March 2012

Inspiration and the Relationship of Divine and Human Authorship

This is part of a continuing series of posts on the fundamental Catholic doctrines of Scripture.  It picks up from my last post in inspiration, only dealing now with the relationship between human and divine in the composition of Scripture.  **** Divine and Human Authorship The Catholic doctrine of inspiration is commonly understood to entail […]

Inspiration and the Relationship of Divine and Human Authorship Read More »

BREAKING!: New Document Promotes Priority of Scripture in Theology

Today[March 8th 2012] has been an extremely exciting day! The International Theological Commission has a new document out, Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria. This is an incredibly helpful guide to doing Catholic theology. To be sure, this is not a magisterial document—an official document from the Church’s teaching office. Nonetheless, this is important reading

BREAKING!: New Document Promotes Priority of Scripture in Theology Read More »

Supernatural Revelation

We continue this series of posts on the basics of Catholic understanding of revelation, now moving from natural revelation to supernatural revelation. Supernatural Revelation In addition to the revelation of God available in nature, God has also communicated directly with mankind through history, which may be called supernatural revelation. Supernatural revelation communicates to humanity truths

Supernatural Revelation Read More »