Word of God question

[bquinnan]

Is this theologically accurate: Jesus is the Word of God, and the Bible is the Word of God, therefore we encounter Jesus through the Bible?

I’m thinking about the various ways we encounter Jesus through the Mass.

 

[Vico]

Is this theologically accurate: Jesus is the Word of God, and the Bible is the Word of God, therefore we encounter Jesus through the Bible?

I’m thinking about the various ways we encounter Jesus through the Mass.

Catechism

102 Through all the words of Sacred Scripture, God speaks only one single Word, his one Utterance in whom he expresses himself completely:64

You recall that one and the same Word of God extends throughout Scripture, that it is one and the same Utterance that resounds in the mouths of all the sacred writers, since he who was in the beginning God with God has no need of separate syllables; for he is not subject to time.65

 

[jcrichton]

Hi, B!

…there’s a little danger to this theology… if it is limited by the definition of the “Word of God.”

Jesus is the Word; yet, not as in a spoken or as an apostle… Jesus as the Word is God. He, the Word, was God from the Beginning. He, the Word, existed with God from the Beginning… however, it is accurate to say that God’s Revelation, Scriptures, are God’s Word (Bond) and as such we do encounter Jesus in Scriptures.

…let’s check this passage of Scriptures:

6:63 ‘It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. 6:64 ‘But there are some of you who do not believe.’ For Jesus knew from the outset those who did not believe, and who it was that would betray him. (St. John)

Jesus is speaking not of the written Word (Scriptures) but about His Spoken Word… it is Jesus Who Gives Life!

Maran atha!

Angel

 

[Mary_Ellen]

Yes, we do encounter Jesus through the spoken Word in the Mass. You’re on target there, bquinnan.

 

[Bon_Croix]

Jesus is Word Made Flesh. So, when you receive the Eucharist, you are receiving the Word. Jesus speaks through other people (this isn’t the only way he speaks to us), so when you hear the word at Mass during the readings, you are also encountering Jesus.