DEI VERBUMDEI VERBUM

Dogmatic Constitution on Dogmatic Constitution on Divine RevelationDivine Revelation

Overview of PresentationOverview of Presentation Background and Background and

Rejection of SchemaRejection of Schema Final DocumentFinal Document Revelation as PersonalRevelation as Personal Centrality of ChristCentrality of Christ One Source of One Source of

RevelationRevelation Tradition and ScriptureTradition and Scripture Magisterium Magisterium Pastoral ImplicationsPastoral Implications

Background to Background to DocumentDocument

Rejection of draft Rejection of draft proposalproposal

Expansion of Expansion of understanding of understanding of RevelationRevelation

Compromise Compromise document document promulgated 18 promulgated 18 November 1965November 1965

Cardinals Suenens, Konig and Fring greatly influenced the discussion

RevelationRevelation

Revelation as Revelation as personal encounterpersonal encounter

More than More than propositional propositional statementsstatements

Sharing in the Sharing in the divine lifedivine life

Christ as Supreme Christ as Supreme RevelationRevelation

Supreme self-Supreme self-communication of communication of GodGod

Revelation in Revelation in words and deedswords and deeds

Fulfilled in life, Fulfilled in life, death and death and resurrection resurrection

Revelation as Revelation as complete in Christcomplete in Christ

One Source of RevelationOne Source of Revelation

Rejection of two Rejection of two source theorysource theory

Unity of Scripture Unity of Scripture and Traditionand Tradition

TraditionTradition

Dynamic Dynamic understanding of understanding of TraditionTradition

Lived faith of the Lived faith of the ChurchChurch

God continues to God continues to communicate in communicate in many waysmany ways

ScriptureScripture Authorship Authorship

TruthTruth

InspirationInspiration

Study Study

Pastoral usePastoral use

MagisteriumMagisterium

Relationship to Relationship to Scripture and Scripture and TraditionTradition

To authentically To authentically interpretinterpret

Servant to Word of Servant to Word of God God

Pastoral Implications Pastoral Implications

LectionaryLectionary

RCIARCIA

Lectio divinaLectio divina

Ecumenical Ecumenical dimensiondimension

ConclusionConclusion

PersonalPersonal

DynamicDynamic

Scripture and Scripture and TraditionTradition

Developing and Developing and ongoing ongoing