REVELATIONS AND PRAYER

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comes from the Greek word ‘apokalypsis’


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Revelation

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apokalypsis english translation

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uncovering, unveiling, exposing, or manifesting something hidden

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‘Apo’ means


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‘away from’

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‘Kalupsis’ means


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‘a hiding or ‘veiling’

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‘apokalypsis’ means


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‘a revealing’ or ‘taking away of a veil.’

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it is the communication of some truths by God to rational creatures through means which are beyond the ordinary course of nature

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Revelation

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Stages of Revelation


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Adam and Eve
Redemption of Nation (Noah)
Abraham’s Covenant
Israel: God’s Chosen People
Jesus Christ (Transmission of Revelation)

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Our first parents wherein God had appeared Himself to them


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Adam and Eve

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God had appeared to Noah (the only righteous person and remained faithful to God), by telling him to make an ‘Ark.’


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Redemption of Nation (Noah)

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God had appeared to Abraham by telling him, I will make you the ‘Father of the Nation.’


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Abraham’s Covenant

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Father of Nation


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Abraham

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God had appeared to His chose people and guiding them going to Promised Land


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Israel: God’s Chosen People

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“Christ the Lord, in whom the entire Revelation of the Most High God is summed up, commanded the apostles to preach the Gospel. (CCC. 54 – 67).

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Jesus Christ (Transmission of Revelation)

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Types of Revelation


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General or indirect revelation
special or specific revelation

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revelation that isavailable to everyone. This is often used to describe the way God is revealed through the natural world, conscience, people, awareness of morality, scripture or reason.

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General (or indirect)revelation

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In contrast to general revelation, this revelationoccurs only in specific ways, to certain people or in certain objects.

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special or specific revelation

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ob-audire meaning


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to hear or to listen

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Faith - (Latin )

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fides

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Faith (Greek)


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pistis

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Faith (Hebrew)


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amunh

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is a supernatural virtue by which we firmly believe all the truths that God has revealed, on the Word of God revealing, who can neither deceive nor be deceived.


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Faith

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fides’ which means


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trust

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‘pistis’ which means


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conviction, trust, belief, dependency, integrity and persuasion

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‘amunh’ which means


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steadfastness

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the strengthening of Moses’ hands; hence, it comes to mean ‘faithfulness’ whether of God towards man or of man towards God…


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steadfastness (amunh)

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Now faith the substance of things to be hoped for, the evidence of things that appear not (Heb. 11:1).


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Faith (Biblically)

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Examples of Persons having with Great Faith

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Abraham - “father of all who believe.”
Mary - “Blessed is she who believed.”

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Source of Faith


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Jesus – the author of faith

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Characteristics of Faith


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Faith is a grace.
Faith is a human act
Faith and understanding
The freedom of faith
The necessity of faith
Perseverance in faith
Faith: the beginning of eternal life

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Effects of Faith

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Love to Christ (1 Pet. 1:8)
Confidence (Eph. 3: 1-21)
Joy (Romans 5:11)
Prayer (Heb. 4: 16)
Attention to His ordinances & profit by them (Heb. 4:2)
Zeal in the promotion of His glory (1 Cor. 15: 58)
Holiness of heart and life (Mt. 7:20)