Saints Cyril and Methodius, apostles of the Slavs, are classic example[s] of what today we call 'inculturation': each people must integrate the revealed message into their own culture and express the truths of salvation with their own language.This is what Benedict XVI said during his General Audience catechesis on June 17th in St. Peters Square before more than 25,000 faithful. He underlined the importance of translating the Bible, which requires the choice of appropriate terms so as to present the richness of the revealed Word without betraying it.The Pope also recalled that these two brothers, who lived between 815 and 885 CE, were convinced that individual peoples could not claim to have fully ...
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