Bible Study

1. Satan Description: The chief adversary of God and humanity. Function: Tempts, accuses, and leads people away from God. Job 1:6-7 (NIV) “One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you come from?’ Satan…

Early Life and Education Augustine was born on November 13, 354, in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras, Algeria), in the Roman province of Numidia. His father, Patricius, was a pagan, while his mother, Monica, was a devout Christian. Monica’s influence on Augustine’s spiritual development was significant throughout his life. Augustine was…

Early Life and Education Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483, in Eisleben, Saxony (now part of modern-day Germany). He was the second son of Hans and Margarethe Luther. His father was a miner who later became a copper smelter, which allowed the family to move to a relatively…

The Vulgate is a Latin translation of the Bible that was largely completed by Saint Jerome in the late 4th century AD. It was commissioned by Pope Damasus I and became the standard Bible used in the Western Church for over a thousand years. The word “Vulgate” comes from the…

The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. Its name comes from the Latin word for “seventy” (septuaginta) because, according to tradition, seventy or seventy-two Jewish scholars worked on the translation. It was produced in the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE in Alexandria, Egypt, a major center…