Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 10.
(Youcat answer) In Jesus Christ, God himself came to earth.
He is God’s last Word. By listening to him, all men of
all times can know who God is and what is necessary for their salvation.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 66) "The Christian economy, therefore, since it is
the new and definitive Covenant, will never pass away; and no new public
revelation is to be expected before the glorious manifestation of our Lord
Jesus Christ" (DV 4; cf. 1 Tim 6:14; Titus 2:13). Yet even if Revelation
is already complete, it has not been made completely explicit; it remains for
Christian faith gradually to grasp its full significance over the course of the
centuries.
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
With the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Revelation of God is perfect and complete.
To make it comprehensible to us, the Holy Spirit leads us ever deeper into the
truth. God’s light breaks so forcefully into the lives of many individuals that
they “see the heavens opened” (Acts 7:56). That is how the great places of
pilgrimage such as Guadalupe in Mexico or Lourdes in France came about.The
“private revelations” of visionaries cannot improve on the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. No one is obliged to believe in them. But they can help us understand
the Gospel better. Their authenticity is tested by the Church.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 67) Throughout the ages, there have been so-called
"private" revelations, some of which have been recognized by the
authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith.
It is not their role to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revelation, but
to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the
Magisterium of the Church, the sensus
fidelium knows how to discern and welcome in these revelations whatever
constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to the Church. Christian
faith cannot accept "revelations" that claim to surpass or correct
the Revelation of which Christ is the fulfilment, as is the case in certain non-Christian
religions and also in certain recent sects which base themselves on such
"revelations".
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