahweh appears in the Hebrew scriptures as God's personal name, revealed to Moses at the burning bush, and represents God's eternal and unchanging nature.…
