Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 311

Chap.

THE FRUIT OF REVELATION

I]

know

John

Father."

I the

x. 15).

Our

287

older theologians

expressed this entirely exceptional position of Christ as our by attributing to him the Theologia Unionis, i.e. that

pro2?het

God" which resulted from what he himby saying: I and the Father are one. The Christological explanation of this is not in order here, but But to show the significance of this fact in Dogmatics. "knowledge

of

self described

to special revelation,

we

here indicate these three points:

(1) that the theologia unionis

is

not taken as an adequate

divine self-knowledge, but always as a Crod, i.e. a

knowledge

capacity will allow, but

degree of intensity;

of

measure of human

nevertheless ever bound to this

Our eye can only take

measure.

human knowledge

as complete as the

a

in light to

limited

stronger light does not lighten us,

but blinds our eye, and that degree of light only which is In the same adjusted to our eye gives us entire clearness. way a knowledge of God which exceeds our human limitations would throw no light into our darkness, but cause us to see of

still less.

God

(2) Let

it

be observed that this knowledge

as the fruit of Christ's union

with the Father was

not the result of a dialectical analysis, but was intuitive,

and therefore was not acceptable "to the wise and the learned," but intelligible to babes. fore,

that

Christ

is

our knowledge

It is not said, there(7y(Mcri9),

much

less

our understanding (cruyeo-i?), but that he is our Christ does not argue, he declares; wisdom (ao^ia). he does not demonstrate, he shows and illustrates ; he does not analyze, but with enrapturing symbolism unveils the

that he

is

truth.

The statement

that Christ "increased in

wisdom"

cannot detain us here in this instance we merely deal with Christ after his baptism, when the "hear him" had been ;

proclaimed of him.

And

the objection that Christ con-

sulted the Holy Scriptures of Israel has no weight with

who

with the apostle Peter, that Christ is But in whatever way this may be taken, the result remains the same. The Son, who was in the bosom of the Father, has declared Him unto us, and this implies what we postulated: (1) that the knowl-

those

confess,

also the subject of prophecy.

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