The meaning of a given passage of the Bible becomes most intelligible in those human beings who have been totally transfixed by it and have lived it out. Interpretation of Scripture can never be a purely academic affair, and it cannot be relegated to the purely historical. Scripture is full of potential for the future, a potential that can only be opened up when someone "lives through" and "suffers through" the sacred text.
--Pope Benedict XVI, in Jesus of Nazareth
Love this quote.
Love this book.
Have you read anything great lately?
Friday, June 03, 2011
On Scripture
2011-06-03T18:44:00-06:00
Brianna Heldt
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