The Truth of Sacred Scripture

Article presents the history of contradiction between science and the Bible and how it was solved in Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum of the II Vatican Council. Since biblical truth was given to us “for the sake of our salvation,” and not in order to teach us natural science or...

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Main Author: Tomasz Jelonek
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Teologiczne 2006-09-01
Series:Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny
Online Access:https://rbl.ptt.net.pl/index.php/RBL/article/view/571
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description Article presents the history of contradiction between science and the Bible and how it was solved in Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum of the II Vatican Council. Since biblical truth was given to us “for the sake of our salvation,” and not in order to teach us natural science or history for their own sake, Sacred Scripture cannot be fairly judged to be in error when it sometimes presents historical or scientific truth in a less complete, less detailed, more popular, or more imprecise (i.e. merely approximate) fashion than would be acceptable in modern texts dedicated formally to those disciplines.
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