Archived Bible Study Year 3 – Notes and Supplements

Previous sessions with their supplemental sources will be archived here.

Pre-class Reading:

• Catechism of the Catholic Church, §279 -324
• Divino Afflante Spiritu | Vatican Document
• Humani Generis | Vatican Document
• Book: In the Beginning: A Catholic Understanding of Creation and Fall | Pope Benedict XVI

August 16, 2021 – Re-Intro to Bible Study; Science and Religion; The Exile; Genesis 1 – 2

• Class Slides
• Class Slides – Suzanne on Catholic Scientists

• USCCB – Genesis – Introduction 
• Video: How Does the Church Teach Creation Story in Genesis | Catholic Answers
• Article: How do Catholics Understand the Creation Account of Genesis and Evolution?
• Pope Francis, Address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Oct 27, 2014
• Video: Bishop Barron on Misreading Genesis
• Video: Catholics and the Big Bang Theory | Catholicism in Focus
• Video: TheBig Bang, Evolution, and Catholicism | Trent Horn
• Video: Where are Dinosaurs in the Creation Story?
• Video: The Church on Evolution | The Magis Center
• Video: What does the Church Teach About Evolution? | Catholic Answers

• Vatican: General Audience of Feb 6, 2013 – Pope Benedict XVI
• Vatican: General Audience of Aug 26, 2009 – Pope Benedict XVI
• Vatican: General Audience of April 2, 2014 – Pope Francis
• Vatican: General Audience of May 21, 2014 – Pope Francis

August 23, 2021 – Genesis 1-2

• Class Slides
• USCCB – Introduction to Genesis – “Genesis 1-11”

• Video: Enuma Elish – The Babylonian Epic of Creation
• Article: Enuma Elish – The Babylonian Epic of Creation | World History Encyclopedia
• Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences: On Evolution | St. Pope John Paul II

• Video: What is Theology of the Body? – Christopher West 
• Theology of the Body Summary statements – EWTN – 129 General Audiences
• Vatican: “Male and Female He Created Them” – Toward a Path of Dialogue on Gender Theory in Education 
• Encyclical: Rerum Novarum – On Capital and Labor | Pope Leo XIII
• Encyclical: Laudato si’, On Care for Our Common Home | Pope Francis

August 30, 2021 – Genesis 3 – 11

• Class Slides

• Council of Trent – 5th Session – Original Sin 
• Encyclical: Evangelium Vitae- The Gospel of Life | Saint Pope John Paul II, March 25, 1995

• Article: Gilgamesh | World History Encyclopedia
• Article: Yes, Noah’s Flood May Have Happened -But Not Over The Whole Earth | NCSE
• Major Covenants between God and Human Beings | Fr. Felix Just, SJ

• The Nephilim: The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men in Genesis 6 | Dr. Brant Pitre
• Video: Was Noah a Real Person? | Catholic Answers
• Pope Francis – General Audience – Catechesis on Prayer, The Prayer of the Righteous | May 27, 2020
• Video: Tim Staples and the Epic of Gilgamesh