the consciousness model and the bible
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The Consciousness Model and the Bible
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What is the Bible?
• Is a paradigm• A source of illumination but not an
objective deposit of revelation
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The Bible’s authority• According to
Schillebeeckx, the inspiration of Scripture originally meant the capacity of certain writings to inspire the community to discover its own identity; its authority came from its ability to inspire.
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• Later on, the authority of the Scriptures was recognized as coming from God.
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Revelation
• Occurs in contemporary experience. This experience, as the source of revelation, is interpreted with the help of Scriptures.
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What do they say?• Gregory Baum – Scriptures can yield new
“salvational meaning” when reread and reinterpreted in the light of the experience of the believing community
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What do they say?
• Ray L. Hart – Past events (biblical history) have power to interpret our
present situation
• Schillebeeckx – Bible must be read in a contemporary context and against the background of our remembered past
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