Very Revealing: The Constitution on Divine Revelation from Vatican II
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1 Very Revealing: The Constitution on Divine Revelation from Vatican II by Bill Huebsch It s hard to imagine cuddling up with a church document, but that s exactly what I suggest you do with the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation from Vatican II. It s an enormously important document for anyone who loves Scripture, who knows Christ, and who is committed to the Church. And yet, in the decades since Vatican II ended in 1965, few have actually read it, and even fewer understand the importance of what it has to say. Cuddle up with it. Give it a long, slow read. You ll come away with the feeling that you ve just finished a lovely retreat. For the Constitution on Revelation has always been in the background of everything else that happened during the Second Vatican Council ( ), and much of what has happened in the Church since. The other three constitutions from the Council stood in the floodlights. The dramatic reforms brought about through the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy caught our immediate attention. Indeed, how could we miss the impact of its reforms? The bold proclamation on the Church in Today s World surprised and impressed everyone, Catholics and all others. And the widely well received Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, with its memorable chapters on the Universal Call to Holiness, the Church as the
2 People of God, and the understanding of the Church itself as a sacrament of Christ, shaped and molded us as a people. In light of these more dramatic and publicly well-known constitutions from Vatican II, the Constitution on Revelation remained somewhat in the shadows. As we stand here today, however, fifty years later, it s plain to see that it is having a powerful and lasting impact throughout the Church. More doctrinal and less pastoral than the others, it may seem to lack a bit of their glitz and glamour, but it is proving to be the stable anchor which holds the Church firm. I suggest you read it. Or read it again. It s relatively short, only 26 total articles in six chapters. It s extremely well written and readable. It was approved and promulgated on November 18, 1965, about a month before the end of the final session of Vatican II. It won wide approval; the final vote ran 2344 in favor and only 6 opposed! Above all else, this Constitution restored an important sense of balance to the Church s understanding of how God speaks to us. Faith would no longer be seen as mere adherence to a list of doctrines and practices, but as a response to God s self-communication which involves the whole human person. Faith is not mere belief. It is a covenant that leads to discipleship, to Christian living. This Constitution also restored the reading and study of Scripture to the lives of average Catholics. We forget that before the Council, Catholics had not read Very Revealing Dei Verbum Bill Huebsch Page 2
3 Scripture much at all. Many seminaries often did not even provide courses in Scripture study. Preaching tended to be thematic, not homiletic. And in many Catholic homes, the family Bible served mainly as a place in which to record the names of new children and the dates of their baptisms. In the 1940s, Pope Pius XII had opened the doors to Catholic participation in biblical study. Following that, the Pontifical Biblical Commission had set forth principles for such scholarship. But now with this document, Bible study by Catholics could proceed with full force and authority. Praying with Scripture Read 1 John 1:2-3 aloud, slowly allowing the words of this passage to fill you. The Bishops at Vatican II hoped the entire world would more clearly experience the wonders which John expresses here. Do you? This constitution contains, in fact, most of what the Council has to say about Scripture. Four of its six chapters (3-6) deal specifically with the Bible. And the first two chapters help us understand how Scripture, tradition, and the teaching office of the Church form one sacred deposit of the word of God (10). This is a terrific document. Let s take a tour. The first line of the first chapter provides us with a dramatic clue about how God speaks to us. God communicates God s own self to us, the document says. In Catholic theology, we call that self-communication of our ever-loving God by a name: grace. The entire chapter is devoted to this great truth, summed up in this phrase from article 6, God chose to show forth and communicate Himself Very Revealing Dei Verbum Bill Huebsch Page 3
4 What I came to see during the Second Vatican Council, the late Bishop Raymond Lucker once said, is that revelation involved God s self-communication to us. God communicated the inner mysteries of God to us. And we can never adequately explain or express the revelation of God (from The National Catholic Reporter, May 25, 2001). This powerful experience of God, offered to every human being from the moment of conception, this mystery of divine presence, is the basis of all revelation. It is free, paid for by the life and death and resurrection of Christ. Jesus perfected this revelation and divine communication, the Constitution goes on to tell us (#4). In Jesus it is made whole and complete. We await no further word. Chapter one is short, only six articles. And yet it summarizes all the ways and moments in which God has spoken to us throughout salvation history. The words proclaim the deeds of God, and the deeds confirm the words. Speaking of Scripture Article 5 of the Constitution calls us to the obedience of faith (Romans 16:26). We are called to entrust our whole selves freely to God and to the truth revealed by Him. How does this response to revelation play out in your life? Handing on the Faith Let s continue our tour of this magnificent document. Chapter 2 discusses how the divine revelation (described in chapter 1) is transmitted from generation to generation. Very Revealing Dei Verbum Bill Huebsch Page 4
5 Christ entrusted his message to the apostles. He named them as teachers and preachers. Down through history, the bishops of the church have continued that role of teacher. The tradition of their teachings, taken together with Scripture, provides the basis for our belief. Tradition and Scripture thus flow from the same divine wellspring (#9), a single source of revelation. In this document, tradition is presented as that which embraces the whole life of the Church. The Holy Spirit illuminates us and the Church offers the truths of revelation. Hence, God is always speaking to everyone in the Church, and our response to that is faith. This makes tradition into something new for us. Far from being a memory of past teachings or doctrines, it is now living. It is a living reality, the unchanging voice of God. And while we need the light of the Church s teachings as a guide, it is clear from this that every Christian experiences a living faith. We are the living voices of God in today s world. When we pray and open ourselves to this divine communication, God speaks to us, not many words, but that single divine word which is the very life of the one who prays, as Karl Rahner has expressed it. The world will hear God s voice by hearing it echo in the lives of the faithful. In fact, tradition develops in the Church with the help of the Holy Spirit (#8). There is a growth in our understanding. This happens, the document tells us, through contemplation and study by faithful people, and through the preaching of the bishops. Thus, it goes on to say, the Bible is more fully known and made active in the Church in every generation. Very Revealing Dei Verbum Bill Huebsch Page 5
6 Blessed John XXIII understood this clearly. It was his own intervention in the debate during the first session of Vatican II (1962) that made the clarity of this document possible. For good Pope John, the debate surrounding this matter held pride of place. He knew that clarifying this would make possible the rest of the work which he hoped the Council would undertake. His own personal life reflected this conviction. One day, in speaking with a close confidant, he expressed his grief that so many women and men of good will thought that the Church rejected and condemned them. But I must be like Christ, he said, referring to the crucifix on this desk. I open wide my arms to embrace them. I love them and I am their father. I am always ready to welcome them. Then turning to his guest he said, All that the Gospel requires of us has not yet been understood (Balducci, Ernesto. John The Transitional Pope. Trans. Dorothy White. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965, p. 31). God, in other words, is still speaking. Revelation, we believe, is complete in Christ. But what the Gospel requires of us is being revealed in every new age. It is expressed in the teaching of the Church and in the hearts of the faithful, according to article eight. This is why it seemed so important to Blessed John XXIII to read the signs of the times in order to know to what work God is calling us today. In his opening speech at the Council itself, John XXIII made clear what he expected. Our duty is not only to guard this precious treasure, he said in that speech, as if we were concerned only with antiquity, but to dedicate ourselves with an earnest will and without fear to that work which our era demands of us (emphasis mine). Very Revealing Dei Verbum Bill Huebsch Page 6
7 What is that work? The whole world expects a step forward, he said. And then he went on to lay out an agenda: clinging to authentic revelation and rooted deeply in Scripture, we must present the faith in modern language and with a pastoral tone. The substance of the ancient doctrine of the deposit of faith is one thing, he said in that historic opening speech, and the way in which it is presented is another. We must work to achieve the hope of Christ that all may be one. We must demonstrate the validity of our teachings, rather than condemning others. And we must make use of the medicine of mercy, rather than that of severity. Reading the Constitution on Divine Revelation in the context of this opening speech and the rest of Vatican II, it is clear that in the community of the Church, the bishops and teachers have a role in making the faith understandable in each generation. It is not enough to say, It is, or it isn t, in the Bible. One must also ask, But what does the Scripture demand of us? Thus, it is not from sacred Scripture alone that the Church draws her certainty about everything which has been revealed (#9). The teaching office of the Church, to whom the task of interpreting all this is entrusted, is not above the word of God, but serves it (#10). These three, tradition, Scripture, and the teaching office of the Church, are so linked and joined that one cannot stand without the other. They form one deposit of faith. Divine Inspiration The Constitution is clearly concerned with the need to make God s voice resound more clearly throughout the world. God speaks. Men and women hear God s voice. They respond in faith. The Church guides all. These are the themes of this Constitution. Very Revealing Dei Verbum Bill Huebsch Page 7
8 The document concludes with four rather short chapters on the Bible. The chapters on interpretation, and on the Old and New Testaments, provide for and encourage the proper study of biblical texts, always with an eye to deeper faith in the believer. And the chapter on Scripture in the life of the Church lays out a plan which would have seemed radical only a few years earlier. Namely, it calls all to know and study sacred Scripture, and to have access to accurate translations. And it calls the clergy to homilize about it in the Liturgy of the Word. It even suggests kindly that cooperating with the separated brethren may lead to faith (#22). The goal here is to help all discover the full message which God is communicating to the human family. The goal is to help all come to hear more clearly the voice of God, so that we may respond more perfectly in faith. Living With Scripture Now that you ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That s why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop, God s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you. (1 Peter 1:22-25) The Message How does your own study of Scripture and tradition lead you to an ever deeper sense of being near the heart of the Lord? Very Revealing Dei Verbum Bill Huebsch Page 8
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