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9 - Revelation

from Part II - Conciliar Themes and Reception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2020

By
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Edited by
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Affiliation:
Boston College, Massachusetts
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Summary

This chapter considers the council’s development of the theme of revelation in its documents, with particular attention to The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum. At the heart of the council’s teaching is an account of a God who comes to us in Christ as vulnerable, redeeming love and through the Spirit makes possible friendship with God. It is this saving offer that God reveals through the mediation of Scripture and tradition.

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Scripturetraditionsalvationsensus fidei.
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The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II , pp. 155 - 174
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Congar, Yves OP. Tradition and Traditions: An Historical and Theological Essay. New York: Macmillan, 1966.Google Scholar
Dulles, Avery SJ. Models of Revelation. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983.Google Scholar
Espin, Orlando. The Faith of the People: Theological Reflections on Popular Catholicism. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1997.Google Scholar
Farkasfalvy, Denis, Cist, O.. Inspiration and Interpretation: A Theological Interpretation to Sacred Scripture. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Fiorenza, Elizabeth Schüssler. Bread not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1984.Google Scholar
Gaillardetz, Richard R. By What Authority: Foundations for Understanding Authority in the Church. Revised and expanded edition. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018.Google Scholar
Gnuse, Robert. The Authority of the Bible: Theories of Inspiration, Revelation and the Canon of Scripture. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1985.Google Scholar
O’Brien, Mark OP, and Christopher, Monaghan CP, eds. God’s Word and the Church’s Council. Adelaide: ATF Theology, 2014.Google Scholar
O’Collins, Gerald SJ. Rethinking Fundamental Theology: Toward a New Fundamental Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rush, Ormond. The Eyes of Faith: The Sense of the Faithful and the Church’s Reception of Revelation. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2009.Google Scholar
Schneiders, Sandra M. IHM. The Revelatory Text: Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.Google Scholar
Segundo, , Juan Luis, SJ. The Liberation of Dogma. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1992.Google Scholar
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Wicks, Jared. Investigating Vatican II. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2018.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Witherup, Ronald D., PSS. Scripture: Dei Verbum. Rediscovering Vatican II. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2006.Google Scholar

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