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About the Bible
 by Father D.W.Martin,C.M.
The Knights ofColumbus presentsThe Veritas Series“Proclaiming the Faith in the Third Millennium”
General EditorFather John A.Farren,O.P.Director of the Catholic Information ServiceKnights of Columbus Supreme Council
 
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+ JOSEPH CARDINAL RITTER
 Archbishop of St.Louis
The
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are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error.No implication is containedtherein that those who have granted the
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agreewith the contents,opinions or statements expressed.This text was transcribed from lectures given about 1969 by Fr.D.W.Martin,C.M.Though some expressions are dated,Catholic InformationService has judged it helpful to reprint it without change because it is theo-logically solid and the questions it addresses are still current.Copyright © 2001 by Knights of Columbus Supreme CouncilAll rights reserved.Cover:The Pierpont Morgan Library / Art Resource,NYText page from Matthew 15:38-16:17,from Greek language
CodexPetropolitanus,
probably 6
th
century Syria.No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any formor by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,record-ing,or by information storage and retrieval system,without permission inwriting from the publisher.Write:Catholic Information ServiceKnights of Columbus Supreme CouncilPO Box 1971New Haven CT 06521-1971Printed in the United States of America
 
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ABOUT THE BIBLE
IITS MESSAGE
I am sure that you want to read about the Bible so thatyou can read the Bible itself with profit.There are many rea-sons why you may have taken this up.Perhaps you have seenthat the Bible contains most sublime ideals and holds thekey to successful living.Perhaps,too,you are curious whythis Bible,written centuries ago,still has such a hold as itdoes on people today.Or you may have taken up this read-ing in order to know just how completely divine is this book of all books.Whatever your immediate reason for this study,youwill find it most profitable because of your sincere andearnest desire to learn of God;for God is not far from you.Your desire to know Him in the routine actions of your dailylife,in fulfilling your duties to your neighbor as well as toGod – this desire is one that comes from God,and will leadto Him.God deals with us as only God can.God has fashionedus out of nothing.God sustains us in every act of daily life.
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