the study offers a rich and complete vision of the many aspects of the problem and specifies the orientations for the interpretation of the Bible in the Church set forth in the document of the Biblical Commission. Obviously, the first “principle” is the most important of all. It is described as “foundational” and it functions as the basis of all the others. It expresses the conviction of the Church’s faith regarding the nature of the Bible: it is “the word of God expressed in human language” and