Revelation as Direct and Non-Propositional

"In particular, he [Dooyeweerd] seems to eschew the mediation of revelation via language and tradition, thus allowing him to suggest that the revelation of the biblical motive can be communicated 'directly' to consciousness. Therefore, he faults the tradition for consistently 'confusing theoretical Christian theology with the true knowledge of God and true self-knowledge' (ITWT, 80-81).

The fact that this 'religious presupposition' (ITWT, 87) is not propositional (as Dooyeweerd rightly emphasizes) does not mean that it is not contentful or substantive. The content of this confession - as embodied, for instance, in the Apostles' or Nicene Creed - has traditionally been understood as theological in some sense. "

James K.A. Smith, Introducing Radical Orthodoxy, p. 175