1. The Bible is the Church's book.
The Bible was written by men of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Catholic Church, by the same Spirit, determined which books to include in the official Canon. The Bible tells our family story, from Creation through the early Church, with some previews of what's to come.2. The Church urges us to read the Bible.
Really. The stereotype of the Catholic Church suppressing Bible reading is false, a misreading of history. Vatican II included an entire constitution, Dei Verbum, on the Bible. "The Church 'forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful. . . to learn "the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ," by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures'" (Catechism of the Catholic Church #133, quoting Dei Verbum and Philippians 3:8).Continue reading.
I'm
Connie Rossini, and I'm a homeschool mom, writer, and blogger. I
believe the best way to keep our kids Catholic and to educate them in
the faith is modeling prayer and virtue for them. I write a lot (about
half my posts) about how you can grow closer to Christ. As a former member of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites
(OCDS), I write from a Carmelite perspective.
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