Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Fullness of Truth for All Generations

God "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth": that is, of Christ Jesus. Christ must be proclaimed to all nations and individuals, so that this revelation may reach to the ends of the earth: God graciously arranged that the things He had once revealed for the salvation of all peoples should remain in their entirety, throughout the ages, and be transmitted to all generations.---Universal Catechism Reference No.74

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Fully Revealed

"In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days He has spoken to us by a Son." Christ, the Son of God made man, is the Father's one, perfect and unsurpassable Word. In Him He has said everything; there will be no other word than this one. St. John of the Cross, among others, commented strikingly on Hebrews 1:1-2: In giving us His Son, His only Word (for He possesses no other), He spoke everything to us at once in this sole Word - and He has no more to say. . . because what He spoke before to the prophets in parts, He has now spoken all at once by giving us the All Who is His Son. Any person questioning God or desiring some vision or revelation would be guilty not only of foolish behavior but also of offending Him, by not fixing his eyes entirely upon Christ and by living with the desire for some other novelty.---Universal Catechism Reference No. 65