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This project is an attempt to draw together most of the usages of words for propitiation in the Latin Vulgate. I hope that having access to these usages can help foster a deeper understanding of propitiation in Catholic theology, especially pertaining to the mass. The words searched for are propitius (adj), propitio (verb, inf: propitiare), and propitiatio (noun). The 1598 Clementine Vulgate1 is used for the Latin text, English translation provided by the Douay-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision2....

Discussing the importance of keeping the Divine Author of Scripture at the forefront of your mind ...

The other day, while browsing a forum, I came across someone who was troubled by objections to the traditional authorship of certain books in the scriptural canon. This issue is an interesting one because it calls to mind the importance of framing. False framing of evidence, even real evidence, can lead you to the wrong conclusions. Thus, in the pursuit of truth it is as important to correctly frame evidence as it is to have the evidence in the first place....