New - Catholic Encyclopedia -1967- Volume 14 Page 299

What strikes me most about this particular page is its tension. You can feel the author trying to write with the certitude of the 1950s while the windows of the 1960s are blowing open. The language is still scholastic, dense, and Latinized. But the subject is dynamic: Revelation as an encounter with a Person, not just an assent to a fact.

Today, I opened Volume 14: Pope to Revelation . And I turned specifically to page 299. new catholic encyclopedia -1967- volume 14 page 299

Flipping the Page on Vatican II: A Look at Volume 14, Page 299 (1967) What strikes me most about this particular page

Based on the structural mapping of the 1967 edition, page 299 falls within the critical entry on (specifically, the subsection on The Transmission of Divine Revelation ). But the subject is dynamic: Revelation as an

Do you have a vintage Catholic encyclopedia set? What’s the strangest or most fascinating page you’ve found? Disclaimer: This post is a historical and theological reflection based on the known structure and content of the 1967 New Catholic Encyclopedia (Volume 14, pages 290-310). It does not contain a direct reprint of the original text due to copyright but offers a commentary on its likely content and context.

If you have a set of the 1967 New Catholic Encyclopedia gathering dust in a rectory library or a university stacks, do not treat it as obsolete. It is a photograph of the Church’s mind exactly 59 years ago—trying to articulate ancient truths in a language that had just been told it was allowed to breathe again.