bible study question

This is my dilemna.... My local church does not offer a bible study class and I have been studying the bible on my own and I have been wanting to go to a bible study class. Do you think it is right for a Catholic to go to a baptist bible study, and would you recommend it to a fellow catholic friend to do this or would you tell him to continue to study on his own until a Catholic bible study came about? Please help with your suggestions/comments. Thanks and God bless.

But I feel that i am more of a sheep than a shephard. I am not fluent enough in my bible knowledge to teach others that is why I am going to be attending one to increase my knowledge in the word of God.

But I feel that i am more of a sheep than a shephard. I am not fluent enough in my bible knowledge to teach others that is why I am going to be attending one to increase my knowledge in the word of God.

The Catechism (#113) reminds us of the three criteria which the Second Vatican Council (Dei Verbum 12) lays down for us to insure that we interpret Sacred Scripture in accordance with the same Spirit who inspired it in the first place:

1) Be especially attentive "to the content and unity of the whole of Scripture."

2) Read the Scripture within "the living Tradition of the whole Church." According to a saying of the Fathers, Sacred Scripture is written principally in the Church's heart rather than in documents and records, for the Church carries in her Tradition the living memorial of God's Word, and it is the Holy Spirit who gives her the spiritual interpretation of the Scripture.

3) Be attentive to the analogy of faith (Cf. Rom 12:6). By analogy of faith we mean the coherence of the truths of faith among themselves and within the whole plan of Revelation.

The very commendable growth in interest in the study of Sacred Scripture which often manifests itself in Bible study groups must take the teaching of Vatican II into account. These three principles must be used in order to insure that what we are really doing is interpreting the written Word of God in accordance with the Spirit who inspired it in the first place.

On a practical note, I highly recommend The Navarre Bible, a unique set of commentaries on the New Testament books published by Four Courts Press and distributed in the United States by Scepter Press. It is available from most good Catholic book stores, as well as direct from Scepter Press. This set, prepared by the Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarre, beautifully incorporates all of the principles above stated in a very simple, readable, and spiritually enriching presentation. It can be a great help to Scripture study groups or to individuals who desire to read the Bible as the Catholic Church does.

Personally, I would not suggest going to a Baptist bible study.