Planning to make known the way of heavenly salvation, He went further and from the start manifested Himself to our first parents. God, who through the Word creates all things (see John 1:3) and keeps them in existence, gives men an enduring witness to Himself in created realities (see Rom. By this revelation then, the deepest truth about God and the salvation of man shines out for our sake in Christ, who is both the mediator and the fullness of all revelation. This plan of revelation is realized by deeds and words having an inner unity: the deeds wrought by God in the history of salvation manifest and confirm the teaching and realities signified by the words, while the words proclaim the deeds and clarify the mystery contained in them. 3:38), so that He may invite and take them into fellowship with Himself. 33:11 John 15:14-15) and lives among them (see Bar.

1:17) out of the abundance of His love speaks to men as friends (see Ex. Through this revelation, therefore, the invisible God (see Col.

1:9) by which through Christ, the Word made flesh, man might in the Holy Spirit have access to the Father and come to share in the divine nature (see Eph.

In His goodness and wisdom God chose to reveal Himself and to make known to us the hidden purpose of His will (see Eph. Therefore, following in the footsteps of the Council of Trent and of the First Vatican Council, this present council wishes to set forth authentic doctrine on divine revelation and how it is handed on, so that by hearing the message of salvation the whole world may believe, by believing it may hope, and by hoping it may love. What we have seen and heard we announce to you, so that you may have fellowship with us and our common fellowship be with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ' (1 John 1:2-3). John: 'We announce to you the eternal life which dwelt with the Father and was made visible to us. Hearing the word of God with reverence and proclaiming it with faith, the sacred synod takes its direction from these words of St.

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