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Sacred Scripture

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  1. 131 V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church "and such is the force and power of the Word of God that it can serve the Church as her support and vigour, and the children of the Church as strength for …
  2. 132 V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church "Therefore, the study of the sacred page should be the very soul of sacred theology. the ministry of the Word, too - pastoral preaching, catechetics and all forms of Christian instruction, among …
  3. 133 V. Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church The Church "forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful... to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ, by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of …
  4. 134 IN BRIEF "All Sacred Scripture is but one book, and that one book is Christ, because all divine Scripture speaks of Christ, and all divine Scripture is fulfilled in Christ" (Hugh of St. Victor, …
  5. 135 IN BRIEF "The Sacred Scriptures contain the Word of God and, because they are inspired, they are truly the Word of God" (DV 24).
  6. 136 IN BRIEF God is the author of Sacred Scripture because he inspired its human authors; he acts in them and by means of them. He thus gives assurance that their writings teach without error …
  7. 137 IN BRIEF Interpretation of the inspired Scripture must be attentive above all to what God wants to reveal through the sacred authors for our salvation. What comes from the Spirit is not fully "understood …
  8. 138 IN BRIEF The Church accepts and venerates as inspired the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New.
  9. 139 IN BRIEF The four Gospels occupy a central place because Christ Jesus is their centre.
  10. 140 IN BRIEF The unity of the two Testaments proceeds from the unity of God's plan and his Revelation. the Old Testament prepares for the New and the New Testament fulfils the Old; the two …
  11. 141 IN BRIEF "The Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures as she venerated the Body of the Lord" (DV 21): both nourish and govern the whole Christian life. "Your word is a lamp to …