I have been attempting to present our Church’s understanding of the role of God and man in the Sacred Scripture. As I have shown, the word inspiration has been used to signal that it is our belief that God Himself … Continue reading
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I have been sharing in this article various thoughts about the driving force underlying the creation of the writings of Sacred Scripture. The word that is usually used to signify this driving force is inspiration. As I have already shared, … Continue reading
In this article I have been attempting to present some background about how Catholics have come to understand inspiration and the bible. As you have probably already guessed, we do not believe that God dictated word-for-word the Sacred Scriptures and, … Continue reading
I have been presenting, basically, the history of thought on “inspiration” and the Bible. In the Middle Ages, theological reflection on the human factor was limited to following the lines of earlier thought on the subject. So much real emphasis … Continue reading
What I have been trying to do in this article is to give my readers some thoughts about what we, as Catholics, think about inspiration and the Bible. What I have been sharing is background about this topic. As I … Continue reading
Rabbinical tradition, with its doctrine of the pre-existence of Scripture and later bestowal of Scripture upon the human race through selected prophets, obviously tended to view the human person involved as a mere channel. Philo developed basically the same concept … Continue reading
What I have been trying to cover in this article is the idea of God’s role in the writing of the Books of the Bible, both the Old and the New (OT, NT). The Bible does not provide a theory … Continue reading
As I shared in the last issue of this article, the phrase God, the author of Scripture, became a standard part of theological vocabulary. The same cannot be said for its usage in the documents of the Church. Leo IX, … Continue reading
Because of its present use and importance, something should be said of the origin of the phrase, God, the author of Scripture. Its roots seem to go back to Clement of Alexandria, who speaks of God as the immediate and … Continue reading
I have been presenting some ideas about Divine Inspiration and Scripture. I’ve shared the thoughts about God’s personal involvement in the creation of the writings of the Old Testament (OT). The Church was born into a world that believed in … Continue reading