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The Church says that Catholics should read the Bible frequently. Catholics know this is vitally important because, in the words of St. Jerome, Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. Catholics (and others) can see in the Bible God’s love letter to human beings, and his love letter to each person.
The Bible reveals that God fulfilled his saving plan of love to free us from sin. The culmination of the entire Bible are the words and deeds of Jesus, in particular his Passion, death and glorious Resurrection. The beliefs of Catholics are found in the Bible in two ways: explicit and implicit. Some teachings of the Catholic Church are easily ...
A common misconception about the Catholic view is that Catholics believe that the Church somehow imbued the Scriptures with qualities of inspiration and authority. For instance, the Reformed theologian Michael Kruger has written and spoken extensively on the question of the biblical canon (which books belong in the Bible, and why). 1.
In Catholic circles, the joke goes that if you want to quote from the Bible, find a good Protestant to help you. There is some truth to that. Catholics generally don’t know their Bible as well as Protestants, especially evangelicals, whose worship and private devotion are centered on Scripture. Catholics rely on the Bible, of […]
Read the Catechism of the Catholic Church online. Online Version. FAQs about the Catechism. In reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church. we can perceive the wonderful unity of the mystery of God... — Pope St. John Paul II.
Nov 4, 2003 · Article 9 "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH". Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD'S PLAN. Paragraph 2. THE CHURCH - PEOPLE OF GOD, BODY OF CHRIST, TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Paragraph 3. THE CHURCH IS ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, AND APOSTOLIC. Paragraph 4. CHRIST'S FAITHFUL - HIERARCHY, LAITY, CONSECRATED LIFE.
Nov 7, 2022 · However, even a Catholic who does not read the Bible daily but participates weekly in the church’s liturgy (“mass” or “eucharist”) is exposed to the Scriptures, for the liturgy is ...
