Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 76 No. 4, 2006.
Review article
The Bible in Pastoral Work According to the Document Interpretation the Bible in the Church
Mario Cifrak
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The 40th anniversary of Dogmatic constitution of II Vatican council »Dei Verbum« offers a marvellous opportunity to create an article about the importance of the Bible in the pastoral work. This includes our speech about the Word of God which reaches us in the Bible. But for that purpose, it needs to reach »this« man, »this« particular group, »this« very situation in the life of the Church made up of liturgy, »lectio divina«, pastoral ministry (catechesis, preaching and the biblical apostolate), ecumenism and inter-religious dialog (The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church IV.C; DV 25). The Bible therefore speaks about God and God speaks to us through it (cf. Ex 3:1-14; Luke 1:78-79; Jer 1:1-10; Heb 1:2). This speech needs to be actualized. Actualization means transferring the Word of God into the present time. That is, the meaning of God's word written in the Bible should become accessible nowadays, too. We should bridge the gap and shape »local« Christian culture in all dimensions of human existence. This »bridging of the gap« requires knowledge which must be founded on exegesis and actualization. For that purpose we should jointly contribute to the text's interpretation and therefore we must build certain biblical and pastoral structures (institutions). The biblical-pastoral work guides us into the areas of the Church's life, needs the theological foundation and the directives for its realization.
Keywords
biblical pastoral; the word of God; enculturation; actualization; structures
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23699
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Publication date:
4.4.2007.
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