Revelation as the Thou of Jesus Christ Joseph Ratzinger’s/Pope Benedict XVI’s Contribution to a deeper Understanding of Revelation

• Authors: Emery de Gaál

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Revelation as the Thou of Jesus Christ Joseph Ratzinger’s/Pope Benedict XVI’s Contribution to a deeper Understanding of Revelation

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses Pope Benedict XVI’s / Joseph Ratzinger’s understanding of revelation. It shows the bases for his understanding to be found in the theology of St. Bonaventure, more specifically in the Doctor Seraphicus’ Hexaëmeron. It is on the theology of history in Bonaventure that Ratzinger had written his terminal paper. This will allow him to impact Vatican II in an original way. The essay describes how the young peritus Joseph Ratzinger contributed in a most decisive way to the dogmatic constitution on divine revelation Dei Verbum’s recalibration of the nature of revelation. It also discusses hope Pope Benedict‘s teaching office thematized revelation. Revelation is ultimately neither Scripture nor tradition, but the self-disclosure of the Triune God in the Thou of Jesus Christ.

Keywords

EN

Benedict XVI; Joseph Ratzinger; Jesus Christ; revelation; personalism; thou; Bonaventure; II. Vatican Council; Inspiration; Scripture; tradition; Christocentric; Old Testament; New Testament; Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite; Deus Caritas Est; Spe Salvi; C; Benedict XVI; Joseph Ratzinger; Jesus Christ; revelation; personalism; thou; Bonaventure; II. Vatican Council; Inspiration; Scripture; tradition; Christocentric; Old Testament; New Testament; Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite; Deus Caritas Est; Spe Salvi; C

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Benedykt XVI; Józef Ratzinger; Jezus Chrystus; objawienie; personalizm; Bonawentura; Sobór Watykański II; natchnienie; Pisma; Tradycja; chrystocentryzm; Stary Testament; Nowy testament; Pseudo-Dionizy Areopagita; Deus caritas est; Spe salvi; Caritas in ver

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Poznańskie Studia Teologiczne
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 30
• Pages: 7-55

Dates

published

2018-08-24

Contributors

author

Emery de Gaál

• University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pst.2016.30.01