HOW HAS GOD REVEALED HIMSELF ?

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CHRIST MOST PERFECTLY REVEALS GOD THE FATHER


In the generation, after our first parents disobeyed God, breaking their descendant's knowledge of their Creator seems to have become faded and even distorted. We find in the book of Genesis, however, that God chooses to reveal himself to a series of individuals and their families, to begin the restoration of his relationship with humanity. His revelation to Abraham begins a series of events that leads to the formation of the Jewish people and eventually to the birth of Christ to a Jewish woman

As "the word ( Who) became flesh" (see Jn 1:14), christ most perfectly reveals God the Father; the entire divine revelation is perfectly summed up in him. He is not only the Son of God but also God the Son: equal in essence and glory with his Father in heaven. The Holy Spirit -the Spirit sent by the Father and breathed on the apostles by the son -is also a divine Person, and fully God (see Jn 14:9-11)

Catholics believe that this revelation of the triune God -who is three Person in one essence ( or being ) -is communicated in the holy scriptures and through the Church, which authoritatively and infallibly interprets the Bible according to unbroken apostolic Tradition ( see 1 Tim 3:15 ) ( 2 Thes 2:15 ). Individuals can indeed come to know God, even if they have never heard the gospel ("good news") of Jesus Christ, based on nature and what it reveals of the creator, and through the laws of their conscience (see Ps 19:2-3) ( Rom 1:19-21) ( Rom 2: 12-16). Various non -Catholic, Christian communications also teach a great deal that is true about God. However, the fullness of the Christians revelations is entrusted to the Catholic Church, the guardian of the apostolic deposit from the beginning

This Christian message, most fully proclaimed by the Catholic Church, with the aid of the Holy Spirit, who leads the church into all truth, reveals god's nature and character, his love for us, his mercy, and his holiness and commandments. Revelation is God's message to us about himself and about how he wants us to live. it teaches us what is right and wrong, good and evil. It is passed on through the generations by the Church through words and deeds that testify to its truth. (see also "What is the Holy Trinity?")

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