Reading Sacred Scripture

Download or read book Unfolding Sacred Scripture: How Catholics Read the Bible written by Michael Cameron and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfolding Sacred Scripture: How Catholics Read the Bible invites readers into the Catholic practice of reading Scripture. In the first part, the book introduces insights from the tradition, from its early days to its present teachings, showing what makes the Catholic approach distinct from other ways of reading the Bible. The author explains the Catholic understanding of the Bible as the revealed and sacred Word of God and discusses how Catholics set about interpreting the Bible. In the second part, he offers a guided tour through the major parts and essential themes of the Bible.