Divine Revelation
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Divine Revelation is the way in which God communicates divine truth and his saving will to humanity, culminating in the person and mission of Jesus Christ and transmitted through Scripture and Tradition.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian doctrine
ⓘ
theological concept ⓘ |
| aimsAt | human salvation ⓘ |
| communicates |
God's saving will
ⓘ
divine truth ⓘ |
| culminatesIn | Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
Christ as the fullness of revelation
ⓘ
progressive unfolding in history ⓘ unity of Old and New Testaments ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
communion with God
ⓘ
guidance of the Church ⓘ knowledge of God ⓘ |
| hasMode |
deeds
ⓘ
historical events ⓘ inspiration of Scripture ⓘ prophetic messages ⓘ teaching of the apostles ⓘ words ⓘ |
| hasSource | God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAddressedTo | humanity ⓘ |
| isAffirmedBy |
Catholic theology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orthodox theology ⓘ most Protestant traditions ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedBy |
involvement of God's free initiative
ⓘ
supernatural origin ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith | mere human religious insight ⓘ |
| isDirectedToward | the salvation of all people ⓘ |
| isDistinguishedFrom | natural revelation ⓘ |
| isDocumentedIn |
the Bible
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ the Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFulfilledIn | the Paschal Mystery of Christ ⓘ |
| isGuardedBy | the Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInterpretedBy | the Magisterium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMediatedBy |
the mission of Jesus Christ
ⓘ
the person of Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOrderedTo | faith response ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
apostolic Tradition
ⓘ
doctrine of inerrancy (in many traditions) ⓘ inspiration of Scripture ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn |
Dei Verbum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Catechism of the Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTransmittedThrough |
Sacred Scripture
ⓘ
Sacred Tradition ⓘ |
| isWitnessedBy | the apostles ⓘ |
| isWitnessedBy | the prophets ⓘ |
| presupposes | God's self-disclosure ⓘ |
| requires | human assent of faith ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dei Verbum