The Catholic Church On Reading The Scriptures

If you think the Church has nothing to say about Scripture, you couldn’t be more wrong. The Church has spoken often and forcefully for 2000 years about the centrality of Scripture in the life of the Church and for the individual Christian. The Church even attaches an indulgence to those who read Scripture meditatively and with devotion for 15 minutes a day! The following is just a snippet of the volume of writing, both official and popular, that have been written through the centuries. We'll be adding more volume and variety as time permits:

The Catholic Church On Reading The Bible
A quick synopsis from various sources

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Sections 101—141
From the US Catholic Bishop’s website

Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation)
Vatican II document on Scripture, 1965

Divino Afflante Spiritu (Inspired By The Holy Spirit)
Encyclical by Pope Pius XII, 1943

Providentissimus Deus (On The Study of Holy Scripture)
Encyclical by Pope Leo XII, 1893

Catholics Need to Read Their Bibles (This Rock magazine)
Says who? The Catholic Church, that’s who.

The Truth of Scripture (This Rock magazine)
What the Church teaches about biblical inerrancy. 

The "Bible Only" Theory: Part 1 (This Rock magazine)
The "Bible Only" Theory: Part 2
Why Catholics don’t ascribe to Sola Scriptura ("the bible alone")

Bible's Inspiration and Inerrancy (This Rock magazine)
What the Early Church Fathers taught—and the Church still teaches

The Limits of Scripture Interpretation (This Rock magazine)
How does the Catholic Church interpret particular Scripture verses? 

A Deeper Interest in Scripture (This Rock magazine)
The Church calls Catholics to take it—a deeper interest, that is. 

How Augustine Reined In Science (This Rock magazine)
Does the Church put Scripture at odds with science?

Between Skeptics and Fundamentalists (This Rock magazine)
Turns out they’re both wrong about the Scriptures. Guess who’s right?

Combating Biblical Skepticism, Part 1 (This Rock magazine)
Combating Biblical Skepticism, Part 2

 

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Read God's Book continually; never let the sacred volume be out of your hand. Learn, so that you may teach.

- St. Jerome