The Catholic Church has a unique relationship with the Bible. After all, she wrote it, or large parts of it and decided finally what went in it. In this talk we will try to explore a little the complex relationship between faith and Scripture, to show that Scripture and Tradition are not opponents of one another, but work together to offer a total witness to God's work in the world, and we will try to see what this means for Catholics. 

Fr. John Hemer is a Mill Hill Missionary originally from Liverpool. He lectures in Sacred Scripture at Allen Hall, The Westminster Diocesan Seminary in London, at Heythrop College and at Oscott College, the Birmingham Seminary. He holds a licentiate from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He has worked as a missionary in Pakistan Uganda and Kenya and now gives lectures and retreats throughout Britain and in many other countries.

Faith Matters Autumn 2009 Lecture 3 from Catholic Westminster on Vimeo.