Jose Cordova

Recognizing Divine Revelation

Moral Certitude (if before the gift of faith):

1. Miracles (effects that nature cannot account for must be caused by something external to nature)

2. Sometimes, dreams can point to DR

3. Providential outcomes

4. The Word (exterior or interior) (eg, Samuel anoints David - exterior, Abraham and prophets - interior

With faith, our

Vatican I - Dei Filius (The Son of God)

1. More authoritative than Vatican II

2. Canons (pp. 10-17)

3. Church document regarding Revelation

4. Paragraphs 5-7: critique of private judgement with no unifying authority, leading to dissolution

5. Chapter 3: we are obligued to yield to God full submission of intellect and will by faith; we believe Revelation because of the

Distinctive Features Regarding Divine Revelation of God

1. Non-material object

2. Infinite object, cannot be contained, cannot be measured

3. Personal and trustworthy “object” who disclosed Himself voluntarily and has established a relationship of trust

Distinctive Advantages Regarding Divine Revelation of God

1. Absolute certitude

2. Duty to accept and follow this

CCC 50-73:

• End goal of Revelation is Man’s sharing in God’s life (CCC 50-52)

• Fullness of Revelation is Christ, the Word of God (CCC 65), nothing after Christ can add to this Revelation, including private revelation

• Romans 10:13 must be understood in context (Rom 10:14-17).

• Garrigou-Lagrange: Three Ways of the Spiritual Life

• Hebrews 1:1-3: God, the

Philosophy includes “Natural Theology” (Nat Theo)

Revelation involves personal disclosure

Nat Theo is based on reason

Sacred Theology is based on God’s Revelation

Fundl Theo sits in between, reflects on God’s Revelation using Reason

In the beginning: Phi - Scie - Theo were one subject

Unlike the Greeks, the Jews had Revelation

The Jews consider themselves

Two ways of knowing:

1 - Cause and Effect

2 - Revelation

a) Order of Nature (Creation)

b) God’s words and deeds in history (Order of Grace - Supernatural Order)