Religious experience and sacred text by A. Holder

“…In some historical instances, experience was supposed to render the text unnecessary, or to sit in judgement over it. But the Book of Revelation implies that the sacred text will no longer be needed, only because its promises have been fulfilled by direct experience of the divine presence. …”
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Die belydenis van die kerk by J. Buitendag

“…Scripture is therefore primarily not revelation as such, but testimony of the revelation in Christ. …”
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Theologen van de twintigste eeuw en de christologie by A. van de Beek

“…For Berkhof (§4) Christ was the revelation of true humankind, as revelation of God’s will. …”
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The absence of presence: homiletical reflections on Luther's notion of the masks of God (larvae dei) by J. Cilliers

“… This paper addresses a complex but core issue of preaching, namely the experience of the elusiveness of God’s presence (revelation) by taking cognisance of the notion of masking. …”
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"Voorberei en toegerus": P.C. Potgieter se beskouing van die opleiding van predikante in kritiese perspektief by L. O. K. Lategan

“…Theological study is directed at the study of the Revelation of God and the church as the body of Christ. …”
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Faith in the modern Reformed church: Calvin and Barth

“…The locus of faith is the main point of difference: Calvin locates an individual’s faith in the Christ revealed in the Bible, whereas Barth locates it in Christ’s immanent revelation of himself at a time of crisis. Behind this difference are divergent views of the Bible and its relationships with theology and praxis. …”
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Dorosły w świadomości przedszkolaka. Esej prawie naukowy by Alicja Jurgiel-Aleksander

“…To us it may seem that all these revelations are nothing new, but the results can show that we fail to treat children as partners. …”
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Contemplation and liturgy: The experience of St. Mary Magdalene De’ Pazzi (Florence, 1566-1607) by M. O'Neill

“…In the experience of the Italian mystic, the Word that was proclaimed in the Liturgy, particularly in the Eucharist, captured her whole attention, in mind and heart, when meditated upon when she had received Holy Communion. Revelation contained in the proclamation of the Word became the content of her encounter with God, leading to that moment when her encounter took her beyond words and concepts into intimate union with God. …”
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Apocalyptic groups and socially disadvantaged contexts by P. G. R. de Villiers

“…After a brief introduction to the nature of this understanding of apocalyptic groups, the article investigates the issue in more depth by analysing an essay on Revelation written by D.H. Lawrence as concrete example of this theory from a nonscholarly perspective, followed by various scholarly readings of apocalyptic groups. …”
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Czy wiara decyduje o normach moralnych? by Jan Orzeszyna

“…The Christian faith can not exist “on its own”, since God’s revelation requires the authority of the Church, to not go wrong. …”
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Voorveronderstellings in die hantering van die verhouding tussen Ou en Nuwe Testament. 'n Beskrywing na aanleiding van Friedrich Baumgärtel by S. J. P. K. Riekert

“…The Old Testament should be respected as the revelation before Christ. …”
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JEREMIAH 8:8: by H L Bosman

“…The change from oral to written law, facilitated by the scribes, caused a legitimacy crisis and can be explained against the background of a new understanding of what “word of God” or “revelation” entailed (Van der Toorn 2013). …”
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Astrotheology: A proactive contextualization of novelty within space exploration by A.C. Pieterse

“…Scripture’s specific revelation vis-à-vis the essence of the natural world and the nature of God may provide a proactive contextualisation of novelty for future space exploration. …”
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Calvyn oor natuurrampe by P. C. Potgieter

“…Therefore the faithful should respect both God’s revelation in this regard as we find it in Scripture, and his hidden plan which we will not be able to fathom in this life. …”
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"God in Himself" and "God as revealed to us": the impact of the substance concept by D. F. M. Strauss

“…In the second option, still as the counter-poleof the esse(nce) part (namely “God-in-Himself”), God accommodated Himself to the creational diversity in order to explain the “appearance” (revelation) of God to creatures. The distinction between conceptual knowledge and concept-transcending knowledge provides an alternative approach. …”
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ONCE AGAIN THE TERM MA???’ IN ZECHARIAH 9:1; 12:1 AND IN MALACHI 1:1: WHAT IS ITS SIGNIFICANCE? by K W Weyde

“…In addition, the lack of divine revelation in these materials indicates that prophecy in the old sense of the word changed some time after the prophets Haggai and Zechariah conveyed their message. …”
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Komunia z Bogiem istotą chrześcijańskiego powołania by Jerzy Wiesław Gogola

“…Such wisdom flows from God’s Revelation and from the teaching of the Church and mystics, particularly those Carmelitan ones mentioned in the article. …”
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Cierpienie i radość w duchowości św. Urszuli Ledóchowskiej by Marcin Godawa

“…Warned about danger of subjectivism man is called to unite his difficulties and tasks with Jesus to experience plenty of their theological values that is a place of God’s revelation, manifestation of love, a merit, a reward and gladness. …”
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JUSTICE AS BEAUTY-IN-ACTION? INSIGHTS FROM HANS URS VON BALTHASAR’S AESTHETICS AND DRAMATICS by M.J. Havenga

“…It begins by giving an exposition of Balthasar’s theological aesthetics, as developed in his work The glory of the Lord, which shows how, for Von Balthasar, earthly beauty participates in, and expresses something of God’s divine glory and reaches its apex in the revelation of the beautiful form of Jesus Christ. This is then followed by an exposition of Von Balthasar’s theological dramatics, as developed in his work Theo-drama, which shows how, for Von Balthasar, this beautiful form of Christ is not merely a static image, icon, or artwork but, in fact, a dynamic event, a dramatic act, an embodied performance which reveals to us, along with God’s glory and beauty, God’s unbounded goodness. …”
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