My class presentation on a article on Faith and revelation.

1. CharaCteristiCs
of
Christian
revelation

2. Three Characteristics
1.Historical Character
2. Experiential Character
3.Communitarian and Interpersonal Character

3. Historical Character
‘We can’t reduce Christian revelation to mere collection of truths’--- DV 2
A. Revelation In the OT is Historical
•Expose , Manifest, Unveil oneself
•God discloses his will in History
•God is known to people as God of …..
•History –A process
•Different stages of the process

4. B.Revelation in the NT is Historical
‘Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and
various ways
by the prophets, but in these days he has spoken
to us by a son, whom he appointed heir of all things,
through whom he also created the worlds.’-Hb 1,1-2

5. God Spoke
In many and varied ways
To our ancestors
In these days……created the worlds

6. What is Historical Revelation…???
•Revelation in history
•Revelation through history
•Implications of Revelation in and through history

7. istorical Revelation-Indian Context
•Changing reality can’t communicate anything divine
•Historical facts are transitory
•To arrive at the diving, we need to go beyond the
transitory
Historical Revelation is not Possib

8. 2.Experientaial Character
Of
Christian Revelation

9. A. Revelation in OT - Experiential
•Experience of God in the cosmic events
•Experience of God in and through the
historical events

10. Revelation in NT - Experiential
Revelation as experience in the person of Christ
Christ is the self revelation of God
Christ is the recipient of revelation
Glorified Xt is the perfect sharer of the experience of
God
Apostles share the consciousness of Xt thus share his
experience
Church shares the experience of apostles

11. Experience of Revelation in the Indian Context
In India, reality is conceived as one.
Revelatory process= awakening our consciousness
Contact with the Supreme Reality
Means of awakening…
Hearing of the word-OM
Bhakti(Jnana)Marga
Hindu Experience of God is not historically mediated,
as in the case of biblical experience of God

12. Christian Revelation
Inter Personal and

13. Historical and experiential Character of revelation
makes it an event of Personal relationship
Through this revelation, therefore the invisible God,
out of the abundance of his love, speaks to men
as friends and live among them……DV 2

14. nterpersonal Character of Christian Revelatio
A. Revelation in the OT is Interpersonal
YHWH enters into personal relation with Human Perso
YHWH makes covenant with humanity
Inter personal relation progressively grows

15. B. Revelation in NT is an inter personal union
of the human person with God in Christ
C. Revelation in the Church is Interpersonal
D. Characteristics of Revelation – that is interpersonal
1.Dialogical
2. It is knowledge, that is life
3.Realized in the midst of tension

16. Communitarian Nature of Christian Revelation
Revelation in OT is Communitarian
Revelation in NT is Communitarian
Implications of Revelation that is Communitarian

17. My Views and Reflections

18. Thank You