The Gospel of John - AudioCD Study Guide Author:Scott Hahn The Fourth Gospel is often called the Catholic Gospel? because so many of the central doctrines of the Church are more explicit in John's Gospel than in the other three. That's just one reason to understand this important book. In fact, if a student can truly understand what is being said in the Gospel of John, Dr. Hahn says he or she will have ... more »a firmer grasp of the Christian message than do many contemporary theologians. Dr. Hahns Scripture study course on the Gospel of John looks at the most popular and widely accepted resources of contemporary Biblical scholarship-including a detailed analysis of ancient Jewish sources and recent studies of the Greek text. Scott discusses the important concepts and treatments traditionally addressed in John's Gospel such as: the First Born in Hebrew society, the role St. John the Baptist plays in Fourth Gospel, why the early Church Fathers believed the wedding feast at Cana was so significant, the meaning of the cleansing of the Temple, why Christ answered Nicodemus in the way He did, and much more. You?ll also discover the important underlying meanings of: signs in the Gospels, Jesus' action of curing on the Sabbath, the multiplication of the loaves parable, the image of Light and how Christ is the Light of the World, Jesus' miraculous curing of the blind man, the metaphor of the Good Shepherd, Jesus washing the feet of His disciples, Christ?s death and His pronouncment that "It is finished." Here's the brilliant grand scheme hidden in the Gospel that brings to light the prescribed role of the Church-a divinely revealed formula of the Messiah that makes the Christian faithful-in Truth-Catholic!« less