SYMPOSIUM ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE IN THE CHURCH

VATICAN CITY, SEP 20, 1999 (VIS) - Made public today was a communique regarding the scientific symposium promoted by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, that took place in the Vatican from September 16 to 19 and whose theme was: "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church."

The communique indicates that 42 experts from all over the world took part in the symposium, among them a number of Protestants and one from the Orthodox Church. The issues studied concerned "the question of the inspiration and truth of Sacred Scripture, the problem of the canon, the relationship between Old and New Testament and, in general, the criteria of the Christian interpretation of the Bible."

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