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This is fascinating because 1967 was a powder keg of hermeneutics. Dei Verbum (the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation) had just been promulgated two years prior. For the previous century, Catholic theology had been defensive—focused on the “deposit of faith” handed over as a neat package of propositions. But page 299 of this encyclopedia captures the shift mid-motion.
It reminds us that revelation isn't just something that happened 2,000 years ago. It is something happening on page 299 , every time we read with fresh eyes.
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 ). new catholic encyclopedia -1967- volume 14 page 299
Today, I opened Volume 14: Pope to Revelation . And I turned specifically to page 299.
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. This is fascinating because 1967 was a powder
No. The 1967 edition still bears the scars of pre-conciliar defensiveness. But page 299 of Volume 14 is a small masterpiece of transition.
The page discusses how Revelation is not merely a book dropped from heaven, but a living reality. It balances the Protestant Sola Scriptura with the Catholic Duo Fontes (two sources: Scripture and Tradition). But interestingly, writing in 1967, the author is already hedging. They acknowledge that Scripture and Tradition are not two separate "containers" of truth, but a single flowing stream. But page 299 of this encyclopedia captures the
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.