Catechism and the Bible

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I’ve always believed the best mode in which to interpret the Bible is through the Catholic Catechism. The latter ‘levels out’ the former, so to speak, and keeps it in a beautifully rational framework. The Catechism, like the Bible, is one of the greatest pieces of religious literature ever written. They belong together.👍
 
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I’ve always believed the best mode in which to interpret the Bible is through the Catholic Catechism.
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Some people aren’t aware, since they have the pocket-sized Catechism, that if you have the larger size, you can look in an index of scripture verses in the back to see where each verse of scripture is mentioned or discussed in the Catechism. Of course, not every verse is in there, but often you can find the one you want.
 
Father Corapi once stated that the Word of God is like the Trinity, in that there are three parts to the Word of God, and just like the Trinity, one part can not exist independent of the other two.

We consider the Word of God to be Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and the Magisterium. Wherever we see one part, the other two parts are automatically present. This is the fundamental difference (and source of argument) between us and our Protestant bretheren. They consider the Word of God to be Scripture.

While that certainly is true, Scripture is only the partial Word. Jesus is the Word, and Jesus is present in the Sacred Tradition He handed to us through His Church, the Sacred Scriptures (which ironically are a result of Sacred Tradition) and through His Church’s Magisterial Teaching.
 
I try to read it daily. I ***ALWAYS ***find something in it that inspires me greatly – always. 👍
 
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