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Lesson 1

Divine Revelation and Its Transmission

Divine revelation is God’s communication of Himself to us by which He reveals the mystery of His divine plan.

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Church History Church Structure Creator & Creation Interpretation Old Testament Scripture
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Lesson Vocabulary

  • Natural Revelation
    :
    (n.): God’s communication of Himself to us through the created order.
  • Divine Revelation
    :
    (n.): God’s communication of Himself, by which He makes known the mystery of His divine plan by deeds and words over time, and most fully by sending His Son, Jesus Christ.
  • Divine Pedagogy
    :
    (n.): The teaching method of God, who is the divine teacher, by which He revealed Himself gradually and in stages and by words and deeds.
  • Sacred Scripture
    :
    (n.): The written record of God’s revelation of Himself. contained in the Old and New Testaments. It was composed by human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Bible. The Word of God.
  • Covenant
    :
    (n.): A sacred permanent bond of family relationship. God entered into a series of covenants with His People throughout Salvation History to invite us to be part of His divine family and to prepare us gradually and in stages, and in words and deeds, to receive the gift of salvation.
  • Mediator
    :
    (n.): The person whom God chose to represent all those entering into a covenant with Him. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus Christ are the mediators of the six primary covenants throughout Salvation History.
  • Covenantal Sign
    :
    (n.): An external representation of the interior reality occurring within a covenant. Every covenant included a sign taken from human experience to represent the depth of God’s love and mercy present at the heart of the covenant.
  • Incarnation
    :
    (n.): The fact that the Son of God assumed human nature and became man in order to accomplish our salvation. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the second Person of the Trinity, is both true God and true man.
  • Paschal Mystery
    :
    (n.): Christ’s work of redemption accomplished by His Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension.
  • Great Commission
    :
    (n.): The final words of Christ to His Apostles before His Ascension into Heaven, found in Matthew 28:18–20. In these words, Christ gave His Apostles, and thereby the Church, the mission of evangelization — making disciples of all the nations.
  • Gospel
    :
    (n.): One of the first four books of the New Testament. They are the heart of the Scriptures and proclaim the Good News of salvation won for us by the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Gospels are our primary source of knowledge of life of Jesus Christ. The word Gospel means “Good News.”
  • Martyr
    :
    (n.): A person killed for bearing witness to his faith.
  • Bishop
    :
    (n.): A successor to the Apostles, who has received the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. He is the leader of a particular church, or diocese, entrusted to him.
  • Apostolic Succession
    :
    (n.): The handing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles to their successors, the bishops, through the laying on of hands, as a permanent office in the Church
  • Tradition
    :
    (n.): The handing on of customs or beliefs. From the Latin word tradere, meaning “to hand over” or “deliver.
  • Sacred Tradition
    :
    (n.): The living transmission of the Gospel message in the Church.
  • Deposit of Faith
    :
    (n.): The full content of divine revelation communicated by Christ, contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed on in the Church from the time of the Apostles, and from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed.
  • Magisterium
    :
    (n.): The living teaching authority of the Catholic Church whose task it is to give authentic interpretation of the Word of God found in Scripture and Tradition, and to ensure the faithfulness of the Church to the teachings of the Apostles in matters of faith and morals. This authority is exercised by all of the world’s bishops in union with the pope, and by the pope alone when he defines infallibly a doctrine of faith or morals.
  • Infallibility
    :
    (n.): The Charism of being infallible (incapable of error) in matters of faith and morals.

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