HOW HAS GOD REVEALED HIMSELF ?
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 revelat...