Bible for Catholic Nerds – The theme of the road “To do and to listen”

The theme of the road “To do and to listen” “When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem.” We are in chapter 9, verse 51, of the Gospel according to Luke. It is considered the central verse, the articulation of the story of the third evangelist. […]

Bible for Catholic Nerds – The Programmatic Discourse

The Programmatic Discourse “When Jesus began his ministry, he was about thirty years of age. He was the son, as was thought, of Joseph.” Luke, according to his literary and mixed training, is the most precise Evangelist from the point of view of the historiographic indications. He has dated the beginning of the ministry of […]

Bible for Catholic Nerds – The Center of Time

   The Center of Time After the infancy narratives, the evangelist Luke, in chapter 3 of his work, begins to narrate the public ministry of Jesus. And from this moment on, the same narrative order follows that of Mark and Matthew. These three evangelists are in fact called Synoptics because they can be read almost […]

Bible for Catholic Nerds – The Visitation and the Birth

The Visitation and the Birth After the narration of the two annunciations of John and Jesus, the Evangelist Luke presents the meeting of the two mothers. In the two chapters of the Gospel of the Infancy, Luke collects the material of the Judeo-Christian tradition; oral testimonies, perhaps written documents reworked by his literary and theological […]

Bible for Catholic Nerds – The Annunciation

The Annunciation The evangelist Luke prefaced the actual account of Jesus’ public ministry with a long narrative of the protagonist’s childhood. The first two chapters of the Gospel according to Luke are dedicated to the events preceding the public manifestation of Jesus. In chapter three, in fact, the evangelist, as a good historian and Hellenist, […]

Bible for Catholic Nerds – 1.Who was Luke?

Who was Luke? “Scriba mansuetudinis Christi”, this is how Dante Alighieri described the evangelist Luke: “Scribe of the meekness of Christ.” It is a concise and adequate formula. The evangelist Luke is, in fact, a skilled writer inserted in the culture of Hellenism and he has crafted a beautiful neat story picking up material from […]

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