THE REAL PRESENCE

CHRIST IN THE EUCHARIST

Vatican II

DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON DIVINE REVELATION

DEI VERBUM

Excerpts on the Eucharist

Proclaimed by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on November 18, 1965

CHAPTER II: HANDING ON DIVINE REVELATION

10. Sacred tradition and sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the Word of God, committed to the Church. Holding fast to this deposit the entire holy people united with their shepherds remain always steadfast in the teaching of the Apostles, in the common life, in the breaking of the bread and in prayers (see Acts 8:42, Greek text), so that holding to, practicing and professing the heritage of the faith, it becomes on the part of the bishops and faithful a single common effort [7].

SACRED SCRIPTURE IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

25. Therefore, all the clergy must hold fast to the sacred Scriptures through diligent sacred reading and careful study, especially the priests of Christ and others, such as deacons and catechists who are legitimately active in the ministry of the Word. This is to be done so that none of them will become "an empty preacher of the word of God outwardly, who is not a listener to it inwardly" [4] since they must share the abundant wealth of the divine Word with the faithful committed to them, especially in the sacred liturgy.