U.I.O.G.D.

San Beda College

College of Law
Mendiola, Manila

Handout 3
Having seen the different ways by which the Lord reveals himself to us, i.e.,
through nature, the Scriptures, the Church, and other religions, we now proceed
to the reality that God reveals Himself to humankind in the most profound and
concrete way. This revelation is through
II. JESUS CHRIST:
AGENT, CONTENT AND GOAL OF REVELATION
Nevertheless we Catholics must witness to [our] own faith and way of life in the
Catholic Church which proclaims, and is duty-bound to proclaim, without fail, Christ
who is the way, the truth and the life (NA 2). Jesus Christ is himself both the mediator
and the fullness of all Revelation (DV 2; cf. CCC 65).
PCP II puts it sharply: We are followers of Christ, his disciples. We trace his footsteps in
our times, to utter his word to others. To love with his love. To live with his life . . . To
cease following him is to betray our very identity (PCP II 34). Filipino Catholics,
therefore, recognize in Jesus Christ the goal, the content, and the agent of Gods Selfrevelation.

A. Goal
As goal, Jesus is the key, the center and the purpose of the whole of mans history (GS
10), in whose image we all are to be conformed (cf. Rom 8:29). For it is through the Risen
Christ that we shall share the Trinitarian divine life of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Therefore our present earthly life is a challenge to put on the Lord Jesus Christ, as St.
Paul admonishes us (cf. Rm 13:14).

B. Content
But Christ is not only the goal of Gods revelation, He is also its content, the Revealed
One. In himself, Jesus reveals both God and ourselves. Christ, the new Adam, in the
very revelation of the mystery of the Father and of His love, fully reveals man to himself

and brings to light his most high calling (GS 22). Our Faith centers on Christ precisely
because we believe we are called to union with him, who is the light of the world, from
whom we go forth, through whom we live, and towards whom our whole life is
directed (LG 3).

C. Agent
Finally, besides being the goal and content of Revelation, Christ is also its agent, the
mediator (cf. DV 2). God is one. One also is the mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all (1 Tim 2:5-6). Christ is revealer
through his part in creation, through his becoming man, through his hidden and public
life, and especially through his passion, death and resurrection. After his resurrection,
the Risen Christ continues his revelation by sending us his Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth
(cf. DV 4).
But how does the revealing Christ touch the Filipino Catholic today? Clearly, through his
Church, the people of God, united in his name. The one mediator, Christ, established
and ever sustains here on earth his holy Church, the community of faith, hope and
charity, as a visible organization through which he communicates truth and grace to all
men (LG 8). The Church herself receives Christs revelation. She regards the Scriptures,
taken together with sacred Tradition, as the supreme rule of her faith. For they present
Gods own Word in an unalterable form, and make the voice of the Holy Spirit sound
again and again in the words of the prophets and apostles (DV 21).