After 4 years of hard work, the Daughters of St. Paul of the Congo–Ivory Coast Delegation have realized their dream of publishing The African Bible in French with the help of local biblical scholars and specialists, who served as consultants on this project. La Bible Africaine responds to the question: “What meaning does this text have for us?” by enriching it with commentaries and footnotes that reveal the wealth of the African culture.
Our sisters sought to reach several different goals through this apostolic endeavor, namely:
- to help people get closer to the Word and thus closer to Christ, because knowledge of the Word is knowledge of Christ;
- to present the Word of God to Africans, in an African context;
- to offer the Church of Africa a Bible that speaks to African people today.
The FSPs of Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and Lubumbashi (Congo), launched La Bible Africaine by holding four meetings to help people discover and become more familiar with God’s saving Word.
The African Bible, published by Pauline Editions East Africa and Pauline Editions Mozambique, is already available in English, Portuguese and Swahili.
As our Co-Foundress, Venerable Thecla Merlo, frequently urged us: Let us lend our feet to the Gospel so that it will race ahead and reach everyone.
