Verbum Domini
2010 apostolic exhortation by Pope Benedict XVI
| Verbum Domini Latin for 'The Word of the Lord' Apostolic exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI | |
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| Signature date | 30 September 2010 |
| Number | 2 of 4 of the pontificate |
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Verbum Domini (The Word of the Lord) is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation issued by Pope Benedict XVI which deals with how the Catholic church should approach the Bible.[1] He issued it following the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which had met in October 2008 to discuss "The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church."[2] Verbum Domini is dated September 30, 2010, for the Feast of St. Jerome, the patron saint of Biblical studies.
The document use the Prologue of John's Gospel (John 1:1–1:18) as a guide because it reveals Jesus, the "Word made flesh" who "dwelt among us" (John 1:14).
The apostolic exhortation states that God seeks dialogue with humankind. At the Incarnation, the Word became flesh and lived among us.[3]
See also
- Scripturae sacrae affectus
References
External links
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Pope Benedict XVI
Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022
- Early life
- Georg Ratzinger (brother)
- Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- 2005 papal conclave
- Resignation
- Death and funeral
- Theology
- Dominus Iesus (The Lord Jesus)
- Summorum Pontificum (The Supreme Pontiffs)
- Introduction to Christianity
- Ecumenism
- Judaism
- Islam
- Deus caritas est (God Is Love)
- Spe salvi (In Hope We Are Saved)
- Caritas in veritate (Charity in Truth)
- Sacramentum caritatis (On the Eucharist)
- Verbum Domini (On the Word of the Lord)
- Africae munus (On the Church in Africa)
- Ecclesia in Medio Oriente (On the Church in the Middle East)
- Introduction to Christianity
- The Ratzinger Report
- Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life
- The Spirit of the Liturgy
- Truth and Tolerance
- Jesus of Nazareth
- From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
- Holy Week
- The Infancy Narratives
- Bibliography
- Ceremonial
- Coat of arms
- Ratzinger Foundation
- Vatican leaks scandal
- His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI
- Alma Mater (2009 album)
- Secrets of the Vatican (2014 television film)
- The Two Popes (2019 film)
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