"God is the Author of Scripture"

[praise_Jesus_1]

The phrase “God is the Author of Scripture” is somewhat foreign to me. Is there any passages in the bible that refer to God as the “Author of Scripture”?

I know that the scriptures are referred to as the “Word of God” and that we believe the writers to be divinely inspired.

I also understand the nuance in the word author as it could be defined as either

1. the writer/composer
2. the maker of anything / creator

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Corki]

I am not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for but it might be a good starting place. This comes from Dei Verbum, one of the documents produced by Vatican II.

1. Those divinely revealed realities which are contained and presented in Sacred Scripture have been committed to writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. For holy mother Church, relying on the belief of the Apostles (see John 20:31; 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:19-20, 3:15-16), holds that the books of both the Old and New Testaments in their entirety, with all their parts, are sacred and canonical because written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author and have been handed on as such to the Church herself.(1) In composing the sacred books, God chose men and while employed by Him (2) they made use of their powers and abilities, so that with Him acting in them and through them, (3) they, as true authors, consigned to writing everything and only those things which He wanted. (4)

bolding mine (that’s the sentance that we were required to memorize when I was taking catechist classes)

The whole document can be read here:

vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html

I hope this helps.

 

[praise_Jesus_1]

Thanks! That’s actually really helpful. This should be all I need.

 

[passus]

The phrase “God is the Author of Scripture” is somewhat foreign to me. Is there any passages in the bible that refer to God as the “Author of Scripture”?

I know that the scriptures are referred to as the “Word of God” and that we believe the writers to be divinely inspired.

I also understand the nuance in the word author as it could be defined as either

1. the writer/composer
2. the maker of anything / creator

Thanks in advance for your help.

I’m not sure what you’re asking; what’s the trouble you’re having with that phrase? Are you questioning its validity as though to ask how we truly know God to be the author of Scripture, or are you just saying you don’t really understand what it means?

EDIT: Seems you’ve got it all figured out.