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The RC Church teaches that there are two authors of the Bible: the human author and the Divine Author. What is true about the Bible is what God reveals about himself and ourselves. For example, the four Gospels tell a very different story about Jesus. Why? Because each the Evangelists were writing to very different audiences and wanted to emphasize different teachings of Christ according to what their audience needed to hear. Regardless, each of the Evangelists taught the same truth about Jesus.
Ultimately, the most important interpretation of the Sacred Scripture is the Spirtual interpretation. The historical-critical interpretation of Sacred Scripture is almost all hypothetical. For example, many scholars for years argued that John the Evangelist was not the same person as John the Apostle. They argued that John's Gospel was writen between 100 and 200 years after the death of Jesus. However, recent archaelogical studies in Jerusalem have shown that the author of John's Gospel would have to have been present in Jerusalem before the Roman Emporer Titus destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Now they are saying that John's Gospel was written by an early community of Christians that named the Gospel after John to give the book more authority. Why John's Gospel could not have been written by John the Apostle is beyond me. So much for historical criticism.
Ultimately, the most important interpretation of the Sacred Scripture is the Spirtual interpretation. The historical-critical interpretation of Sacred Scripture is almost all hypothetical. For example, many scholars for years argued that John the Evangelist was not the same person as John the Apostle. They argued that John's Gospel was writen between 100 and 200 years after the death of Jesus. However, recent archaelogical studies in Jerusalem have shown that the author of John's Gospel would have to have been present in Jerusalem before the Roman Emporer Titus destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Now they are saying that John's Gospel was written by an early community of Christians that named the Gospel after John to give the book more authority. Why John's Gospel could not have been written by John the Apostle is beyond me. So much for historical criticism.