Czym jest natchnienie Pisma Świętego, Prawda i Zbawienie? W odpowiedzi Sławomirowi Zatwardnickiemu
What Are the Inspiration of the Sacred Scripture, Truth and Salvation? In Response to Sławomir Zatwardnicki

Summary/Abstract: This article is in response to a review of the monograph Inspiration, Truth, Salvation (2020). In it, the reviewer, Sławomir Zatwardnicki, poses questions that demand an answer. The most important one pertains to the issue of the novelty of understanding the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. The author of the article emphasizes that although the document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture (2014), analyses various models of God’s communication with the chosen people (authors of the books), they show distinct aspects of the same process. It has its culminating stage in the person and activity (words and deeds) of the Son of God, who became man, in whom the Holy Spirit permanently remained. Hence, the most important feature of biblical inspiration is the Christological- pneumatological dimension. In it the earlier forms of God’s revelatory communication with men find their fulfillment. In turn, in response to the question about the sacramental character of the Word of God, the author of the article explains that it is even a pre-sacrament. And it has a salvific power of its own: it is not only inspired by the Holy Spirit, but it breathes the Holy Spirit and brings Him into human interiors. Finally, it shows the organic connection between inspiration, Truth, and Salvation. Inspired Scripture makes Christ, who is the Truth (the Son of God in an indissoluble bond with the Father) and the Savior, present to man.

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