Come and See: Acts and Letters
Overview
How do the Letters of Saint Paul connect to the history of the Acts of the Apostles? What was the structure and governance of the ancient apostolic church? How should the Catholic Church interpret the difficult passages in Paul’s writing? Find the answers to these and many other questions in the pages of Acts and Letters in the popular Come and See: Catholic Bible Study Series. This study uses modern study tools—inductive and deductive learning, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the writings of popes and saints—to unlock an ancient treasure and show its current application.
The Logos edition brings you more. With references to the Bible and Catechism appearing on mouseover, you can easily read source material to engage further with the subject matter. All cross-references are tagged to other resources in your library, you can easily connect with citations to the saints, popes, and doctors of the church. Enrich your Bible study and broaden your knowledge of Scripture as you explore these commentaries like never before through Logos.
- Scriptural teaching applied to life situations
- Rich teachings from the saints and church fathers
- Engaging questions and discussion points for deeper Bible study
- Birth of the Church (AD 29): Acts 1–2
- Peter and John (AD 30): Acts 3–5
- The Diaconal Order (AD 31): Acts 6–7
- Philip the Deacon (AD 33): Acts 8
- The Conversion of Saul (AD 35): Acts 9
- Peter and James (AD 43): Acts 10–12
- Paul and Barnabas (AD 47): Acts 13–14
- The Apostles in Council (AD 49): Acts 15
- Paul and Silas (AD 50): Acts 15:36–16:40
- Philippians (AD 50): Philippians 1–4
- Thessalonians (AD 50): Acts 17, 1 & 2 Thessalonians
- The Word to Corinth (AD 51): Acts 18, 1 Corinthians 1–8
- The Apostolic Liturgy (AD 52): 1 Corinthians 9–16
- Ephesians (AD 54–57): Acts 19, Ephesians
- Return to Corinth (AD 57): 2 Corinthians
- God’s Righteousness: Romans 1–4
- Response to Grace: Romans 5–8
- God’s Universal Plan: Romans 9–16
- Galatians: Galatians 1–6
- Appeal to Caesar (AD 60): Acts 20–26
- Letters from Prison: Colossians 1–4, Philemon
- To Rome and Beyond (AD 61): Acts 27–28
Top Highlights
“Modern theologians call this phenomenon inculturation—translating the Gospel into the milieu of a given society, enabling the values of Christianity to interact with the context in which people find themselves.” (Page 28)
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“Peter shows us all that the natural gifts do not have to wait for the supernatural gifts. Every gift carries with it the responsibility to be used, and delay is pointless.” (Page 10) |
“Babylon holds first place on the list, because the Jewish community there was very numerous, ever since the time of the exile, but also because the Tower of Babel had been there, and the Pentecost event stands counterpoised to the Babel event. If Babel was the problem, Pentecost was the solution. At Babel, the people defied God and were confounded in their speech; at Pentecost, the people receive the Holy Spirit and acquire intelligibility.” (Page 11)
“Jesus asked these eleven Galilean Jews to build a bridge where none had ever been built before” (Page 9)
“His Second Coming will be in divine form. The stumbling” (Page 101)
- Title: Come and See: Acts and Letters
- Authors: Laurie W. Manhardt and Joseph Ponessa
- Series: Come and See: Catholic Bible Study
- Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing
- Publication Date: 2008
- Pages: 228
- Christian Group: Catholic
- Resource Type: Bible Studies
- Topic: Pauline Epistles
Laurie W. Manhardt holds a BA in psychology from the University of Detroit and a PhD in education from the University of Michigan. She led an interfaith Bible study for 10 years, which convinced her of the need for quality Catholic Bible study resources. The Come and See: Catholic Bible Study Series is the result.
Joseph Ponessa was ordained in 1974 for his home diocese of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, where he serves as pastor. Mount Angel Seminary in St Benedict, Oregon, awarded him an MA in theology, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum) in Rome has conferred the doctorate in Sacred Scripture. Ponessa speaks American English, Italian, Spanish, and French, and he reads Middle English, Latin, Hebrew, Greek, German, Arabic, and Biblical Aramaic.