Privačių apreiškimų santykis su dieviškuoju apreiškimu

Abstract

The teachings of the Church declare that public Revelation is true and, if understood correctly, faultless. In Christianity the basis of faith, life, thought and action of believers is the incarnated mystery of Jesus Christ. In brief, the Revelation is the God’s revelatory action dedicated to all mankind, captured in the Bible which consists of two parts Old and New Testaments. God entrusts His Revelation to words of gospellers who represent the meaning of His will. God Himself chooses and calls people whom He entrusts to reveal events in the context of the Salvation. The Spirit of Jahweh embraces a human- being, adopts his heart and makes him the tool of godly will. Thus the Revelation consists of both the events and the explanatory comments. The meaning of the events becomes clear when it is explained. In principle, the word of revelation is dynamic – acting and lively, which makes the salvation real by proclaiming it and promising it at the same time. In the New Testament the Revelation is the free factor of the infinite God’s love, which He allows to know Himself through the incarnation and reveals the plan of Salvation that He had since the beginnings through Jesus Christ. This Godly action is carried out through Christ’s and apostles’ outer legacy of and through the inner existence and action of the Holy Spirit. The God’s Revelation in the Holy Script is for all people and all times. It is necessary to accept it and believe in it. Thus, there is no need to wait for any new revelation till the second coming of Christ. The authoritativeness of private revelations differs from the Divine Revelation in principle. The latter demands faith in Him through human words, as well as intercessions of the community of the Church God Himself speaks to us. The certainty that God Himself speaks through the Revelation guarantees people that there is Truth in Him. [...]