Ce témoignage réciproque entre le Verbe vivant et le Verbe écrit est la clé de notre compréhension chrétienne de la Bible. Car le témoignage qu'il lui rend nous assure de son autorité, et le témoignage qu'elle lui rend de sa pertinence. L'autorité et la pertinence lui appartiennent.
JOHN R. W. STOTT
RECTEUR ÉMÉRITE DE L'ÉGLISE ALL SOULS, LONDRES
L'AUTORITÉ ET LA PERTINENCE DE LA BIBLE DANS LE MONDE MODERNE, 1979
Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance—to a degree quite extraordinary in so ancient a book—and that the secret of both is in Jesus Christ. Indeed, we should never think of the Christ and the Bible apart. . . .
This reciprocal testimony between the Living Word and the written Word is the clue to our Christian understanding of the Bible. For his testimony to it assures us of its authority, and its testimony to him of its relevance. The authority and the relevance are his.
JOHN R. W. STOTT
RECTOR EMERITUS OF ALL SOULS CHURCH, LONDON
THE AUTHORITY AND RELEVANCE OF THE BIBLE IN THEMODERN WORLD, 1979