Revelation of Jesus in Scripture

Unit 1: Revelation

Overview

By the end of this unit, you should be able to describe the various ways by which God is revealed to people, and reflect on your own personal search for God.

Enduring Understandings

  • When we respond to the invitation to live in communion with God, we become more fully the God called us to be.
  • We can come to know God through the natural world and through human reason.
  • God’s Revelation is communicated through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.

Essential Questions

  • How does one find true happiness?
  • How can I know and search out God?
  • How has God communicated with humanity?

You should know:

  • Each person has been created with a longing to know God and to live in communion with him.
  • Responding to God’s invitation to live in communion with him is the path by which we may attain true happiness.
  • Natural revelation allows us to know God through the natural world and through human reason.
  • Early theologians influenced the Catholic understanding of natural revelation.
  • Sacred Scripture contains the written account of God’s Divine Revelation to the Jewish people and to the early Christians.
  • Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition are the means by which Divine Revelation is shared with every generation.

You should be able to:

  • Reflect, both verbally and in writing, on how you have come to know God.
  • Explore your identity and begin to consider how to become the person God created you to be.
  • Identify examples of faithful people who have responded to God’s call with courage and creativity.
  • Articulate an awareness of God’s presence in nature.
  • Utilize logic and reason to engage in conversation and debate regarding God’s loving action in the world.
  • Summarize how Scripture passages reveal God’s saving action and love for humanity.
  • Explain how Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition are the two pillars of God’s Revelation.

Material Covered: (first set of page numbers reflect the Ed tech book and the second set the iTunes Store)

Chapter 1: The Desire to know God

  • Article 1: We are Created to Long for God (12-15//1-5)
  • Article 2: God’s Invitation (15-17//6-7)
  • Article 3: Happiness in God Alone (17-18//8-10)
  • Article 4: Saint Augustine and the Four Objects of Love (19-21//11-12)

Chapter 2: Natural Revelation

  • Article 5: Sacred Scripture and Natural Revelation (23-26//14-17)
  • Article 6: Natural Revelation and the Wisdom of the Church Fathers (27-29//18-19)
  • Article 7: Natural Revelation and Scholastic Theology (30-33//20-23)
  • Article 8: Natural Revelation: Vatican Council I to the Present (33-35//24-26)

Chapter 3: Divine Revelation

  • Article 9: Salvation History: God’s Revelation (36-39//27-30)
  • Article 10: Salvation History in the Old Testament (39-43//31-34)
  • Article 11: Jesus Christ: The Fullness of All Revelation (43-45//35-37)
  • Article 12: The Church and the Transmission of Divine Revelation (45-47//38-39)
  • Article 13: Scripture and Tradition: The Two Pillars of God’s Revelation

(47-50//40-42)

  • Article 14: The Vocation of All (50-51//43)