On Divine Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith, Volume 1

In On Divine Revelation, one of Garrigou-Lagrange's most important books, he presents a classic exposition of this basic theme, which is now available in English for the first time. It is a well-organized and complete defense of divine revelation's rationality and supernaturality. He discusses the scientific nature of theology, the nature of revelation itself, mystery, dogma, the grace of faith, the powers of human reason, incorrect interpretations of those powers (rationalism, naturalism, agnosticism, and pantheism), the motivations of credibility, and much more.

Despite the fact that it was written a century ago, On Divine Revelation will restore faith in theology as an unique and unified discipline and bring attention back to the fundamental concerns of revelation doctrine. It also serves as a helpful counterbalance to contemporary theology's anthropocentrism and preoccupation with what is relative in revelation and religious experience, refocusing our theological attention on what is most certain, central, and certain in our understanding of divine revelation: the Triune God who has revealed his inner life and salvific will.

Readers will see the great splendor of the gift of divine revelation: radiant with credibility before the gaze of reason and drawing our supernatural assent to the mysteries through the gift of faith. As Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. observes, “On Divine Revelation . . . is a stunning work of inestimable value. No other subsequent work on this topic has come close to meeting it (much less surpassing it).”