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               26  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (25): 13-47, Winter 2021
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                  Christians  do  not  believe           A. Linguistic Theory
               that  Christ  brought  a  book        The  Bible  is  a  collection  of
               called the “Bible”, the existing      teachings  revealed  by  God,
               Bible is the account of his life      revealed  by  the  prophets  and
               and  words  by  some  of  his         recorded  infallibly;  This,  of
               apostles  and  followers;  but        course,  is  the  view  that
               because  their  authorship  was       prevailed  in  the  Middle  Ages
               inspired by God, they deserve         and is represented today by the
               the respect of the Bible and the      more  traditional  forms  of
               inspiration  of  God.  (Michel,       Roman Catholicism .
               2017: 62-64)                             According  to  this  view,
                  The  First  Vatican  Council       revelation is a set of facts that
               states  the  new  Catholic  belief    are  stated  in  rulings  or
               in  the  Bible:  “Because  it  is     propositions.         Revelation
               inspired  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  it   conveys the original and valid
               can  be  said  to  have  been         divine truths to human beings.
               written  by  God”.  The  word            According  to  the  “Catholic
               revelation has been used many         Encyclopedia”,  revelation  can
               times in the Old Testament; but       be  defined  as  the  transmission
               in the New Testament the word         of  certain  truths  from  God  to
               “inspiration”  is  used  more;        rational  beings  through  means
               therefore,     the      Christian     beyond  the  ordinary  flow  of
               direction has also witnessed the      nature”. (Amini, 2014: 157-160)
               study  of  the  concept  of              In  this  view,  Christ  was  a
               revelation    from     the   Old      human  being  and  the  son  of
               Testament. (Karimi, 2008: 400)        Mary, a servant and Prophet of
                  In a general summary of the        God. He preached the word of
               definition  of  revelation  in        God to the people and was the
               Christianity,  there  are  two        promoter  of  the  Torah;  as
               views and beliefs:                    Christ  himself  confessed,  so
                                                     did the predecessor Christians.
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