Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 14 – Part I.
(Youcat answer) “The books of Scripture firmly,
faithfully, and without error teach [the] truth. Written under the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author” (Second Vatican Council, DV
11).
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 103) For this reason, the Church has always venerated
the Scriptures as she venerates the Lord's Body. She never ceases to present to
the faithful the bread of life, taken from the one table of God's Word and
Christ's Body (Cf. DV 21). (CCC 104) In Sacred Scripture, the Church constantly
finds her nourishment and her strength, for she welcomes it not as a human
word, "but as what it really is, the word of God" (Th 2:13; cf. DV
24). "In the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven comes lovingly to
meet his children, and talks with them" (DV 21).
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
The Bible did not fall from heaven
in its final form, nor did God dictate it to human scribes who copied it down
mechanically. Rather “God chose certain men who… made full use of their own
faculties and powers so that, though he acted in them and by them, it was as
true authors that they consigned to writing whatever he wanted written, and no
more” (Second Vatican Council, DV 11).One factor in recognizing particular
texts as Sacred Scripture was their general acceptance in the Church. In the
Christian communities there had to be a consensus: “Yes, through this text God
himself speaks to us—this is inspired by the Holy
Spirit!” Which of the many original Christian writings are really inspired by
the Holy Spirit has been defined since the fourth century in the so-called
Canon of Sacred Scriptures.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 106) God inspired the human authors of the sacred
books. "To compose the sacred books, God chose certain men who, all the
while he employed them in this task, made full use of their own faculties and
powers so that, though he acted in them and by them, it was as true authors
that they consigned to writing whatever he wanted written, and no more"
(DV 11). (CCC 82) As a result the Church, to whom the transmission and
interpretation of Revelation is entrusted, "does not derive her certainty
about all revealed truths from the holy Scriptures alone. Both Scripture and
Tradition must be accepted and honoured with equal sentiments of devotion and
reverence" (DV 9).
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