Friday, April 17, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 16 – Part I.
(Youcat answer) The right way to read Sacred Scripture is
to read it prayerfully, in other words, with the help of the Holy Spirit, under
whose influence it came into being. It is God’s Word and contains God’s
essential communication to us.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 110) In order to discover the sacred authors'
intention, the reader must take into account the conditions of their time and
culture, the literary genres in use at that time, and the modes of feeling,
speaking and narrating then current. "For the fact is that truth is
differently presented and expressed in the various types of historical writing,
in prophetical and poetical texts, and in other forms of literary
expression" (DV 12 § 2). (CCC 111) But since Sacred Scripture is inspired,
there is another and no less important principle of correct interpretation,
without which Scripture would remain a dead letter. "Sacred Scripture must
be read and interpreted in the light of the same Spirit by whom it was
written" (DV 12 § 3). The Second Vatican Council indicates three criteria
for interpreting Scripture in accordance with the Spirit who inspired it (Cf.
DV 12 § 4).
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
The Bible is like a long letter written by God to each one of us. For
this reason I should accept the Sacred Scriptures with great love and
reverence. First of all, it is important really to read God’s letter, in other
words, not to pick out details while paying no attention to the whole message.
Then I must interpret the whole message with a view to its heart and mystery:
Jesus Christ, of whom the whole Bible speaks, even the Old Testament. Therefore
I should read the Sacred Scriptures in the faith that gave rise to them, the
same living faith of the Church.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 112) Be
especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole
Scripture". Different as the books which compose it may be, Scripture
is a unity by reason of the unity of God's plan, of which Christ Jesus is the
center and heart, open since his Passover (Cf. Lk 24:25-27, 44-46). The phrase
"heart of Christ" can refer to Sacred Scripture, which makes known
his heart, closed before the Passion, as the Scripture was obscure. But the
Scripture has been opened since the Passion; since those who from then on have
understood it, consider and discern in what way the prophecies must be
interpreted (St. Thomas Aquinas, Expos.
in Ps. 21, 11; cf. Ps 22:14).
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