Day 15: Interpreting Scripture
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 15 January 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
How do Catholics interpret Scripture? Fr. Mike breaks down the three basic principles for interpreting Scripture: attentiveness to the content and unity of the whole Bible, reading Scripture within the living Tradition of the Church, and attentiveness to the analogy of Faith. These criteria allow the Church to interpret Scripture accurately and prevents us from taking Scripture out of context. Today’s readings are CCC 109-114.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm a name's Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year podcast, |
| 0:09.6 | where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed |
| 0:13.4 | down through the tradition of the Catholic faith. |
| 0:15.8 | The Catechism in a year is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:18.1 | In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, discovering our identity |
| 0:22.9 | in God's family, as we journey together toward our Heavenly home. |
| 0:26.1 | This is day 15, we're reading paragraphs 109-114, just before we get started. |
| 0:30.9 | I'm using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith approach, |
| 0:35.7 | but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. |
| 0:39.7 | Also, to download your own Catechism in your reading plan, you can visit AscensionPress.com |
| 0:43.8 | slash C-I-Y. |
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| 0:49.4 | Also, I said lastly, but here's what I mean by lastly. |
| 0:52.2 | Just a quick thank you to all those who have supported the production of this podcast with |
| 0:55.1 | your prayers and financial gifts. |
| 0:57.1 | It would be impossible to do this without you. |
| 1:00.2 | But here we are, day 15. |
| 1:01.7 | We've passed the two-week mark. |
| 1:03.4 | And you guys, this is one of those things, but I'm just so grateful that we're journeying |
| 1:07.1 | together in this way, because it's different. |
| 1:10.2 | It's different, as we said before. |
| 1:12.4 | But here we are, as a community, once again, saying, I want to learn more. |
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