Fr Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, "Making Sense of the Old Testament in Light of Contemporary Science & the Moral Teaching of Jesus"

About This Event

Throughout the last five hundred years, the Catholic Church has developed methods to reconcile science with scripture and to explain the development of morality in the Bible. Fr. Spitzer will explore four hermeneutical principles to resolve seeming contradictions between science and scripture, and between the Old and New Testaments: The principles of Pius XII, St. Robert Bellarmine, Joseph Ratzinger, and the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

Fr Robert J. Spitzer, S.J.’s recent book Science, Reason, and Faith: Discovering the Bible (Our Sunday Visitor, 2023), addresses issues often cited as evidence for purported conflicts between science and the Bible: the historicity of biblical events, creation, evolution, miracles, the resurrection of Jesus. In this set of public lectures on two consecutive evenings, Wednesday February 5 and Thursday, February 6, Fr Spitzer will explore key topics from his book.

Rev. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J. Ph.D., is a Jesuit priest, teacher, author, and lecturer on topics ranging from ethics, philosophy, and the relationship between modern physics and Christian faith. Fr. Spitzer has academic degrees from the Gregorian University and the Weston School (Cambridge), and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America and has taught philosophy and business ethics at Georgetown University and Seattle University. Fr Spitzer led Gonzaga University as President from 1998 to 2009. The author of many books, Fr Spitzer currently appears weekly on EWTN in "Father Spitzer’s Universe."