This article is a continuation of a study of Lessing's contribution to the understanding of revelation. Particular attention is given to his "Education of the Human Race" (1780). Lessing brought a new scientific approach to revelation.
What is the relation between revelation and history? The article indicates how Lessing responded to the near-veneration of the Bible by the Protestantism of the eighteenth century in Germany time by placing a great emphasis on ethics. Particular attention is given to Lessing's controversy with Goeze.
How did the early church view the revelation of God? The article discusses the views of the second-century apologists and their Christian contemporaries. The apologists claimed that the Scriptures contained knowledge unattainable by the human mind; a special inspiration was needed.
How did the early church view God's revelation? This article examines what Irenaeus wrote on this topic, mainly in his work Against Heresies.
