The revelation of God is a determinate revelation, given…
““The revelation of God is a determinate revelation, given at a particular epoch: God revealed himself once and for all in the year so and so, … not to the universal man, … but to certain limited individuals. A revelation in a given time and place must be fixed in writing, that its blessings may be transmitted uninjured. … [T]he belief is revelation is … belief in a written revelation; but the necessary consequence of faith in which a historical book, necessarily subject to all the conditions of a temporal, finite production, is regarded as an eternal, absolute, universally authoritative word, is – superstition and sophistry.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
Faith in a fixed, written revelation is seen as superstition because it treats a historical text as an eternal, universal authority.
In simple terms: Treating historical texts as timeless truth is flawed.
Key Takeaway
Question the authority of written revelations.
Themes
theology
authority
interpretation
Mood
critical
skeptical
Type
philosophical
theological
When to use this quote
- religious study
- interfaith dialogue
- academic critique
Key Concepts
superstition
historicity
faith
textualism
Questions to Reflect On
- How does context shape belief?
- Can truth be timeless?
A Different Perspective
Limits of written revelation in diverse cultures.