{"id":190280,"date":"2026-01-28T09:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=190280&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=190280"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:18:41","slug":"the-word-of-god-is-not-fossilized-but-a-living-and-organic-reality-pope-leos-words-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-word-of-god-is-not-fossilized-but-a-living-and-organic-reality-pope-leos-words-today\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Word of God is not fossilized, but a living and organic reality.\u201d: Pope Leo\u2019s Words Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"190280\" class=\"elementor elementor-190280\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f03b2ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f03b2ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e79f76b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e79f76b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ZKRKU\" data-testid=\"post-renderer-component\">\n<div class=\"fV3Jt\">\n<div class=\"GOJZx\">\n<div class=\"agPPc U4hHe hWX7X fs-mask\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Word of God is not fossilized, but a living and organic reality.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s Wednesday audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his catechesis on \u2018Dei Verbum,\u2019 reflecting on the relationship between Sacred Scripture and Tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Sacred Scripture, the inspired word of God, and Sacred Tradition, the living memory of the Church, are intimately bound together, flowing from the same divine wellspring, and forming one sacred Deposit of Faith. 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