Systematic Index of Dogmatic and Moral Matters

(A canon of the Code of canon law is indicated by the letter C; a condemned proposition by the number in italics)

REVELATION

THE POSSIBILITY AND NECESSITY OF REVELATION

Ia Revelation strictly so-called or the speaking of God to man is possible and useful 1706, 1807 f.; supernatural 1636, 1787, 2020 ff.; morally (necessary) concerning natural religious truths 1642 ff.; absolutely necessary concerning the supernatural 1786, 1808; can be made believable by external signs 1622 ff., 1627 f., 1638 f., 1651, 1790, 1793, 1812 f.

THE FACT AND OBJECTS (MYSTERIES) OF REVELATION

Ib The Most Holy Trinity revealed some things, through Moses, the prophets and their other servants, and finally through Christ 428, 1785; Christ, so that he might teach that He is the Messias, spoke and performed miracles 2028.

Revelation is not a work of men or some philosophical discovery 1636, 1639, 1705, 1800, 2020 f., or a mere evolution of Christian understanding 2054, 2074 ff., but a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and men 2059, 2078 ff.

Besides truths accessible even to human reason Christian revelation contains mysteries widely so-called, as the eternal decrees of God, 1785; strictly so-called, which are inaccessible to reason 1616 f., 1642 ff., 1655, 1662, 1668 f., 1682, 1709, 1795, 1816, 1915 f.; moreover, they even transcend angelic understanding 1673, which with the progress of science cannot be understood or demonstrated 1642 ff., 1668 f., 1671 ff., 1704, 1709, 1796, 1816, 1818; nevertheless, they do not contradict reason 1634 f., 1649, 1706, but exceed it 1635, 1671, 1795, and always remain obscure 442, 1796; are not inventions of men contrary to the common good 1634, 1707.