Letter & Spirit, Vol. 6: For the Sake of Our Salvation: The Truth and Humility of God's Word

This is the sixth annual volume of the remarkably popular journal of biblical theology edited by Scott Hahn and his St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. This volume features an all-star lineup tackling one of the most controversial and important subjects in biblical scholarship the inspiration and truth of Sacred Scripture. What does it mean to say that Scripture is "the Word of God"? Are there "errors" in Scripture? These are some of the questions addressed in important new works by Hahn, Brant Pitre, Pablo Gadenz, Michael Waldstein, John Betz, and Germain Grisez. Highlights include Hahn's new essay on the "the truth and humility of God's Word" and Gadenz's authoritative review of the Catholic teaching on the "inerrancy" of Scripture. This volume also includes a never-before-translated essay by Romano Guardini, "Holy Scripture and the Science of Faith." From the Editors' introduction: " The widespread erosion in the assumption that Scripture is the true Word of God forms the broader context for the articles and studies in this volume of Letter & Spirit. As we see it, the work we present in these pages is no ivory tower exercise. It is no exaggeration to say that at stake in this discussion is the future of the identity of the Church and the mission of the Word incarnate. If the Scriptures cannot be trusted to communicate the truth about God and his saving message, if they do not bring us to the encounter with the living God who speaks his Word, then it must be asked: what is the meaning and purpose of the Church?" Letter & Spirit Vol. 6: For the Sake of Our Salvation: The Truth and Humility of God's Word makes accessible to clergy, students, and laity the finest Catholic biblical scholarship. This volume includes: Articles: “For the Sake of Our Salvation: The Truth and Humility of God's Word” by Scott W. Hahn “The Mystery of God's Word: Inspiration, Inerrancy, and the Interpretation of Scripture” by Brant Pitre “Magisterial Teaching on the Inspiration and Truth of Scripture: Precedents and Prospects” by Pablo T. Gadenz “Analogia Verbi: The Truth of Scripture in Rudolph Bultmann and Raymond Brown” by Michael Maria Waldstein “Glory(ing) in the Humility of the Word: The Kenotic Form of Revelation in J.G. Hamann” by John R. Betz “The Inspiration and Inerrancy of Scripture” by Germain Grisez The Interpenetration of Inspiration and Inerrancy as a Hermeneutic for Catholic Exegesis” by Joseph C. Atkinson “Restricted Inerrancy and the ‘Hermeneutic of Discontinuity'” by Brian W. Harrison, O.S. “Communal or Social Inspiration: A Catholic Critique” by Robert Fastiggi “The Modernist Crisis and the Shifting of Catholic Views on Biblical Inspiration” by Jeffrey L. Morrow “The Inspiration of Scripture: A Status Quaestionis” by Matthew Levering Tradition & Traditions: “Divinely Inspired for Teaching Truth and Refuting Error: A Catena of Catholic Sources” by the Editors “The Gospels as History” by Thomas McGovern “Verbum Dei Incarnatum and Verbum Dei Scriptum in the Fathers” by J.H. Crehan, S.J. “‘ As I Break Bread for You': St. Augustine's Method in Preaching” by Thomas F. Stransky, C.S.P. “The Limits of Biblical Inerrancy” by Peter Paul Zerafa, O.P. “Vatican II and the Truth of Sacred Scripture” by Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J. “Sacred Scripture and the Errors of the ‘New'Exegesis” by Paul Cardinal Taguchi “Holy Scripture and the Science of Faith” by Romano Guardini About the Series Letter & Spirit seeks to foster a deeper conversation about the Bible. This journal of biblical theology, published in collaboration with Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, takes a crucial step toward recovering the fundamental link between the literary and historical study of Scripture and its religious and spiritual meaning in the Church's liturgy and Tradition. Articles. For the sake of our salvation: the truth and humility of God's word -- Scott Hahn The mystery of God's word: inspiration, inerrancy, and the interpretation of scripture -- Brant Pitre Magisterial teaching on the inspiration and truth of scripture: precedents and prospects -- Pablo T. Gadenz Analogia verbi: the truth of scripture in Rudolph Bultmann and Raymond Brown -- Michael Maria Waldstein Glory(ing) in the humility of the word: the kenotic form of Revelation in J. G. Hamann -- John R. Betz The inspiration and inerrancy of scripture -- Germain Grisez The interpenetration of inspiration and inerrancy as a hermeneutic for Catholic exegesis -- Joseph C. Atkinson Restricted inerrancy and the "hermeneutic of discontinuity" -- Brian W. Harrison Commual or social inspiration: a Catholic critique -- Robert Fastiggi The modernist crisis and the shifting of Catholic views on biblical inspiration -- Jeffrey L. Morrow The inspiration of scripture: a status quaestionis -- Matthew Levering -- Tradition and traditions. Divinely inspired for teaching truth and refuting error: a catena of Catholic sources -- Editors The Gospel as history -- Thomas McGovern Verbum dei incarnatum and Verbum dei scriptum in the Fathers -- J. H. Crehan "As I break bread for you": St. Augustine's method in preaching -- Thomas F. Stransky The limits of biblical inerrancy -- Peter Paul Zerafa Vatican II and the truth of sacred scripture -- Augustin Cardinal Bea Sacred scripture and the errors of the "new" exegesis -- Paul Cardinal Taguchi Holy scripture and the science of faith -- Romano Guardini.