| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Psalm 19:1 ("The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork") | Is generally used in support of general revelation |
| Trinity and Incarnation | According to Aquinas these doctrines could not be known with the use of natural reason. |
| The Bible was written in order to guide the people of God in paths of obedience | According to Gonzalez and Perez this fact is crucial to recognize about the Bible. It was not intended to be read in bits and pieces, to give us INFORMATION rather than to be used for our FORMATION, or meant to be primarily read alone and in silence. |
| The First Vatican Council | Was optimistic regarding the possibility that God's existence could be demonstrated and known by human reason apart from special revelation |
| The meaning of special revelation | "the knowledge of God may well be a disturbing and disruptive reality in our lives." |
| Revelation | According to Migliore, this word refers first of all to Jesus and not the Bible. |
| Karl Barth's three forms of the Word of God | revealed (Jesus Christ), written (Scripture), and proclaimed (church preaching) |
| John 8:12 ("I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.") | This verse leads Barth to speak of the existence of true words of God spoken outside the Church, and he does so with the phrases lesser lights and secular parables. |
| noetic effects of sin | theologians use this phrase in order to express the claim that sin effects our reason and ability to properly identify God - we often end up creating idols. |
| The kind of knowledge we can acquire from the natural order | Gonzalez and Perez point out that when we stop to think about this kind of knowledge it is not absolutely clear and undeniable. |
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