Revelation and Man's response faith. Theology seeks to understand the ultimate goal of human existence which is to be with God in eternity

1. DIVINE REVELATION
AND OUR FAITH
RESPONSE
what

2. OPENING
PRAYER:
My Lord and
My God, I
know so little
about you.
Sometimes I
You have come
to me, into my
heart and to my
mind so that I
gain confidence
and get a sense
of you. This I
ask in Jesus

3. Why did God have to show himself
in order for us to be able to know
what he is like?
GOD APPROACHES
US MEN
God did not have to reveal Himself. But
he did it out of love. Just as in human
love one can know something about the
beloved person only if he opens his
heart to us, so too we know something
about God’s inmost thoughts only
because the eternal and mysterious

4. What is
Revelatio
n?
From the latin word “revelare”-
meaning to open up, to make known

5. SECULAR
UNDERSTANDING
▪1. It is a breakthrough experience,
flashing new insights, lights going on,
a mind changing, life changing
experience.
▪2. It is breathtaking encounter with
something or someone very real

6. IT MEANS THAT GOD MAKES KNOWN TO MAN
HIMSELF AND THE MYSTERIOUS PLAN OF HIS
WILL FOR MAN AND THE WORLD
(DEI VERBUM 2-6)
IT MEANS THAT GOD OPENS HIMSELF, SHOWS
HIMSELF AND SPEAKS TO THE WORLD
VOLUNTARILY
(YOUCAT, 2)

7. Divine
RevelationOur human reason
is capable of
coming to the
conclusion that
God exists, and
even that God is
We need the gift of God’s
self-communication.
This is called divineBut the human mind is limited, and
the true nature of God is beyond

8. By word and deed, God
makes himself known to
us.
Divine Revelation is the
story of God’s saving acts in
human history.

9. Through a series of covenants, God
committed himself to human beings
forever.
A covenant is a solemn agreement or contract between
God and his people.
Noah Abraham Moses

10. NOAH, MEANS “TO REST”. HE WAS A
SON OF LAMECH,SONS: SHEM, HAM,
JAPHETH
HE WAS A 10TH GENERATION
DESCENDANT OF
ADAM, SURVIVED THE FLOOD
NOAH LIVED FOR 950 YEARS (GEN.
9:28-29)
NOAH WAS PROMISED BY GOD: NOT TO FLOOD THE
EARTH AGAIN
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11. “ABRAM” MEANS “EXALTED FATHER” SON OF
TERAH, HUSBAND OF SARAH, SONS: ISAAC
AND ISHMAEL
“THE FATHER OF A MULTITUDE OF
NATIONS”
3 PROMISES BY GOD: 1) GREAT NATIONS, 2)
YOUR NAME
WILL BE GREAT 3.) ALL HIS FAMILIES SHALL BE
BLESSEDABRAHAM DIED AT THE AGE OF 172
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12. MOSES MEANS “TO DRAW OUT” A MEMBER OF
A TRIBE OF LEVI. BROTHER: AARON, SISTER:
MIRIAM
FATHER-IN-LAW : JETHRO, MOSES’ WIFE:
ZIPPORAH,
WHO GAVE SON GERSHOM
GOD CALLED MOSES FROM A BURNING BUSH,
MT. HOREB
“I AM WHO I AM”. GOD GAVE HIM THE 10
COMMANDMENTSMOSES WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL PROPHETS
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13. SUMMARY
“IN MANY AND VARIOUS WAYS
GOD SPOKE OF OLD TO OUR
FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS;
BUT IN THE LAST DAYS HE
HAS SPOKEN TO US BY SON,
WHOM HE APPOINTED THE
HEIR OF ALL THINGS,
THROUGH WHOM ALSO HE

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God’s revelation reached its climax in
the coming of Jesus Christ.

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“IN JESUS CHRIST,
GOD TOOK ON A
HUMAN FACE AND
BECAME OUR
FRIEND AND
BROTHER”
POPE BENEDICT XVI
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“INCARNATION-
FROM THE LATIN
CARO, CARNIS=
FLESH,
“BECOMING
FLESH”. GOD’S
ACT OF
BECOMING MAN

16. Jesus commanded his apostles to
spread the Good News—to go out
and make disciples of all nations.

17. Jesus’ followers obeyed his command. Strengthened
by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, they spread the Good
News, first orally and then in writing.
The apostles also appointed
successors, called bishops,
who would see to it that
the faith would continue to
be handed on. Through
apostolic succession, the
popes and bishops of the
Church continue to spread
the Good News today.

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J O B O F F E R
REVELATION: TRANSMISSION &
PRESERVATION
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God gives us
two sources for
coming to know
Jesus Christ:
Sacred
Tradition and
the Sacred

19. Jesus Christ the Lord commanded
the apostles to preach the Gospel
(Good News)…..to all men.
Apostles = closest followers of Jesus chosen by Him

20. The Gospel was handed on in 2 ways:
2. IN WRITING
(Sacred
Scripture)
1. ORALLY
(Sacred
Tradition)

21. So the Catholic Church believes that there is only
one divine source of revelation – God alone – the
divine well spring from which flow two streams –
Sacred Scripture & Sacred Tradition, composing one
living “Deposit of Faith”.
GOD - Source of
Revelation
Sacred Scripture
Deposit of Faith
Sacred Tradition

22. Through both Sacred
ScriptureandSacredTradition,
the Church hands on the
faith given to the apostles
by Jesus Christ.
SacredTraditionrefers
to the living transmission
of the Catholic faith
through the teaching, life,
and worship of the Church.

23. The official teaching authority
of the Church is called the
Magisterium.As successors of the apostles, the pope and
bishops of the Church hand on the truth of the
Catholic faith to us.
The Magisterium preserves the body of
saving truths and core beliefs of Catholicism,
which is called the DepositofFaith.
A dogma is a truth central to this
teaching that Catholics are obliged to

24. The Old Testament has 46 books,
including the Pentateuch, historical
books, wisdom literature, and the
prophetic books.
The New Testament
has 27 books,
including the four
Gospels, Acts of
the Apostles, 21
Epistles or letters, and
the Book of

25. The Gospels give us our
information about the life, death,
and Resurrection of Jesus.
The Gospels were formed
in three main stages:
1. The life and
teaching
of Jesus
2. Oral Tradition
3. The written
Gospels

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MAN’S RESPONSE
TO
GOD: FAITH

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What is faith?
FAITH is the
assurance of things
hoped for, the
conviction of
things not seen
-Heb. 11:1

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7 Characteristics of
faith
1. Faith is a
supernatural virtue
2. Faith is a gift of God
3. Faith is human act
4. Faith is certain
5. Faith grows when
we listen more

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7 Characteristics of
faith
6. Faith is incomplete
unless it leads to
active
love
7. Faith gives us even
now
a foretaste of the joy

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31. Faith: Our Response to
RevelationBy faith, we
give our assent to
God as the
revealer.
We submit our
intellect and our
will to God.