Nature of Divine Revelation PDF

Nature of Divine Revelation 6. Private – it is given to individuals or group of Divine - means it comesfromGod and individuals for special is about God reasons.The purpose is to...

Nature of Divine Revelation 6. Private – it is given to individuals or group of Divine - means it comesfromGod and individuals for special is about God reasons.The purpose is to enlighten the faithful on the way Revelation - means to unveil they should behave, in the - came from latin word “revelare” circumstance in life which means to“laybare”. andtobeguidedintheir practical, - This is interpreted as “God's social and spiritual activities. Personal Loving (e.g. visions) communication to us” The-Sacred-Scripture The revelation of God 1) Natural Reason Who wrote the Bible? 2) Order of DivineRevelation The Bible was written under the Types of Divine Revelation inspiration of theHolySpirit. 1. Immediate – a revelation The Bible was written by over 40 received directly from God. (for authors now, very rare) (e.g. to Prophets and Apostles) When was the Bible written? 2. Mediate – it is a passing of the revelation. (for future) (e.g. to The Bible was written over a period of future generations, under the about 1,550 years.The first Old guidance of the Holy Spirit - Testament books were probably Bible) written around1450 b.c. The Last 3. Natural – manifestation of God NewTestament book was probably In Nature and creation. It is the written before a.d. 100. revelation of God in his work. 4. Supernatural – a revelation Which languages were the books of above the natural. It takes place the Bible originally written in? in history. God’sself and His will is revealed. Is made To Nearly all of the Old Testament was Particular individuals and written in Hebrew. There Are Handful groups through particular Of verses in Aramaic. All Of The New events that happen at special Testament Was Written in Greek. time and places. (e.g. miracles scriptures) SACRED - is interpreted as something 5. Public – a revelation to group “connected with God? people, or to the church, - In a secular point of view, thepeopleofGod. E.g. (Stories in sacred means “too valuable to theBible/Tradition) interfere with” - Sacred rites like the Holy Mass SCRIPTURE - is interpreted as “sacred writings of Christianity Contained In The Bible. ” Or it is the“sacred writings of a religion other than Christianity.” Sacred Scriptures - are collections of writings in the Bible. Bible - comes from the Greek word ‘Biblia’, meaning ‘books’ GOD is the “author of Sacred Scripture.” FOUR FACTORS INTERPRETING 1. The Human Author - involves some basic idea of the social,economic and religious conditions of the authors in their particular historical situations. 2. The Text Itself - The second factor states that “we have to look at its literal form” 3. The Readers or Hearers - Filipino Christians or Catholic wants to know what the Scripture means ‘to me/us.’ 4. The Common Horizon - interpretation must which “first unites all the books of the Bible into basic unity,second, links together the context of the scriptural text and its tradition with our present reading context today.