This appendix explains that the Bible is fundamentally the book of the community, not a text for solitary interpretation. Its creation involved a divine-human collaboration, where God worked through human authors who used their own skills and cultural contexts, making Scripture a divine word in human language, analogous to the Incarnation. The process of selecting the 73 books of the Catholic canon was not a singular event but a gradual, organic discernment by the early Church, guided by the Holy Spirit and based on criteria like apostolic origin, widespread liturgical use, and doctrinal consistency. Because the Church discerned and formed the Bible, its interpretation today requires more than just academic study. It must be undertaken within the living Tradition of the Church, in harmony with its teachings (the “analogy of faith”), and ultimately guided by the judgment of the Magisterium to remain faithful to the Word of God.