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Some of the salient points are the following:

Some of the salient points are the following:

;203:God revealed himself to his people Israel by making his name known to them. A name expresses a person's essence and identity and the meaning of this person's life. God has a name; he is not an anonymous force. To disclose one's name is to make oneself known to others; in a way it is to hand oneself over by becoming accessible, capable of being known more intimately and addressed personally.

;203:[[God]] revealed himself to his people [[Israel]] by making his name known to them. A name expresses a person's [[essence]] and [[identity]] and the [[meaning]] of this person's life. God has a name; he is not an [[anonymous]] force. To disclose one's name is to make oneself known to others; in a way it is to hand oneself over by becoming accessible, capable of being known more [[intimate]]ly and addressed personally.

;206:In revealing his mysterious name, YHWH ("I AM HE WHO IS", "I AM WHO AM" or "I AM WHAT I AM"), God says who he is and by what name he is to be called. This divine name is mysterious just as God is mystery. It is at once a name revealed and something like the refusal of a name, and hence it better expresses God as what he is - infinitely above everything that we can understand or say: he is the "hidden God", his name is [[ineffable]], and he is the God who makes himself close to men.  

;206:In revealing his mysterious name, YHWH ("I AM HE WHO IS", "I AM WHO AM" or "I AM WHAT I AM"), God says who he is and by what name he is to be called. This [[divine]] name is mysterious just as God is [[mystery]]. It is at once a name revealed and something like the refusal of a name, and hence it better expresses God as what he is - infinitely above everything that we can understand or say: he is the "hidden God", his name is [[ineffable]], and he is the God who makes himself close to men.  

;207:God, who reveals his name as "I AM", reveals himself as the God who is always there, present to his people in order to save them.

;207:God, who reveals his name as "I AM", reveals himself as the God who is always there, present to his people in order to save them.

;210:After Israel's sin, when the people had turned away from God to worship the [[golden calf]], God hears Moses' prayer of intercession and agrees to walk in the midst of an unfaithful people, thus demonstrating his love. When Moses asks to see his glory, God responds "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you my name 'the LORD' [YHWH]." Then the LORD passes before Moses and proclaims, "YHWH, YHWH, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness"; Moses then confesses that the LORD is a forgiving God.

;210:After Israel's sin, when the people had turned away from God to [[worship]] the [[Idols|golden calf]], God hears Moses' [[prayer]] of intercession and agrees to walk in the midst of an unfaithful people, thus demonstrating his love. When Moses asks to see his glory, God responds "I will make all my [[goodness]] pass before you, and will proclaim before you my name 'the LORD' [YHWH]." Then the LORD passes before Moses and proclaims, "YHWH, YHWH, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast [[love]] and faithfulness"; Moses then confesses that the LORD is a [[mercy|forgiving]] God.

;211:The divine name, "I Am" or "He Is", expresses God's faithfulness: despite the faithlessness of men's sin and the punishment it deserves, he keeps "steadfast love for thousands"... By giving his life to free us from sin, Jesus reveals that he himself bears the divine name: "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will realize that "I AM"."

;211:The divine name, "I Am" or "He Is", expresses God's faithfulness: despite the faithlessness of men's sin and the punishment it deserves, he keeps "steadfast love for thousands"... By giving his life to free us from sin, Jesus reveals that he himself bears the divine name: "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will realize that "I AM"."

;212:In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change."  

;212:In God "there is no variation or shadow due to change."  

;213:The revelation of the ineffable name "I AM WHO AM" contains then the truth that God alone IS. The Greek [[Septuagint]] translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, and following it the [[Magisterium|Church's tradition]], understood the divine name in this sense: God is the fullness of Being and of every perfection, without origin and without end. All creatures receive all that they are and have from him; but he alone is his very being, and he is of himself everything that he is.

;213:The [[revelation]] of the ineffable name "I AM WHO AM" contains then the truth that God alone IS. The Greek [[Septuagint]] translation of the [[Hebrew Bible|Hebrew Scriptures]], and following it the [[Magisterium|Church's tradition]], understood the divine name in this sense: God is the fullness of [[Being]] and of every perfection, without origin and without end. All creatures receive all that they are and have from him; but he alone is his very being, and he is of himself everything that he is.

==Kabbalist interpretation==

==Kabbalist interpretation==