Revelation in George Tyrrell, Neo-Scholasticism, and Dei verbum

The article argues that, despite Dei verbum’s affirmation of the notion of experience, the understanding of it in the conciliar document is different from Tyrrell’s, and that Dei verbum holds together the Neo-Scholastic understanding of revelation as “locutio,” on the one hand, with Biblical-historical theories of revelation that stress experience, on the other. To this end, the article explores various understandings of revelation that include those of Tyrrell and his critics (i.e., Grandmaison, Gardeil, Schillebeeckx), Neo-Scholastics (i.e., Garrigou-Lagrange et al.), and Dei verbum (as interpreted by Congar)