Liturgical Press will be publishing The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture: TheWord That Comes from God and Speaks of God for the Salvation of the World in mid-November. It will come with a foreword by Gerhard
Ludwig Müller.
In
his 2009 post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini, Pope
Benedict XVI pointed out that “theological reflection has always considered
inspiration and truth as two key concepts for an ecclesial hermeneutic of the
sacred Scriptures” and that there is today the need “for a fuller and more
adequate study of these realities, in order to better respond to the need of
interpreting the sacred texts in accordance with their nature.”
The Inspiration and
Truth of Sacred Scripture: The Word That Comes from God and Speaks of God for
the Salvation of the World is
the contribution of the Pontifical Biblical Commission toward a more adequate
understanding of the concepts of inspiration and truth that respects both the
nature of the Bible and its significance for the life of the Church. Drawing on
a close reading of the Scriptures themselves, the document focuses on three
main aspects:
1.
The inspiration of Sacred Scripture and the exploration of its divine
provenance
2.
The truth of the Word of God, emphasizing the message about God and his project
of salvation
3.
Challenges that arise from the Bible itself, on account of certain aspects that
seem inconsistent with its quality of being the Word of God
Reading this document,
formally approved by Pope Francis, will strengthen the reader to receive the
word of God—in the liturgical assembly and in every other place—in its
theological, Christological, soteriological, and ecclesiological context in a
way that corresponds ever more closely to this unique gift of God whereby God
communicates his very self and invites us into communion with him.
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