Scripture In The Church: The Synod on the Word of God
By Father James Chukwuma Okoye, CSsp
Who should read the Bible? What is the biblical
word? How is Scripture to be interpreted? How is it to be prayed and lived? How
does Scripture call forth the Church's entire life and mission? In October 2008
the Synod on the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church took place in
Rome. During the synod the bishops addressed these questions on the significance
of the Word in the life and mission of the church. Beginning with a helpful
explanation of the synod process, James Chukwuma Okoye, CSSp, follows the synod
in historical progression, highlighting important topics and issues along the
way and concluding with an exposition of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation
Verbum Domini, which Benedict XVI signed on September 30, 2010.
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James Chukwuma
Okoye, CSSp, is the Carroll Stuhlmueller Professor of Old Testament at
Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. His teaching and ministry place him among
people of many diverse cultures. Okoye has been Provincial of his Nigerian
Congregation of Spirtians and General Assistant in the Congregation's
headquarters in Rome. He was a member of the International Theological
Commission and a peritus of the 1994 First Synod of Bishop of Africa.
