Learning Salvation History at St. John Lateran

Join Dr. Edward Sri on this special edition episode from the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy. Dr. Sri guides listeners through the center aisle of the basilica and explains the magnificent artwork found there. He reveals the significance of the Biblical scenes depicted and emphasizes the importance of understanding both the Old and New Testaments.

Snippet from the Show
“Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.”
-St. Jerome

Old Testament Scenes and New Testament Scenes by Alessandro Algardi in the Basilica of St. John Lateran

• Jonah and the Whale - Jesus Rising from the Tomb
• Moses and Exodus from Egypt - Jesus’ Liberating the Souls in Limbo
• Joseph Betrayed by His Brothers - Judas Betraying Jesus
• Abraham and Isaac - Jesus Carrying His Cross
• Noah and the Ark - Jesus’ Baptism
• Adam and Eve Leaving the Garden of Eden - Jesus’ Death on the Cross

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 128-130

128 The Church, as early as apostolic times,104 and then constantly in her Tradition, has illuminated the unity of the divine plan in the two Testaments through typology, which discerns in God's works of the Old Covenant prefigurations of what he accomplished in the fullness of time in the person of his incarnate Son.

129 Christians therefore read the Old Testament in the light of Christ crucified and risen. Such typological reading discloses the inexhaustible content of the Old Testament; but it must not make us forget that the Old Testament retains its own intrinsic value as Revelation reaffirmed by our Lord himself.105 Besides, the New Testament has to be read in the light of the Old. Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament. As an old saying put it, the New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New.

130 Typology indicates the dynamic movement toward the fulfillment of the divine plan when "God be everything to everyone." Nor do the calling of the patriarchs and the exodus from Egypt, for example, lose their own value in God's plan, from the mere fact that they were intermediate stages.

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