THE BIBLE DEFINED The other source of supernatural knowledge is the Bible. In the words of the Council of Trent, which enumerated the books of the
BIBLICAL REFERENCES TO ITS INSPIRATION Besides the infallible teaching of the Church as to the inspiration of the Bible, we have reliable historical
EXTENT OF INSPIRATION The Council of Trent on April 8, 1546, decreed that “those entire books with all their parts as have been accustomed to be
THE BIBLE IN THE FIRST TWO CENTURIES AFTER CHRIST In the early days of the Church, the Scriptures were read at divine services in Greek. An early
THE VULGATE SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER VERSIONS As St. Jerome’s work on the Old Testament was a work of private enterprise, it met great opposition. He
THE CHURCH APPROVES THE VULGATE On April 8, 1546, the Church, in the Council of Trent, designated the Vulgate as the official Church translation. To