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I am proud to present an article that has just appeared in Nexus<\/em>, a journal of the Hank Center at Loyola University, Chicago. The issue celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of Dei Verbum, the Vatican II Constitution on Divine Revelation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pope Francis was committed to furthering the Council’s emphasis upon the Word of God as a source of life for all believers. My article summarizes his contributions toward this end, and puts them into context as part of the ongoing reception of the Second Vatican Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The publication Nexus <\/em>is billed as “Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. All the articles are open-access. Here is the link to mine<\/a>. You can navigate to the others from within the issue. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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