are often very perceptive and searching questions. The tragedy of this is not the questions and doubts we never express but the answers we never get. In many cases all we need is the confirmation that our own common sense, energized by the Holy Spirit, is valid. In other cases, a simple bit of information about the history, culture, or language of the Bible is enough to clarify meaning. A few questions have troubled the faithful since the first century. In those cases, the knowledge that our perplexity