Raw reference: nos. 131, 133, 141
CCC 131
"and such is the force and
"and such is the force and power of the Word of God that it can serve the Church as her support and vigour, and the children of the Church as strength for their faith, food for the soul, and a pure and lasting fount of spiritual life." [DV 21.] Hence "access to Sacred Scripture ought to be open wide to the Christian faithful." [DV 22.]
CCC 133
The Church "forcefully and
The Church "forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful... to learn the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ, by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. [DV 25; cf. Phil 3:8 and St. Jerome, Commentariorum in Isaiam libri xviii prol.: PL 24, 17B.]
CCC 141
"The Church has always
"The Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures as she venerated the Body of the Lord" (DV 21): both nourish and govern the whole Christian life. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" ( Ps 119:105; cf. Is 50:4).