This document's purpose is to spell out the Church's understanding of the nature of revelation--the process whereby God communicates with human beings. It touches upon questions about Scripture, tradition, and the teaching authority of the Church. The major concern of the document is to proclaim a Catholic understanding of the Bible as the "word of God." Key elements include: Trinitarian structure, roles of apostles and bishops, and biblical reading in a historical context.

Excerpt from Letters to a Friend, on the Evidences, Doctrines, and Duties, of the Christian Religion, Vol. 2 IT is much more easy for you to conjecture, than for me to describe, the pleasure I received from learn ing. That you are now fully persuaded of the truth and Ijiviue authority of the Christian Religion: and I cheerfully accede to your renewed request that this series of letters shall be extended until I have fur hished you with a view of the principal doctrines pro posed in Scripture for your belief, and of the grand duties which we are called upon as Christians to dis charge. Had I not, however, a decided conviction of your supreme love of truth, and of your stedfast deter 'mination to follow it whithersoever it may lead you, I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.