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nations.23 Above all, the poor and humble
of the Lord will bear 489 this hope. Such holy women as
Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Miriam,
Deborah, Hannah, Judith and Esther kept alive the hope of
Israels salvation. The purest figure among them is
Mary.24 III. Christ Jesus Mediator and
Fullness of All Revelation25
God has said everything in his Word 6~ In many and various ways God spoke of old
to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he
has spoken to us by a Son.~26 Christ, the Son of God made
man, is the Fathers one, perfect and
no other word than this one. St John of the
Cross, among others, commented strikingly on Hebrews
1:1-2: In giving us his Son, his
only Word (for he possesses no other), he spoke everything
to us at once in this sole Word and he has no
more to say... because what he
spoke before to the prophets in parts, he has now spoken
5i6 all at once by giving us the All Who is His Son. Any
person questioning God or desiring
some vision or revelation would be guilty not only of
foolish behaviour but also of offending him, by not
fixing his eyes
novelty.27 There will be no further Revelation 66 The Christian economy, therefore, since
it is the new and definitive Covenant, will never pass
away; and no new public revelation is to be expected
before the glorious manifestation of our Lord Jesus
Christ.~28 Yet even if Revelation is already complete, it
has not been made completely explicit; it remains for
course of the centuries.
67 Throughout the ages, there have been socalled
private revelations, some of which have been
recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not
84 belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is
not their role to improve or
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