constitution on revelation promulgated at Vatican II, Dei Verbum, indicates that there is something in revelation that Christians consider to be universal, normative, self-same, and eternal. For example, God chose to reveal himself and to make known to us the hidden purpose of his will (art. 2). The Christian dispensation, as the new and definitive covenant, will never pass away (art. 4). Through revelation, God chose to manifest and to communicate himself and the eternal decisions of his will (art.