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Grace in the Old Testament: Covenant, Election, and Mercy

Grace in the Old Testament: Covenant, Election, and Mercy

Paperback

Bible Studies

ISBN13: 9798235136540
Publisher: Colloquium Verlag
Published: Apr 19 2026
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

To speak of grace in the Old Testament is to enter a landscape at once familiar and strange, ancient yet alive, marked by the drama of human frailty and the unwavering fidelity of God. For the Catholic tradition, the Old Testament is not a mere prelude to the Gospel, nor a discarded stage in salvation history, but the indispensable first movement of the divine symphony of grace. It is here that the grammar of God's self-giving love is first articulated, in the language of covenant, election, mercy, sacrifice, promise, and hope. The New Testament does not replace this grammar; it presupposes it, fulfills it, and reveals its deepest meaning in Christ, the incarnate Grace of God. Yet without the Old Testament, the very vocabulary of Christian faith would be unintelligible. The Church has always insisted that the two Testaments form a single, unified revelation, with the Old preparing for the New and the New illuminating the Old.

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