Catechism Paragraph 129
Part 1:
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 2: GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
Article 3: SACRED SCRIPTURE
Section 1: I BELIEVE - WE BELIEVE
Chapter 2: GOD COMES TO MEET MAN
Article 3: SACRED SCRIPTURE
Christians therefore read the Old Testament in the light of Christ crucified and risen. Such typological reading discloses the inexhaustible content of the Old Testament; but it must not make us forget that the Old Testament retains its own intrinsic value as Revelation reaffirmed by our Lord himself.[105] Besides, the New Testament has to be read in the light of the Old. Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament.[106] As an old saying put it, the New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New.[107]
š Footnotes
[105]
Cf. Mk 12:29-31
[106]
Cf. I Cor 5:6-8; 10:1-11.
[107]
Cf. St. Augustine, Quaest. in Hept. 2, 73: PL 34,623; Cf. DU 16.