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==The Nature of Scripture==
The Scriptures both ''are'' the word of God and are ''about'' the Word of God, [[Jesus Christ]]. They are God's revelation of himself, the word of God in the words of men. The Bible is a witness to the revelation of God, and it is a part of the active and living [[Holy Tradition]] of the Church. Thus, if Tradition is the life of the Church, then the Scripture is the primary language of that life.
The Scripture—both Old and New Testaments—is fundamentally about Christ. It is Christocentric and [[Christology|Christological]]. The whole Bible presupposes the [[Incarnation]] and [[Resurrection]] of Christ. Indeed, the very purpose in writing the New Testament was because Christ had already risen from the dead—with the death of the [[Apostle James]], the Church realized that the eyewitnesses were not always going to be with them, therefore the preaching of the eyewitnesses was written down.
