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1 It Begins with Revelation

2 Revelation implies something “veiled” has been revealed
What is Revelation? From Latin revelare To unveil something God has unveiled Himself Assumes we have access to God Is that Possible? Revelation implies something “veiled” has been revealed

3 Vatican I and Revelation
Crisis of authority in Europe Two intellectual tendencies: Rationalism and Science Opposite tendency is fideism Vatican I proposes different answer Truth is both rational and supernatural

4 Excerpt from Dei Filius

5 Chapter 2: On Revelation
God is beyond humanity Cannot define God God must reveal God’s self Revelation contained in scripture The Three-domain system of classification, by Carl Woese, 1977, divides all cellular life. God, would not fit into one domain in this system.

6 Chapter 4: On Faith and Reason
Twofold order of knowledge Faith reveals certain mysteries that otherwise remain completely hidden in God Faith and Reason can never disagree

7 Revelation and Karl Rahner

8 Who Was He 1904-1984 German Theologian Jesuit Priest
Revelation offered to all humans Major Theologian at Vatican II

9 Focus and Influences Disciple of Martin Heideggar
Focus on human person Knowing operation of humans How does one get to know (teleology)

10 Can We Know the Truth Kant argued we cannot know reality
All we can do is what is sensible Rahner challenged Kant Re-understands Roman Catholicism in light of the model of understanding human reason

11 Humans Transcend Themselves
Humans are an enigma to themselves To be fully human, means experiencing mystery of ourselves The act of questioning, allows us to transcend We’re not reducible to mere matter

12 Endowment of Revelation
Miracle of God’s Grace Given in a particular time and place God is the true cause of all God’s is both Being, and becoming Divine intervention from outside this world Communicating with Humanity

13 Grace Do we actually experience Grace?
Feelings of emptiness are starting point Realize we’re not in control Surrender to that which is in control

14 Overview of the Bible

15 Revelation in the Bible
Scripture is about Revelation Old (First) Testament – God unveiled in nature, prophets, history New (Second) Testament – God unveiled through Jesus

16 How Was the Bible Composed
Oral tradition Eventually written 73 separate writings Written in Rome, Turkey, Greece, Persia, Egypt Written in three different languages Suptuigent in 275 BCE Canon in 4th century Vulgate in 382 CE

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18 Divinely Inspired What does this mean?
From Latin, inspirare (to breath into) Divine and human authorship Scripture has normative (binding) character Foundation of faith Lived experience of God

19 Rise of Canon Parallel rise of Magisterium
Normative texts means normative interpreter 200 year process Criteria to make it into canon: Useful for liturgy Apostolic First century

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