For the authors and founders of the New Testament, the Old Testament was simply “the Scriptures”: it was only later that the developing Church gradually formed a New Testament canon which was ...

By Ana Ley A knitter’s practiced hands draw attention, a solo on a windy day and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. This Museum Is Old. But With $75 Million ...

By J. D. Biersdorfer Our critic on new books by Stephanie Wrobel, Lawrence Robbins and Hildur Knútsdóttir. By Sarah Lyall A graphic tribute to the British novelist who documented the blight ...

Right now loss and grief have come into sharp focus. Everyone knows someone who is bereaved, but often people are anxious about what to do and say. Working with bereavement charities, including ...

Pallbearers Max Kennedy, left, Chris Kennedy, behind center left, both sons of the late Ethel Kennedy, and Matt Kennedy, center front, and, Joseph Kennedy III, front second from right, both grandsons ...

Oct. 16, 2024 — From Tasmania to Madagascar to New Guinea, islands make up just over five per cent of Earth's land yet are home to 31 per cent of the world's plant species. A new study shows ...

Even if true, Hamas watchers say much internal struggle awaits the organization before a new leader assumes power — if at all. The UN recognized the right of the Jewish people to a state, but it ...

It's certainly shaping up to be a very good year to be a PlayStation fan. New PS5 games will start coming out in the next few weeks, with Dragon Age: The Veilguard kicking things off in style.

A Long Island funeral home owner pleaded guilty on Thursday ... His conviction on the new misdemeanor charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison. In the months since the deadly ...

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

At the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow ... Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, ...