THE GOD-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP

Revelation

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Revelation

What is revelation? A gift from God to help us know Him We cannot fully know God

How does is occur? Natural

Indirectly, through reason and intellect, experiences of love

Divine Directly, through Scripture and Tradition

Scripture- Salvation History Tradition- the teaching of the Church as discerned

from Scripture and the actions of the early Church• Magisterium : The teaching office of the Church that

consists of the Pope and the Bishops

Desire for God

Why do we want to know God? We are created with a desire to return to God We are called by God to a vocation of holiness Because we came from God, we are destined to go to God

Throughout history peoples have worshipped, believed in, and sought out the “Divine”. This is called “sacred mystery”.

Today, we continue to respond to this desire by participating in worship and sacraments not on our own initiative but by the prompting of the Holy Spirit.

An obstacle to this call from God is the faulty vision or perspective we have due to the Original Sin. It doesn’t let us see God’s plan clearly. When Jesus came he “gave sight to the blind”. Baptism helps us to clear our blindness and see what God expects from us.

Salvation History

Protoevangelium (Gen.3:15) The first promise of a savior

Patriarchs Through Abraham, God forms a chosen people

Covenant through Moses Through Moses, God reveals his Law to the people

Judges, Kings, Priests God calls judges, kings and priests to lead his people

Prophets When the leaders fall out of righteousness with God, He sends

prophets to call them back to the covenant. They offer the hope of a new, everlasting covenant

Jesus The promise of the savior is fulfilled in Jesus by the Incarnation. The new and everlasting covenant through Jesus

Natural

Find God in all things, the world around us Beauty , truth, goodness Stewardship

Prayer Let ourselves experience the presence of God

Faith of others Early church Family

Human intellect and reason Study of God, theology

Divine Revelation

Sacred Scripture Old Testament

Follows salvation history from the protoevangelium until its fulfillment. The roots of Christianity

New Testament The promise is fulfilled in the Incarnation A new covenant is made through the Paschal Mystery The Church is born

Tradition Magisterium

Have the authority of Jesus that was given to the Apostles and passed on to bishops throughout the ages

Church Fathers Teachings of early Christian leaders who were associated with the

Apostles Church teachings

Through the interpretation of Scripture the Church passes on the teachings as doctrines and dogma

Divine Revelation

Scripture Tradition

Old Testament

New Testament

Inspiration

Inerrancy

Apostolic Succession

Magisterium

Doctrines

Infallibility

The Problem of Evil

The world is imperfect God created us with free will; Some choose to sin and this

causes suffering to others The laws of nature will reach perfection at the end of time;

Until then the imperfect will remain.Redemptive Suffering

Through suffering we bring ourselves and/or others to salvation, closer to God

The Paschal Mystery Jesus suffered and died for us, but he also rose from the dead.

This shows us that death, sin and evil do not win in the end.We have partial vision

God sees and knows the whole picture. “All things work for good for those who know God”