"A good Biblical exegesis requires the historical-critical and the theological method alike, because the Holy Scriptures is God’s Word in human words". This was pointed out yesterday by the Pope before the Angelus that he said with the devotees after Mass, marking the end of the Episcopal Synod. "This means went on Benedict XVI that every text must be read and construed with the unity of all the Scripture, the lively tradition of the Church and the light of faith in mind". "While it is true that the Bible is also a literary work, actually the great codex of universal culture explained the Pontiff , it is also true that it must not deprived of its divine element, but must be read in the same spirit in which it has been written". Scientific exegesis and lectio divina, from this point of view, "are both essential and mutually complimentary to search, through the literal meaning, the spiritual meaning that God wants to convey to us today". According to the Pope, "every Synodal meeting is a powerful experience of ecclesial communion" but the one that took place all through October "was all the more so, because it focussed on what enlightens and guides the Church: God’s Word, that is Christ Himself". "And we ensured the Pontiff have lived every day by religiously listening", experienced "the joy of being called by the Word".
