Perceptions of Revelation in Christian Thought

Year 2011, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 167 - 199, 01.03.2011

Emir Kuşcu , Mahmut Aydın

Abstract

As it is well known, God has made contact with humankind by speaking with them or appearing to them in some world religions. This sort of relationship is expressed as revelation. In this article, we tried to analyze perception of revelation in Christian thought and how this perception has been explained in the history of Christianity. In this essay, descriptive method is used, since it aims to inform the Turkish reader about the concept of revelation and its perceptions in Christianity. However while we are doing this, we also have done some analysis about how the revelation has been perceived in Christian thought. Within this context, at the very beginning, the general Christian perception of revelation in the light of Christian’s sacred scripture is dealt with. Secondly, it is studied the perceptions of Christian theologians about revelation from the earlier times to the modern times. Thirdly, it is focused on the discussions about one of the main problems of Christian perception of revelation namely general and special revelation. Lastly, it is explained the incident of God’s incarnation in Jesus-Christ as the climax of special revelation

Keywords

: Revelation, revelation in Christianity, general and speacial revelation, incarna-tion, Jesus-Christ

Hıristiyanlıkta Vahiy Algısı Perceptions of Revelation in Christian Thought

Abstract

Bilindiği üzere bazı dünya dinlerinde Tanrı, konuşmak ve tezahür etmek suretiyle insanlıkla iletişim kurmaktadır. Bu tarz ilişki türü “vahiy” olarak ifade edilmektedir. Bu yazıda Hıristiyan düşüncesinde vahiy algısı ve tarihsel algının nasıl algılandığı analiz edilmeye çalışılacaktır. Bu çalışma Hıristiyanlıkta vahiy algısını ana hatlarıyla ortaya koyarak Türk okuyucusu bu konuda bilgilendirmeyi hedef edindiğinden çalışmada daha çok tasvir yöntemi kullanılacaktır. Ancak bu yapılırken zaman zamanda Hıristiyan düşüncesinde vahyin tarihsel süreçte nasıl algılandığıyla ilgili çözümlemeler de yapılacaktır. Bu bağlamda çalışmada ilk olarak Hıristiyanlıkta genel vahiy algısı ele alınarak Hıristiyan kutsal metinlerinde vahyin nasıl yer aldığı konusu tahlil edilecektir. İkinci olarak ilk dönemden günümüze Hıristiyan teologlarının vahiy algıları bir bütünlük içinde inceleme konusu yapılacaktır. Daha sonra ise vahiy kavramıyla ilgili temel problemlerden biri olan “genel vahiy-özel vahiy” tartışmasına odaklanılacaktır. Son olarak ise Tanrı’nın özel vahyinin doruk noktadaki tezahürü olan Tanrı’nın İsa-Mesih’te inkarnasyonu hadisesine değinilecektir.

Keywords

Vahiy, Hıristiyanlıkta Vahiy, Genel ve Özel Vahiy, İnkarnasyon, İsa-Mesih

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