This commentary by Henri de Lubac on Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on Divine Revelation, is a treatise on revelation and faith which remains strikingly relevant today. In pages nourished by Scripture and the Fathers, pulsating with a profound love for Jesus Christ, and attentive to the uncertainties of our time, de Lubac tells us what constitutes the heart of Christianity and the axis of his own life: Revelation is inseparable from the gift God makes of himself to man, and faith is nothing other than the acceptance of this unimaginable gift, communion in the very mystery of God.

“A masterful exposition of Dei verbum, which shows Christ to be the single source of revelation whom scripture and tradition together make known. De Lubac presents revelation and its handing on resolutely through Christ's saving words and works. In prophecy, these were long-prepared to be received in the truth and life of faith today. De Lubac also offers many insights into the debates behind the constitution, being a key mover in its drafting. An invaluable guide to one of the cornerstone documents of the Second Vatican Council.”
—David Grumett, Ph.D., Author, Henri de Lubac and the Shaping of Modern Theology

“De Lubac's text makes good sense of the options taken by the Council Fathers and turns that sense into truly inspirational reading.  Do not ignore the copious footnotes! They show how well-founded the Conciliar Constitution is in the tradition of the Church and how consonant with the best of biblical scholarship.  And they often add further spiritual insight into the matter to hand.  Taken altogether, then, this is a treasure of a Commentary.”
—Aidan Nichols O. P., Author, Rome and the Eastern Churches

"This volume offers rich fare for the serious theologian and the historian.  The breadth and depth of Cardinal de Lubac’s astonishing erudition can be seen on every page.  Each footnote contains treasure.  Significantly, de Lubac was actually at the Second Vatican Council as Dei Verbum was being debated and written.  He gives an eyewitness account of who proposed which alterations, insertions and deletions.  Reading this book affords one the opportunity to enter history as it was being lived and written."
—Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., host of The Catholic Current, is a contributing editor to the New Oxford Review, and author of Real Philosophy for Real People and Christendom Lost and Found

“In this luminous commentary on Dei Verbum, Henri de Lubac brilliantly reconstructs the text's composition history and the pivotal debates that shaped it. Utilizing a ressourcement methodology, he shows why the Council Fathers stress that God’s self-revelation cannot be dissociated from His self-gift, echoing Bernard of Clairvaux: ‘In giving, God reveals, and in revealing, God gives.’ This masterful study is highly recommended for anyone seeking a deeper, life-changing understanding of God's Word and the heart of the Christian faith.”
—Margaret M. Turek, S.T.D., Chair and Professor of Dogmatic Theology, St. Patrick's Seminary & University

"How surprising it is that this crucial contribution to the interpretation and reception of Dei Verbum has not been translated until now, but instead has been neglected and almost ignored by scholars.  Yet, now is surely the providential time for de Lubac's brilliant masterwork to appear, given that now more than ever it is divine revelation, as possessed of cognitive content, that theologians seem to undermine or downplay.  Christ, as de Lubac says, is an 'enlightening mystery' who gives meaning to the world rather than vice versa.  Sixty years after the great Council, this translation should be transformative." 
—Matthew Levering, James N. Jr. and Mary D. Perry Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary