The Truth of Sacred Scripture as the Fruit of Inspiration

Authors

  • Henryk Witczyk Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.13

Keywords:

Truth, Sacred Scripture, God, Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God, resurrection

Abstract

The author enlightens the novel approach to the question of truth of Sacred Scripture as presented in the recent document by Pontifical Biblical Commission, “The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture.” The approach is projected on the background of the teaching on inspiration in the period before, during and after the Vatican Council II. The author stresses the shift that occurred from speaking of the truth necessary for salvation to the truth on God that wants to save man. The word of God as inspired comes from God and speaks about Him. The truth of Sacred Scripture has a performative and polyphonic character; it’s expressed in forms that are historically and literally conditioned. It’s disclosed in the subsequent books of the Bible side by side to the development of the history of salvation. The content of the truth of Sacred Scripture in the first place consists of the truth on God, the Creator who reveals himself as a person in Jesus Christ. The truth about salvation is focused on the resurrection of Christ and on the message about a Christian who becomes the heir of the Kingdom of God. It stresses, with the special power, the role of the word of God in the process of man’s salvation. The “true word of God” is a carrier of the salvific novelty of Christ the Lord who changes the “old man” into the “new creation.”

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Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Witczyk, H. (2015). The Truth of Sacred Scripture as the Fruit of Inspiration. The Biblical and Liturgical Movement, 68(2), 101–124. https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.13

Issue

Vol. 68 No. 2 (2015): Natchnienie i prawda Pisma Świętego

Section

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