Divine Revelation

Divine revelation is the body of truths shown to us by God.

Day 1 & 2

Faith: The Theological Virtue by which we believe in God and all that He has revealed to us, as well as all that His Church teaches us to believe. (176, 1841)
Divine: Divine means of God, like God, or godly.
Revelation: An act of making known divine truth. From the beginning, God made Himself and His plan for us known gradually and in stages and in words and deeds.
Sacred Scripture: The written record of God’s revelation of Himself. It is the speech of God put down in writing under the breath of the Holy Spirit. The Word of God.
Sacred Tradition: The mode of transmission of the Word of God given to the Apostles by Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The Apostles in turn handed it on to their successors, the bishops.
Magisterium: The teaching authority of the Church and those who exercise that authority, the pope and all of the world’s bishops in union with the pope. The Magisterium of the Church authentically teaches and interprets the Word of God so that the faithful might be saved. (2051, 939)
Apostolic Succession: 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. The fourth mark of the Church is that the Church is apostolic, which means that the Church is built on the lasting foundation of the Apostles. (869, 1209)