Therefore, following in the footsteps of the Council of Trent and of the First Vatican Council, this present council wishes to set forth authentic doctrine on divine revelation and how it is handed on, so that by hearing the message of salvation the whole world may believe, by believing it may hope, and by hoping it may love. (1)
Kwa hiyo, [Mtaguso huu], ukifuata nyayo za Mtaguso wa Trento na Vatikano I, unadhamiria kueleza mafundisho halisi juu ya ufunuo wa kimungu na kurithishwa (transmissione) kwake. Mtaguso unataka ulimwengu usikie mbiu ya wokovu, ili kwa kusikia uweze kusadiki, na kwa kusadiki uweze kutumaini, na kwa kutumaini uweze kupenda[1].