Actualization of Sacred Scripture According to the Pontifical Biblical Commission’s Document “The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church” as a New Way to Refer the Word of God to Life

Authors

  • Łukasz Kamieński Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.234

Keywords:

Actualization, interpretation of the Bible in the Church, Pontifical Biblical Commission

Abstract

The actualization of the Holy Scripture is a necessary task nowadays. On the one hand, we have the Biblical texts conditioned by the times in which they were formed; on the other, we have the the modern reader, also conditioned by his or her times, wanting to live the Word of God. The fourth section of the Pontifical Biblical Commission’s 1994 The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church takes up this issue. The aim of this article is to analyze the statements of the document on actualization and to present the process as a new, special and hitherto insufficiently explored way to reference the message of the Bible to the life of believers today.

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Published

2016-09-30

How to Cite

Kamieński, Łukasz. (2016). Actualization of Sacred Scripture According to the Pontifical Biblical Commission’s Document “The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church” as a New Way to Refer the Word of God to Life. The Biblical and Liturgical Movement, 69(3), 197–215. https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.234

Issue

Vol. 69 No. 3 (2016)

Section

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