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"Ignorance of Scripture
is Ignorance of Christ."
--St. Jerome (D.420)
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Therefore, the study of the sacred page should be
the very soul of sacred theology. The ministry
of the Word, too - pastoral preaching, catechetics and all forms
of Christian instruction, among which the liturgical homily
should hold pride of place - is healthily nourished and
thrives in holiness through the Word of Scripture."
The Church "forcefully and specifically exhorts
all the Christian faithful... to learn the "surpassing knowledge
of Jesus Christ, 'by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures."
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 132-133
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