The Bible and the Church

This article by Orthodox theologian Georges Florovsky examines the nature of the Bible and its constitutive relationship to the Church. Belonging to the field of systematic theological study, it develops the thesis that the Bible cannot be understood independently of the ecclesial community that produced, authenticated, and transmitted it. Florovsky shows that the scriptural canon is a creation of the community of believers, that its message is inseparable from the Covenant, and that its unity rests on the person of Christ, the center of both Testaments. The article also emphasizes the fundamentally historical character of Revelation, accomplished in the Incarnation and continued in the life of the Church. On the theological level, this study makes a significant contribution to Orthodox biblical hermeneutics by articulating Scripture, Tradition, and ecclesiology within a coherent Christocentric perspective.