Revealed Knowledge

• Catholics on revealed knowledge of God in Jesus

  • God's revelation was completed through the Christ-event but its relevance today needs to be understood in each new circumstance
  • it is the duty of the Church today, to make God's grace accessible
  • God is revealed through the Bible and Church tradition
  • the Church was a gift from Jesus to continue his work
  • the actions of the Church reveal aspects of God, eg. the Eucharist
• Protestants on revealed knowledge of God in Jesus

  • the Bible holds more authority than the Church
  • it is the role of the Church to point believers towards the revelation found in the Bible
• pros of the revealed knowledge of God

  • only God can properly reveal something as indescribable as himself, eg. religious experiences show how indescribable it is to encounter God directly
  • revealed theology is required to know about God
  • humans require God's revelation to know about him as he is much greater than them
  • emphasises the importance of Jesus
  • the Bible is a revealed text, thus is accessible to all
• cons of the revealed knowledge of God

  • useless to non-believers as they cannot interpret or understand it
  • suggests God is biased as only reveals himself in certain circumstances
  • unclear as to how humans are to interpret what is revealed to them
  • assumes that Christianity is the correct revelation