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The Catholic theology of Scripture has developed much since the Second Vatican Council of Catholic Bishops ("Vatican II", 1962-1965). This article explains the theology (or understanding) of scripture that has come to dominate in the Catholic Church today. It focuses on the Church's response to various areas of study into the original meaning of texts.[1]

  1. ^ That is, the contextual or "literal" meaning intended by the human author who wrote the text, including the author's unconscious and also divine inspiration. This is in contrast to the fundamentalist manner of reading scripture literally.

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