Within the Human Quest for God (where have I come from; where am I going), humankind reaches out to an infinite mystery. Concerning spiritual and theological guidance, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Basic Sixteen Documents of Vatican Council II attempt to make sense of the Mysteries of the Christian religion. In reaching out to such a Mystery, each document individually reveals the tradition and revelations which have helped humankind grapple with such a search. Ultimately, it is within such a ‘contact’ of seeking in which each document draws near to the manifestation of Mystery.
In coming together in some fashion to form one thing and move towards the same goal, each document illuminates the mystery of God and his involvement in the Church. Making known the mystery of his will (Eph 1:9), Vatican II teaches that the mysterious design of God’s wisdom is revealed in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.(Lumen Gentium, Art. II) However, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church asserts that the mystery of God is ungraspable with human representations (Cat. 42), the Church teaches that the kingdom of Christ exists as a mystery. (LG 3)
Ministering the wonderful mystery of the nature of God, the Catechism illuminates that divine nature is mysterious just as God is Mystery.(Cat. 206) Thus, even when God reveals himself, God remains a mystery beyond words, ‘if you understood him, it would not be God’.(Cat. 230) It is within such a mystery of a ‘divine’ dimension of text, words, signs, and events, in which each document engages in drawing out both literal and spiritual witness of the sacred.
Ultimately, it is in the mystery of the Will of God that the mystery of the Christian faith becomes clear. Vatican II and the Catechism each teach that it is within the Church, tradition, and scripture in which God brings to light the mystery of his Will.(Dei Verbum 98) Although, with shadows, each document teaches that within the mystery of its Lord it will not be until the end in which God’s mystery will be manifested in full light.(LG 4)
In coming together in some fashion to form one thing and move towards the same goal, each document illuminates the mystery of God and his involvement in the Church. Making known the mystery of his will (Eph 1:9), Vatican II teaches that the mysterious design of God’s wisdom is revealed in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.(Lumen Gentium, Art. II) However, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church asserts that the mystery of God is ungraspable with human representations (Cat. 42), the Church teaches that the kingdom of Christ exists as a mystery. (LG 3)
Ministering the wonderful mystery of the nature of God, the Catechism illuminates that divine nature is mysterious just as God is Mystery.(Cat. 206) Thus, even when God reveals himself, God remains a mystery beyond words, ‘if you understood him, it would not be God’.(Cat. 230) It is within such a mystery of a ‘divine’ dimension of text, words, signs, and events, in which each document engages in drawing out both literal and spiritual witness of the sacred.
Ultimately, it is in the mystery of the Will of God that the mystery of the Christian faith becomes clear. Vatican II and the Catechism each teach that it is within the Church, tradition, and scripture in which God brings to light the mystery of his Will.(Dei Verbum 98) Although, with shadows, each document teaches that within the mystery of its Lord it will not be until the end in which God’s mystery will be manifested in full light.(LG 4)
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