Topicality of the Second Vatican Council Constitution Dei Verbum in Contemporary Biblical Studies

• Main Author: Bogdan Zbroja
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Teologiczne 2013-09-01
• Series: Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny
• Subjects: Second Vatican Council, Constitution Dei Verbum, Pontifical Biblical Commission, Benedict XVI, Exhortation Verbum Domini, Biblical Studies, topicality
• Online Access: https://rbl.ptt.net.pl/index.php/RBL/article/view/69

The article discusses the issue of how strongly contemporary ecclesiological and scholarly approach to the Sacred Scripture is rooted in the Second Vatican Council Constitution Dei Verbum. The Bible originates from the faith of the Church, and, together with Tradition, helps to build this faith. The text consists of three sections. The first one focuses on God, who reveals Himself and His plan of salvation to man. Then, the ways in which God communicates with man through human authors and the long process of writing the inspired sacred books  are mentioned. The last part emphasises how important it is for man to respond to the Word of God, which will enable the salvific dialogue of man with his Father, through His Son in the Holy Spirit. The community of Church faith is a natural environment of research,  devotional reading and encounters with the Word of God, which are the elements of Christian life that the Constitution Dei Verbum (no. 25) encourages to implement.