| How to Read the Bible |
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CCC 101-130
Scripture: Questions |
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Thomas Merton, Opening the Bible |
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Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum), ch. III |
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"The Most of It" by Robert Frost |
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A sound file of Robert Frost reading "The Most of It" |
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Outline: An Outline of Dei Verbum, Chapter III |
| Fundamental
Questions: What can I believe and why? How much should I
let a text challenge me and why? What would it mean to take a text seriously? Would I – could I
– ever allow a text to challenge me existentially
– that is, allow it to challenge me at the very base of my being, by
letting it ask me the fundamental question: Who are you? |