More than 400 experts to attend Vatican conference on Scripture

Published: 2005-09-01

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More than 400 biblical experts from 98 countries are expected to attend a Vatican-sponsored conference in September to commemorate the Second Vatican Council's document on Scripture and revelation. The Sept. 14-18 encounter in Rome will feature formal presentations and discussions on the theme, "Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church." In addition to Catholic experts, representatives of other Christian churches and other religions also have been invited, the Vatican said Sept. 1. Participants will attend an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, who attended the council as a theological expert and had a key role in the preparatory discussions on the revelation document. Published in November 1965, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation ("Dei Verbum") said the church depends on both Scripture and tradition as the one deposit of the faith. It encouraged biblical reading for all members of the church as an essential spiritual resource.

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