THE 1000C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Karl Rahner, Fideism, Holy Spirit

• School: St. John's University
• Department: Theology and Religious Studies
• Course: THE 1000C
• Professor: Paul D.Molnar

Document Summary

Revelation denotes the word of god itself in the act of its being spoken in time. It is the condition which conditions all things without itself being conditioned. It means the unveiling of what is veiled. Revelation in fact does not differ from the person of jesus christ nor from the reconciliation accomplished in him. To sa(cid:455) (cid:396)e(cid:448)elatio(cid:374) is to sa(cid:455), (cid:858)the wo(cid:396)d (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e flesh(cid:859) Revelation is the manifestation of what concerns us ultimately. E(cid:448)elatio(cid:374) is a (cid:862)modification of our transcendental consciousness produced permanently by god in grace. But such a modification is really an original and permanent element in our consciousness as the basic and original luminosity of our existence. And as an element in our transcendentality it is already revelation i the proper sense. Ka(cid:396)l ba(cid:396)th is said to ha(cid:448)e a (cid:862)ch(cid:396)isto(cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:272)(cid:863) (cid:373)ethod. Paul tilli(cid:272)h is said to ha(cid:448)e a (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)elatio(cid:374) (cid:373)ethod(cid:863) Rahner is said to have a transcendental method.