Who is the author of Sacred Scripture?

• A. God working through human authors
• B. The Apostles alone
• C. The Church alone
• D. The prophets alone

Answer: (A)

Sacred Scripture is inspired by God, who is the primary author. He works through human authors, guiding them so what they write faithfully conveys His truth. These writers, from prophets to apostles and others, use their own languages, styles, and life contexts, but the Holy Spirit moves them to record what God intends for salvation. So the best answer is that God is the author while using human writers as instruments.

This explains why the other views don’t fit: the Church does not write Scripture by itself, and the prophets alone or the Apostles alone would miss entire parts of Scripture written by other inspired authors. Sacred Scripture contains a range of human voices unified by divine inspiration, with God as the source and the humans as the channels through whom His word is expressed.