Postulat animacji biblijnej duszpasterstwa w dokumencie Papieskiej Komisji Biblijnej Interpretacja Biblii w Kościele i w adhortacji apostolskiej Benedykta XVI Verbum Domini
Postulate on the Biblical Animation of Pastoral Work in the Pontifical Biblical Commission’s Document "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church" and in the Apostolic Exhortation "Verbum Domini" of Benedict XVI

Summary/Abstract: The first aim of the article is to place the document The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church within the context of the biblical renewal of the 20th century. Maintaining a continuity with the constitution Dei Verbum, the PBC puts in its document new elements which indicate the place of the Bible in the Church. It concerns mainly the actualization and inculturation of the Holy Scripture. Vital for pastoral work are recommendations on the biblical apostolate, above all those referring to basic communities that read the Bible. The analysis of the fourth chapter of the PBC’s document also yielded some critical comments concerning the presented postulates. The weakness of this document is, without any doubt, the fact that it was written from the biblical scholarly point of view, without the collaboration of pastoral theologians of various specialities. This fundamental deficiency of the document The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church is absent in exhortation Verbum Domini. Postulates presented by Pope Benedict XVI referring to “biblical animation of all pastoral work” show that the Bible is not an addition to pastoral work, but rather its source and essence. Proposals contained in the exhortation Verbum Domini give new opportunities for biblical animation in many areas of the life of Church.

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