Light for the Nations - 9780813238555

Light for the NationsThe Scriptures on the Universal Mission of Israel and the Church\nAuthor(s): Luis Sanchez-Navarro, Frank J. Matera, Kristin Towle\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The Catholic University of America Press, United States\nImprint: The Catholic University of America Press\nISBN-13: 9780813238555, 978-0813238555\nSynopsis\nUniversality belongs to the very being of the catholic Church. This claim of the Gospel is rooted in the ministry of Jesus, witnessed to by the canonical Gospels and the other books of the New Testament, all of which present the universal openness of salvation as a fulfillment of the Scriptures of Israel. In this book, after addressing the universality of salvation in the writings of the Old Covenant, we examine the differentiated and concordant witness of the synoptic Gospels, John and Paul, as well as the Letter to the Hebrews and the Apocalypse. In this way, we intend to show how this apostolic witness responds to the will of the Lord Jesus, while .