The Bible needs a visible, external authority guided by the Holy Spirit to define both the OT and NT Canons. This authority is the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.

I Maccabees Author: Unknown Date Written: c.100 BC Date of Narrative: 323-104 BC 1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc.

O my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you…” This verse, spoken by Moses to his people, recognises the land’s divine allocation to the Israelites. Surah Al-Isra (17:104) further ...

There are also other possibilities. One ancient legend suggests that the ark was hidden somewhere in or near the temple ...

Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the Old Testament by Gustave Dore showing Mattathias appealing to the Jewish Refugees. Mattathias was a Jewish priest whose role in the Jewish revolt ...

What Is Purgatory Like? We should also note that purgatory does not exist as a second chance for unsaved sinners to redeem themselves. If you have a basic familiarity with Dante’s Divine Comedy, you ...

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The crowd for The Maccabees live at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Derek Bremner for NME A heaving crowd is ready to welcome them back with open arms as they close out the hillside stage for the weekend.

The Maccabees closed Glastonbury 2025 with a blissed-out headline show on The Park Stage tonight (Sunday June 29) – featuring a cameo from Florence Welch. Check out photos, footage and the ...

When The Maccabees called time back in 2017, it felt like a band pulling the exit cord just as they’d finally reached the top of the summit. After a decade of graft and steady ascent, the South London ...

Kicking off the comeback with a teeny warm up show at Tufnell Park’s 600-capacity Dome, you can physically feel the love in the room, dripping off the insanely sweaty bodies determined to dance it out ...