L’Ancien Testament dans l’Église : Perspectives du récent document de la Commission Biblique Pontificale

The new document attempts to give a general idea of the unity of the Bible as “Scripture” of the people of God and re-discover the sense of its fundamental meaning. For us, the Bible is made up of two parts: The Old and the New Testaments— both of which are highly related one to the other. On the one hand, early Christianity received as “Scripture” the same collection of books used by Judaism of New Testament times. On the other hand, Christianity introduced as a principal a new interpretation, which has become key to Scripture reading, namely,— Jesus, who declared that the Scriptures spoke of him and the authors of the New Testament interpreted the Old Testament as having its fulfillment in Him. This results in a very precise perspective about the relation between the two Testaments: The Old Testament is the announcement and preparation of that which Jesus would fulfill definitely; and the New Testament is, at the same time, the fulfillment and full realization of the promises announced by the Old Testament.