What is the Vatican II document on Divine Revelation and Sacred Scripture called?

• A. Lumen Gentium
• B. Sacrosanctum Concilium
• C. Dei Verbum
• D. Gaudium et Spes

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is identifying which Vatican II document focuses on how God reveals Himself and how Sacred Scripture is written, inspired, and interpreted. That document is Dei Verbum, Latin for Word of God. It presents Revelation as God’s self-disclosure given to humanity, handed down through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, and safeguarded by the Church’s teaching authority. Scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit and remains authoritative for faith, and its proper understanding comes through the Church’s interpretation, guided by Tradition and the Magisterium. It also explains how Scripture and Tradition are not separate sources of truth but work together to convey God’s saving message, with Scripture used in both liturgy and personal study. The other Vatican II documents cover different topics—one about the Church itself, another about the liturgy, and another about the Church’s relationship to the modern world—so Dei Verbum is the one that directly addresses Divine Revelation and Sacred Scripture.