Scripture in the Church: The Synod on the Word of GodWho should read the Bible? What is the biblical word? How is Scripture to be interpreted? How is it to be prayed and lived? How does Scripture call forth the Church's entire life and mission? In October 2008 the Synod on the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church took place in Rome. During the synod the bishops addressed these questions on the significance of the Word in the life and mission of the church. Beginning with a helpful explanation of the synod process, James Chukwuma Okoye, CSSp, follows the synod in historical progression, highlighting important topics and issues along the way and concluding with an exposition of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini, which Benedict XVI signed on September 30, 2010. Okoye emphasizes that the Synod on the Word of God was not just about Scripture's function in the pastoral life of the church but it was also about tradition and God's continuing self-disclosure in history and in the religions and cultures of humankind." |
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
Chapter | 2 |
Chapter | 3 |
Chapter | 4 |
Chapter | 5 |
Chapter | 6 |
Chapter | 7 |
Chapter | 8 |
The Synod in Session and Verbum Domini | 38 |
The Inspiration and Truth of Scripture | 48 |
Interpreting the Word of God | 61 |
Recent Catholic Exegesis a Brief Survey | 69 |
Lectio Divina | 93 |
Dark Sayings of Scripture and Fundamentalism | 105 |
The Word of God | 127 |
The Word in the Church | 147 |
Chapter | 9 |
Chapter | 10 |
Chapter | 11 |
Chapter | 12 |
Chapter | 13 |
The Word of God on the Five Continents | 22 |
The Word to the World | 158 |
Conclusion | 167 |
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