Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 385

Chap.

THIS PRINCIPIUM

II]

AND OUR CONSCIOUSNESS

361

from a mystical inworking of the Holy from the illumination of the regenerate, nor from what the preacher adds to the Scripture, but simply from what he takes from the Scripture. Viewed from whatever point, the Holy Scripture always remains the real principium which brings about the knowledge of God. How this expression principium, applied to the Holy Scripture, is it is enough to be understood, can only be explained later on

come

to the sinner

Spirit, neither

;

that here

we

translate the individualistic-mystical conception

When we

of inspiration into the organically general one.

man, we said In the sinner, so far as pertains to the knowledge of God, the natural principium has been maimed, so that no more new or sufficient knowledge of God comes to man through this channel. This is remedied by a second principium which as principium speciale is provisionally added to the first. This principium also is, if you please, God Himself, or goes out from God. He it is who inspires knowledge of Himself in a special manner into the mind of the sinner (in mentem homiand nis peccatoris modo speciali sui cognitionem inspirat) consequently He alone can give assui-ance concerning His viewed inspiration

in relation to individual

:

;

revelation.

It

concerns here a principium in the proper

sense under or back of which therefore there can

Applying

other.

Oar human

this

Revelation,

to the central

lie

none

we now

can have no more supply of pure or sufficient knowledge of God from the natural principium. Consequently God effects an auxiliary revelation for our human race, which, from a special princisay

:

pium

of its

knowledge

race,

once fallen in

own and under the God within the

of

suited to his condition.

It

necessary conditions, places a

reach of the sinner which

took

plish this central Revelation, until

The

sin,

many it

reached

description of this action of God,

the Holy Scripture.

must seek

it

i.e.

its

completion.

the providing of

human race, is contained in He who would know this central Reve-

this central Revelation for

lation,

is

centuries to accom-

our

therefore in the

in that sense the question,

Holy Scripture.

And

where the special principium with

the central Revelation to our race as

its

fruit

is

now

to be

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