honesty to ponder this indispensable notion before criticizing the allegedly “unbiblical excesses” of Catholicism. Protestants often talk about progressive revelation. It is immediately evident that reading Genesis is a lot different from reading, the Gospel of John or St. Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians. One notes an obvious development of the thought and theology. It is illustrative to consider, for example, the idea of faith or salvation. God’s covenant with Abraham basically involved Abraham’s