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    Vincent Chileya Moba, Cssp Healing as A Means of God's Communication; Theological Analysis of Luke 5, 17-26 And Pastoral Recommendations
    (Tangaza University College, 2004-01) Moba, Vincent Chileya
    This Essay is an interdisciplinary work drawn from Social Communications, Theology and Scripture. It began with a reflection on the essence of the Blessed Trinity. It drew its inspirations from the Constitution of the Second Vatican Council, Dei Verbum, which addresses the `Divine revelation' or rather, the Selfcommunication of God. The Essay therefore speaks of the Trinity as a community of the three conscious divine persons of the Father, Son and of the Holy Spirit who dwell in perfect communion. Besides, the Self-communication of God is also extended to the human beings—created in the image and likeness of God. Hence, the essence of God is communication, which creates communion within the Blessed Trinity and with humanity. The Essay therefore regards Trinitarian communication as the basis of human and Christian communications. History of salvation is an unfolding communication process between God and humanity towards a greater communion. The whole plan of God's salvation, in various stages of history, had its climax in the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Besides the incarnation, the Church, which is under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, is the continuation of God's communication in Jesus. She exits in order to bring human beings into communion with God and with each other. Bearing in mind many and varied ways in which God communicates salvation to the human world, this Essay however, chooses the theme of 'healing' and presents it as a means of communication. It approaches 'healing' from the biblical point of view and analyses the Self-communication of God through Jesus' healing ministry—taking the healing episode of the paralytic in the Gospel of Luke as the working text. The Essay is divided into four chapters. Each chapter has a brief introduction and a conclusion