The Episcopal Church holds that the Holy Scriptures are the revealed word of God, who inspired their human authors, and that these Scriptures are interpreted by the Church with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 

Our worship is filled with Scripture from start to finish. Seventy percent of the Book of Common Prayer, which provides the framework for Episcopal worship, comes directly from the Bible. Each time we gather, we hear readings from the Old Testament, the New Testament, a Psalm, and one of the Gospels. These readings follow a sequence known as the Revised Common Lectionary, which is a schedule of Scripture readings designated for worship over a three-year cycle. 

As Episcopalians, we engage with the Bible in its various genres as narratives of human efforts to listen to and respond to God. As we interact with these stories within the community, they teach us about our own relationship with the divine. They profoundly transform us—personally, communally, and on a planetary scale—as we gather around them. 

The Bible orients, anchors, challenges, comforts, questions, and calls us out in various ways, yet it consistently reveals God’s love for us and all creation.