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In the Christian religion it is believed that God first spoke to our first parents, Adam and Eve. When our first parents sinned, God promised them a Redeemer. Out of their descendants God selected certain individuals through whom He revealed Himself and His plan of salvation. He then selected Abraham to be the Father of His chosen people. It was from his lineage that a Redeemer was to come and save the world from its sins. Through the ages God continued to reveal Himself through the patriarchs and the prophets in preparation for the coming of the promised Redeemer: Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The revelations delivered to the patriarchs and the prophets were therefore only partial revelations given to pave the way for Christ our Savior. It was through Christ that God’s full and final revelation was to come. In his letter to the Hebrews St. Paul said: “God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all, in these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world” (Heb. 1:1-2). Christ is, therefore, the Light of the World and the bearer of God’s full revelation.
A personal website of Mr. Romeo Maria del Santo Niño, O.P.
January 25, 2024 Edition
GENERAL NOTES
1. Unless otherwise indicated, all biblical quotations on this website are from the Douay-Challoner-Rheims (DCR) edition of the Bible, with minor edits to update the English. Although I have a preference for the DCR Bible, I do not use the DCR translation exclusively. If another version is used in the text, the abbreviation for the Bible version (RKB = Ronald Knox Bible; CNT = Confraternity NT Bible, etc.) will be included in the citation reference. For example, "NABRE Heb 1:1" means New American Bible Revised Edition, Hebrews Chapter 1, Verse 1.
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2. In quoting from the DCR Bible, I have updated the names of places and people to match the current names used in the newer versions. I have used Noah instead of Noe, Elijah instead of Elias, etc.
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3. The abbreviations for the books of the Bible given below will be adopted on this website. They are the abbreviations corresponding to the names of the books in the newer versions. The abbreviations inside the parentheses are the abbreviations corresponding to the names of the same books in the old DCR Bible.
Christ and the Woman of Samaria
Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872)
4. The numbering of the Psalms in the Douay, Greek, and Latin Bibles differs from the numbering of the Psalms found in the Hebrew and most modern English versions. For example, Ps 23 in the Douay is Ps 24 in the New American Bible Revised Edition. The chart below shows the differences in the numbering: