Pope says Scripture must be read with humility

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802973.htm

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Pope, at audience, says Scripture must be read with humility
By Carol Glatz

Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians must read sacred Scripture with humility and the desire to gain spiritual nourishment, not "theoretical knowledge" of God's word, Pope Benedict XVI said.

"Intellectual humility is the most important rule for whoever seeks to penetrate supernatural reality starting with sacred writings," he said during his June 4 general audience in St. Peter's Square.

Delving into Scripture solely to "satisfy one's own desires for knowledge means to give in to the temptation of pride and to expose oneself to the risk of slipping into heresy," he said.

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This is exactly what I was demonstrating in my previous blog post about the dangers of trying to "interpret" prophecy or manipulate the spiritual goodness of the scriptures to match real or imagined world events.