Monday, July 1, 2013

can someone please give a summary of the dogmatic constitution on divine revelation?explain what its about

The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation is a
Vatican II document, published in 1965 by the Catholic Church. It states that God has
revealed Himself to humankind. Even though God is mystery, this revelation makes it
possible for us to know something of God and His will. "His will was that men should
have access to the Father, through Christ, the Word made flesh, in the Holy Spirit, and
thus become sharers in the divine nature (Ch. 1, par. 2)." Thus, there is only one
source of revelation, and that is the Word of God, given to us in the person of Jesus.
The mediator of revelation and the fullness of revelation is a person, Jesus, and no
further public revelation is expected.


There are two modes
of expressing this fullness of revelation, Scripture and Tradition. It is through these
two ways that we access the revelation of God's Word in Jesus. But these two ways are
not two different things. Instead, they are mutually interdependent and cannot be
separated. Together, they make up the single deposit of the faith, the one revelation of
God's Word in Christ. Scripture was compiled by Tradition, and relies upon Tradition for
its interpretation.


Revelation is one thing, but
understanding it is another. The Church advances in it's understanding of this
revelation and will continue to advance in understanding, guided by the Holy Spirit,
until the Word is fulfilled on Earth. The Tradition that comes from the apostles is
assisted by the Holy Spirit, and thus gains new insights into the words that are passed
on.


The Magisterium is the official teaching office of the
church. It interprets the Word as well as judges interpretations of the Word. The
Magisterium is entrusted with the task of giving the authoritative meaning of the Word.
The Word revealed in Scripture is faithful to teach the truth which God wanted to reveal
for the sake of the salvation of humankind.


The
Magisterium is the servant of God's revelation, and cannot alter or change it in any
way. It is set up in a structure designed to ensure fidelity to God's revelation, and to
pass this revelation onto each new generation.

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