The Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures as she venerated the Body of the Lord, in so far as she never ceases, particularly in the sacred liturgy, to partake of the bread of life and to offer it to the faithful from the one table of the Word of God and the Body of Christ. Christ is always present in His Church, especially in her liturgical celebrations… He is present in His word, since it is He Himself who speaks when the holy scriptures are read in the Church.. The Church has always regarded the Scriptures, together with Tradition, as the supreme rule of her faith. Inspired by God both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition present God’s very word, and is a single sacred deposit of the word of God which is entrusted to the Church. By adhering to it the entire holy people, united to its pastors, remains always faithful to the teaching of the apostles, to the community of faith, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

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