🎯 Learning objective
Understand what the Bible is, who its author is and why the Church calls it the Word of God.
📜 Introduction
The Bible is the collection of books that the Church recognizes as the written Word of God. It was written over more than a thousand years by human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit, so that God is its principal author. Its name comes from a Greek word meaning "the books". For Catholics, Sacred Scripture and Tradition form a single deposit of faith, authentically interpreted by the Church's Magisterium (Dei Verbum 9-10).
⭐ Key ideas
- The Bible is a library of 73 books, not a single book.
- God is its principal author; the human authors wrote inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium go together in the Church.
✍️ Practical activity
Find the table of contents in your Bible and count the books. Read 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
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