Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 17 – Part II.
(Youcat answer repeated) In the Old Testament God reveals
himself as the Creator and preserver of the world and as the leader and
instructor of mankind. The Old Testament books are also God’s Word and Sacred
Scripture. Without the Old Testament, we cannot understand Jesus.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 123) Christians venerate the Old Testament as true Word
of God. The Church has always vigorously opposed the idea of rejecting the Old
Testament under the pretext that the New has rendered it void (Marcionism).
(CCC 121) The Old Testament is an indispensable part of Sacred Scripture. Its
books are divinely inspired and retain a permanent value (Cf. DV 14), for the
Old Covenant has never been revoked.
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
In the Old Testament a great history of learning the faith begins, which takes
a decisive turn in the New Testament and arrives at its destination with the
end of the world and Christ’s second coming. The Old Testament is far more than
a mere prelude for the New. The commandments and prophecies for the people of
the Old Covenant and the promises that are contained in it for all men were
never revoked. In the books of the Old Covenant we find an irreplaceable
treasure of prayers and wisdom; in particular, the Psalms are part of the
Church’s daily prayer.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 130) Typology indicates the dynamic movement toward the
fulfilment of the divine plan when "God [will] be everything to
everyone" (1 Cor 15:28). Nor do the calling of the patriarchs and the
exodus from Egypt, for example, lose their own value in God's plan, from the
mere fact that they were intermediate stages. (CCC 141) "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 my feet and a light to my path" (Ps 119:105;
cf. Isa 50:4). (CCC 129) Christians therefore read the Old Testament in the
light of Christ crucified and risen. Such typological reading discloses the
inexhaustible content of the Old Testament; but it must not make us forget that
the Old Testament retains its own intrinsic value as Revelation reaffirmed by
our Lord himself (Cf. Mk 12:29-31). Besides, the New Testament has to be read
in the light of the Old. Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the
Old Testament (Cf. 1 Cor 5:6-8; 10:1-11). As an old saying put it, the New
Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New
(Cf. St. Augustine, Quaest. in Hept.
2, 73: PL 34, 623; cf. DV 16). [End]
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